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Self-awareness isn't some state of perfection acquired only by the enlightened gurus. It is knowing yourself well enough that you can lead yourself down the path that is best for you, and those around you.
Self-awareness revolves around the idea of integrity: of being the person you say you are or the person you are striving to be.
Change isn’t comfortable. It feels like a foreign land. It feels like we are never able to get our bearings straight. It feels like rain when wanting sunshine, heat when wanting a respite, sugar when wanting substance. It’s an uncomfortable place...
But what is it really?
What feels good about making a judgment? It makes us feel protected. It makes us feel in the right. It makes us feel better-than. It makes us more secure in our own beliefs. The question I’ve been pondering is: What would our society be like if we made less judgments and more observations? Before we get there, let’s try to unpack our propensity toward judgment...
The three core needs of every human being are: to be 1) seen, 2) heard, and 3) connected.
When you strip away these three things from any human, you begin to push them back into the survival-mode of existence, and many times without even knowing it (or being conscious of it). When a need isn’t even recognized, there is no way for that need to be met.
Lately there has been a lot of talk around the reality of being a human being, not a human doing. The question is: why? And is this helpful? And what should our response or takeaway be?
Are we defined by who we are or what we do? And are those two aspects necessarily mutually exclusive?
