TRAPPED IN A ROLE?

“What is repugnant to every human being is to be reckoned always as a member of a class and not as an individual person.”

-- Dorothy L. Sayers

When we are basically unconscious, we live according to social roles. We perform as daughters, mothers, girlfriends, wives and partners, employers and employees, as society expects us to.

As we grow in awareness, we gain the freedom to bring our own unique perspectives to these roles. We can express ourselves authentically and creatively, without letting our roles dictate how we should behave.

“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”

-- Katherine Mansfield


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