Difficult balance I agree. Being true to yourself can turn into an ideology that constantly limits you to what is “right”. And of course you are right because you are reflective and generously willing to let others be “wrong”. But doesn’t this all feel like a scripted acting assignment, a construction or a strategy and not responsive at all?

A simple form of decidedness imprisons my relationship with the medical system. I’m hurt and am sticking with it. To change to a place where I can act, it’s necessary to tame the reactivity to an approach to being true to the world in order to be of and in it. Is this a betrayal of my values? Or do I hide behind values?

Do you think we are told to be consistent and reliable, “true-to-ourselves” because it is authentic to be a coherent person? What if it makes us rigid? What if it’s “human” to BE contradictory and available to difference?

Great posting!