Thanks for this lovely post, Satya. I’m secretly a bit competitive too! But only around some things. Board games don’t seem to fire it up but card games do! This week, so far, I’ve been a prickly cactus annoyed when things weren’t as I thought they should be (that part of me visits less often nowadays I’m happy to say)! But yesterday and today I’ve been a cheery daffodil basking and blooming in the first sunshine that had some spring warmth in it. 🌵🌵🌵🌼🌼🌼
Love this, Satya! Just this past week, I've been getting to know a part of me that is always grasping at things ... esp. things that validate me -- achievements, accolades, new identities, etc. Your very potent question -- what bothers me in other people -- is spot on. People who are all "full of themselves" and their achievements just drive me nuts. And now I'm realizing that I'm JUST LIKE THEM, dammit ... only I mask mine under a veil of humility. Inside, I'm grasping grasping grasping. (This feels like a blended IFS/Buddhist exercise, would you agree?) Anyway, thank you for always sparking new and deeper lines of thinking about ourselves. I look forward to the rest of this series.
Thanks for this lovely post, Satya. I’m secretly a bit competitive too! But only around some things. Board games don’t seem to fire it up but card games do! This week, so far, I’ve been a prickly cactus annoyed when things weren’t as I thought they should be (that part of me visits less often nowadays I’m happy to say)! But yesterday and today I’ve been a cheery daffodil basking and blooming in the first sunshine that had some spring warmth in it. 🌵🌵🌵🌼🌼🌼
Love this, Satya! Just this past week, I've been getting to know a part of me that is always grasping at things ... esp. things that validate me -- achievements, accolades, new identities, etc. Your very potent question -- what bothers me in other people -- is spot on. People who are all "full of themselves" and their achievements just drive me nuts. And now I'm realizing that I'm JUST LIKE THEM, dammit ... only I mask mine under a veil of humility. Inside, I'm grasping grasping grasping. (This feels like a blended IFS/Buddhist exercise, would you agree?) Anyway, thank you for always sparking new and deeper lines of thinking about ourselves. I look forward to the rest of this series.
What a lovely post :) I can fully relate to the veiled competitive streak!! I think I might be a dandelion... at least for today.