perhaps posting now is premature for my brain feels overloaded with the overwhelming pertinence of this book. wow. it is SO on point, so revealing, so convicting, so challenging, so validating - and that's putting it mildly.
where do i begin? ch. 3 entitled, selfhood: at what cost -
well, let me backtrack and mention a meaningful take-away from ch.2 - something intuitive, something i'd recognized but didn't apply effectively - "...appreciation for the inseparable nature of our strengths & weaknesses, they are woven from the same strands..." i'll try to avoid quoting b/c that's boring and lazy, but this is important for me b/c i've decided it's a truth that's worth remembering.
so, ch. 3 contains some points echoed by BM as it relates to my, shall i call it, self-discovery.
- give your unconscious some credit
- respect yourself and your evolution; you are your own best expert
- the introduction of my stress management technique of choice - the pages just scream it! if you know me at all, the pages'll scream at you, too.
- the relationship b/w selfhood & intimacy - see, my gut told me so, and it was validated by whats-her-face and of course, by BM; p. 35 offers a fantastic checklist - its simplicity sharply contrasting the difficulty of accomplishing a mere one of the goals
