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Simultaneously, I realized that perhaps the main effect of my self-loathing, in my life, had been to get in the way of how much love I could show other people. Before me, in my consciousness, in what felt like 50-foot-tall neon letters, blinked the question: *DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE AS LOVING AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE*

How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone

Sasha Chapin

That means reckoning with what’s called ambiguous loss: any loss that’s unclear and lacks a resolution. It can be physical, such as a missing person or the loss of a limb or organ, or psychological, such as a family member with dementia or a serious addiction.

Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful

elemental.medium.com

For two hundred years, the modern world has answered the question “Who are you?” with a reductive “What do you do?” The Industrial Revolution tied human dignity, quietly but ruthlessly, to economic output. We’ve lived inside what I call the GDP Era. And we’re now, in real time, watching that era end.

The Reality of AI and the Crisis of Meaning

Longbeard

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