Ordered to be a success
~ ramblings of my younger self (1)
Ordered to be a success, without a compass.
Don't ask for a map, wear blinkers.
You're capable enough, we know. Your anxiety is just a fantasy show.
Every breath is an evaluation, there is no real salvation.
You can rest for a minute if something breaks,
But be careful, you can never exhale.
Don't ask for connection, beat the competition.
People are not allies, run from intimacy your whole life.
Don't learn to ask for help, do it alone but also do it well.You're capable enough, we know. Your failure is just a fantasy show.
Constantly performing
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I see people who don’t make their life into a series of performances as truly privileged. Folks who have allowed themselves to treat their own lens as primary on their activities and their way of being. To be honest, some of us don’t even have a sense of what our lens feels like, so we continue to do what we have always done - borrow the lenses of peopl…
Your ugly cries don't repulse me
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Dear one, What does it matter why you wail, the reason for your tears is an afterthought, we’ll discuss it over coffee if you’d like, or place a bookmark in the last book you read. Why do you explain, I can see you’re in pain, whose court do you believe this is, what permission do you need from me, why don’t you ask for m…
Very well written👏