Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else. You weren't you then; you were safe.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She reflects on how avoiding one's own life for safety leads to a lack of authentic self.
- In plain terms
- Avoiding real life to feel safe means you never truly live.
- What can you take from it?
- Authenticity requires risking safety to enter your own life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you living your life or a version of it?
- What keeps you from being yourself?
Another view
Sometimes safety is necessary during vulnerable periods of life.
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