Have you ever noticed there is a distinction between being ‘self-aware’ and being ‘self-conscious’? I think this quote illustrates the difference between the two. How are you one or the other or both? Or maybe you think this doesn’t have anything to do with that? Give us your ideas.
I know a number of people whose overwhelming sweetness seemed pleasing at first. Over time I saw that sweetness as actually masking an inability to express what they were really feeling and who they really were. As a result I learned they weren’t safe to trust since I never could discern if what they were saying was what they were really thinking and feeling.
How does one become both strong and sweet?
I guess that’s why they call it ‘wishful thinking’, right?
How do your wishes and desires influence what you think is real?
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“Nothing is easier than self-deception. For what each person wishes, that he also believes to be true.”
Demosthenes
