Gabor Mate writes, “Jesus and Hitler, they were both humans”.
Who we become. No, that’s not it. It makes it sound static. As if once we become a thing, an identity, a student. Employee, parent, or whatever. That is all we are. This is how others see us, and how we see ourselves. Static with no moment. No room to grow into, and move away from.
Who we are becoming and unbecoming is always in flux, with regulation within our bodies continuing until the last exhale.
The reason we fall and lose my ground is because I lose the connection with myself. To be grounded is to connected with myself. To stand, with my hands opposing another’s, the contant push and pull, but staying on my own two feet.
We say: Accept me as I am.
When we cannot accept ourselves.
So how can you accept me, when I do not accept myself?
How can you love me, when I do not love myself?
How do you grow, if you are already made?