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Growing mature follows a pretty standard path: in short, we develop a more realistic view of where we are in the grand scheme of things.
When we’re babies, everything is black and white; we’re the center of the world
Over time, we acknowledge other people, with their own perspectives:
Later, our identity gets wrapped up in the group — we want nothing more than to belong because our group is the best in the world:
The next step: we feel comfortable being ourselves.
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Wisdom is growing out of the bubble that insists we have access to The One True Worldview. If we have an answer, a data point, we acknowledge that it’s just a momentary snapshot of precision, rather than an all-encompassing truth about the universe. When we can accept that all existence i...
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We develop a more realistic view of where we are in the grand scheme of things during our life. We go from “the way to make progress is to keep going when you start to feel tired!" to I am okay with how I am.
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