This was such a thought-provoking read! As you say, perhaps being distinct is actually not what we should aspire to be. I am learning this more and more as I get older and as I mother. The toxicity of competition and not enoughness is much less prominent as I realise that it is what brings us together rather than what separates us that is important...
Yes! It's not as though I want us all to be the same, that would be pretty dull, but we're unique already. Just as you say, it's that push towards competition and scarcity mentality that drives us apart. We can all be our beautiful unique selves without this pressure to be something extra, something "better" than everyone else. Sometimes "normal", whatever that is, can be pretty magical.
This was such a thought-provoking read! As you say, perhaps being distinct is actually not what we should aspire to be. I am learning this more and more as I get older and as I mother. The toxicity of competition and not enoughness is much less prominent as I realise that it is what brings us together rather than what separates us that is important...
Yes! It's not as though I want us all to be the same, that would be pretty dull, but we're unique already. Just as you say, it's that push towards competition and scarcity mentality that drives us apart. We can all be our beautiful unique selves without this pressure to be something extra, something "better" than everyone else. Sometimes "normal", whatever that is, can be pretty magical.