“I’m just a mom.”
“I’m just an employee.”
“I’m just an introvert.”
These statements downplay who we are or what we do.
Maybe it’s intended to show humility. Maybe it’s masking feelings of inadequacy.
Maybe it’s just an excuse.
Though we use it as an understatement, no one truly wants to be “just” anything; it implies limitation and lack. We often struggle feeling like we’re enough and crave something more to inflate our self-sufficiency.
While this hunger can sometimes motivate positive change, it can also breed discontentment. A heart that is always unhappy with what is, and is constantly grasping at what could be, leads to nothing but tireless striving.
This striving spins us in vicious cycles searching for fulfillment through making money, raising children, increasing our “influence,” seeking sexual gratification, finding “our tribe,” and pursuing various external means to manufacture happiness.
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