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THERE IS NO VALUE IN DENIAL

Apr 28, 2023
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Are we living up to expectations?

Or in denial?

Whose expectations are those anyway, and why do we struggle to live up to them?

To be transparent, I have to ask whether I’ve been striving very hard – because most days, I realize I’m clearly not.

Not to live up to the expectations of anyone else.

Mind you, perhaps partly because my parents had no articulate…

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