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2021-03-09 03:09:27 1. To be content with treating our wounded narcissism by wounding others' narcissism, life or chance has given us a temporary superiority over them in a context, before the circle turns around so that we find ourselves, once again, getting involved in proving our worth for no apparent reason.

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2. To permanently break that cycle, allow ourselves to have some fragility, to accept our limitations with a neutrality damaged by tranquility, with true sympathy that does not have a single atom of sublime, with those who have not yet been freed from that arduous journey. (5)
— Essays: The Better One Open / Comment

2021-03-09 03:07:46 It's not really that bad. And it is very natural, and like everything we feel and perceive, there is another side to the issue, which is that we, in one way or another, in this or that context, we are the smartest, most beautiful, most talented, most resourceful, most present, quickest of intuition, closest to the hearts of other loved ones and who are more befitting of them. Being the best. And most able to live this particular moment in the best possible way. That inspiring moment of insight and emancipation, and the rediscovery of the self-evident, refined and eloquent in popular wisdom and the exhausted expressions of grandparents (we are better than others) opens an ideal window into one of two scenarios: (4) Open / Comment

2021-03-09 03:05:50 But do you know what truth all those who have fallen into that chasm know (whether by withdrawing early from the battle for self-affirmation, or by unsuccessful involvement in it) that no one believes? (3) Open / Comment

2021-03-09 03:04:37 This realization fiercely attacks our narcissism, so we are driven to get involved in what we do not accept, only to evade this fear and dispel it if possible. Constant attempts to prove our worth. What exactly? With love? With success? By the job? With life itself? The answer is lost in the echoes of the battle. Paradoxically, our defeat in that battle often confirms our fears, which introduced us to experience in the first place, to find ourselves in front of what we were trying to circumvent from the beginning, and in all possible ways: a deep chasm of confusion and self-contempt. (2) Open / Comment

2021-03-09 03:03:11 We all have an inherent fear of not being good enough. Perhaps because, unlike all the rhetoric of maturity, acceptance and teachings of self-love around us, we all realize in our inner selves that we, in one way or another, in this or that context, are really not good enough. There is always someone who is smarter, prettier, more talented, skilled, or more resourceful. Who is more present, who is the fastest intuition, who is closer to the hearts of our loved ones, and more befitting of them than we do. In short, someone is better. There is always someone better. There are those who are better able than us to live this particular moment, in the best possible way. (1) Open / Comment

2021-03-09 02:44:17 A writer is the most hopeful of all animals who willingly signs up for a lifetime of genuine disappointment. Daunted and at the same time, undaunted by its mediocrity, it continues to take out its mental dump on a paper through its mighty weapon; the pen. The self loathing is ever escalating all thanks to the towering figures of comparison that stand on the sad creature's neck with no mercy. This poor thing willingly walks straight into the abyss and torments itself over why it is dark and suffocating. Open / Comment

2021-03-08 20:59:09 Epub form Open / Comment

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2021-03-08 20:52:05 I am sure you will all enjoy them, and will re-read them whenever the lanes of life face a barricade. Good reading time, lads. Open / Comment