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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Personally I think my most stable sense of identity comes from wanting to remain the caring person I was as a kid. I remember vividly the first time I heard a news clip about the genocide in Darfur and wondering how all of the adults around me seemed so at ease. Adults are supposed to be the doers in the world, why weren’t they doing anything? Why didn’t they seam upset? I think trying my best to avoid the complacency I saw in them has played a large role in my sense of self.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t love that this is a negative position (a struggle not to be something I don’t admire rather than to be something I admire)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I admire caring.