how to actually be seen? (chapter 5)

series of personal essays on authenticity & being seen

“I’m exhausted by all the ways you betray me.

You’re always go, go, go.

Every time I resist your plans, you bulldoze right through me and rush to the next thing.

You keep pursuing this sense of wholeness, but how can you be whole if you don’t see me?

I’m part of you, too.

Just because you know how to push through me doesn’t make me disappear.

Are you willing to see me?” -A resistance part

One of the things I’ve always been proud of is how quickly…