“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”

The simple, but profound way that this idea is about transformation and renewal. It’s an interesting thought. We aren’t even reborn just once or twice, but that throughout the changes necessary to keep ourselves alive as it were, we must continually rebirth ourselves. It also suggests that we need to be our own best parent, our own best mentor. Sometimes even when we’re in a close, loving relationship, we still need to care for ourselves better than anyone else.

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