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"I no longer want to be alone, but to learn how to be human again."
—Friedrich Nietzsche
From the moment we are born, every encounter and relationship with the world around us either gives us space to exist and to become—or teaches us to be something else. Society and our families constantly tell us we need to be more than what we already are. They teach us that we are never enough. How does our body and psyche experience all these messages? They respond by creating a set of traits and behaviors that are organized so the person can remain connected to others.
In other words, we learn to live on autopilot—until that autopilot stops working effectively.
Often, we only meet our true selves through rupture—through love, death, or illness. Moments when everything takes on a different weight. When we make time we didn’t have. When we see the big picture and focus on what truly matters to us.
Problems arise in the in-between space—in the space of relationships. They are meaningful. They act as signals, letting us know how close or far we are from who we really are.
They come to show us whether we are on our path.
Whether our actions communicate our values—or betray them.
Everything seems like an invitation to reconnect with ourselves, to return to the paths we know but have forgotten.
To the richness we carry within us.
