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1 " Why should you feel guilty if you refuse to be intimidated by [someone] who persists in standing in the way of your being that best self or who is "hurt" when you finally manage it? . . . The highest love a person can have for you is to wish for you to evolve into the best person you can be. No one owns you, no matter what your relationship. "
― Marsha Sinetar , Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood
2 " Some people have censored so much of themselves for so long that they forget what it is they do feel and think. "
3 " The practice of assuming authority figures know best what one needs, for example, is a mark of someone whose self-esteem is vulnerable. "
4 " In no case should we abandon responsibility for our own choice-making or give someone else's conception of what we are more weight than our own sense of self. "
5 " Guilt feelings can cause people to experience severe depression after they have been successful in some work or personal project. Chronic bad luck accidents or impoverished social relations can stem from self-imposed guilt. "
6 " For instance, people who speak up for what they want in the face of conflicting peer group expectations must endure a period when others become rejecting, angry or critical. They must sustain themselves during the tension of these days (or months or years), while continuing to move in the direction they have decided is good for them. They must be strong enough within themselves to persevere and know that, even though others may be critical, they are acceptable in their own estimation. People "
7 " Because of the loneliness and despair that results from being an individual (i.e., a unique human being, rather than one of the herd, the crowd, the majority culture), many opt against themselves, annihilating their vocational best interests as they cling to the safety of belonging. In "
8 " Whatever the scenario, our need for love and belonging can be so strong that it blinds us to our most valuable talents and qualities. We then live a life of pretense and self-negation. Of course, our working life will suffer also, because it is but a part of our life as a whole. "Holding "
