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When self-sacrifice becomes self-erasure

My teenage son asked me if I've ever been truly happy and I couldn't answer because I've spent twenty years being the person everyone needed me to be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The person who gives everything away may discover they have nothing authentic left to offer.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined moral life?”

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