People invest so much exhausting energy into performing "normalcy," which only aggravates their underlying anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
True peace and joy are found in authenticity - both in dropping the mask to share our own frailties, and in extending a more understanding grace toward others.
We are all strapped into this same bumpy ride together, and perfection was never an attainable goal anyway.
An important reminder, Marty.
People invest so much exhausting energy into performing "normalcy," which only aggravates their underlying anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
True peace and joy are found in authenticity - both in dropping the mask to share our own frailties, and in extending a more understanding grace toward others.
We are all strapped into this same bumpy ride together, and perfection was never an attainable goal anyway.
- The Marketplace Mystic
Yes.
A big part of the dropping the mask is dropping the self concept:
https://martysimon.substack.com/p/the-self-concept-trap
That is the most difficult part of the journey. ❤️