Category Archive

Pre-emptive self-defensive strike

Wait for clarity

Never get hurt

Risk injury

Used on account of your own competence

Respected for your ability and character

Recognized

Envied

A device to use for ill

A person with intrinsic value

A way to get off the hook

Forced to defer to this person’s needs

Envious

Happy for others’ happiness

Knowing your self-worth

Denying yourself

Engaged with life

Shoot yourself in the foot

Give up your position

Maintain your position

Commiserate and seek allies

Indifferent / callous to others’ suffering / do not understand

Drowning with others

Let others have their own experience

Selfish and cruel

Selfless and giving

Living your life and taking care of yourself

Have no life

Recognize the predicament in which you have placed yourself

Failed to see your own accountability

Self-pity, anger, and panic

No need to worry, care, or exam yourself

Curious

Inert

Easily distracted

Nowhere to go / nothing new to learn

No tolerance for mystery

Reverence for mystery

Keeping everything simple and straightforward

Using mystery as an excuse to avoid rigor