Who were you before they told you who to be?

[@browniebun]

Thank you for your insights.❤ Being nobody special still is a hard pill to swallow for me. My mother used to tell me I was special but she always criticized me and made me feel like a burden too. I was never enough. Being "special" put a lot of pressure on me. I'm crippled with anxiety and I experience a tremendous amount of insecurity, stress and depression. When I look at society I see that same pressure to be perfect eroding the soul of mankind. Is this eroding of the soul perhaps the same as the ego being stripped down in the second half of its lifetime?

[@morganmotsinger]

Thank you for your comment. Perfection is an impossible burden, especially for a child. For whatever it's worth, here's my two cents: we are all unique. There has never been a time in history when you have existed in that body, that location, that family environment. You are one of a kind. The paradox of truth is that we are also all part of a cosmic dance that doesn't begin or end with us. In the dance between these two realities, we get to play. Permanence/impermanence. Unique/same. Time/eternity. What I think is eroding the soul of mankind is the promise of self-actualization through effort and accumulation of stuff, and when people realize that doesn't work, we don't know what else to turn to. What does work? A sense of purpose, deep relationships, meaningful work, a healthy relationship with Uncertainty. These can be cultivated. You are not a burden. You don't need to be perfect. You just need to be you.

[@Buck-pm6xx]

Thank you for the encouragement.❤

[@morganmotsinger]

you're very welcome.

[@Buck-pm6xx]

@morganmotsinger I am curious. You are very well versed in psychology. Yet you're able to somewhat dumb it down for the simple folk like myself. Where did you get your education?? That is not a slight or backhanded comment either. I am truly impressed by your inner and outer beauty.

[@chefadriantv]

I’m happy I came upon this video and your channel. Keep up the great insight and work.

[@morganmotsinger]

Thanks! I appreciate your comment!

[@LauraFerrara-h2t]

This was great. Thank You.

[@morganmotsinger]

You’re very welcome. 💛

[@nicklewisofficial1487]

Thank you 🙏

[@morganmotsinger]

You're most welcome. Thanks for being here.

[@davidcassese707]

Stripped down were each other, and we are life leaves on the same tree in the forest of this Rhapsody in hue. Thank you, your bravery ... Is love blossom ing love. Warm m aloha

[@morganmotsinger]

Beautifully put. I like to imagine we're all parts of a gnarled oak tree. Even as the leaves die, they feed the tree. Nothing is lost, only repurposed in the big cycles of life and death.

[@FirasBaltaji-hv6zc]

You don't look plain