If I am what I have and if what I have is lost, who then am I?
Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
Nobody but a defeated, deflated, pathetic testimony to a wrong way of living.
We are constantly trying to push the narrative
that we are as happy as anyone could be
that we are enjoying this one grand life all the time, all the more
that we’ve been to places; seen places
that we’re wise or mostly pretend to be one
that we’re hunting, gathering and treasuring memories
that we’re pretty, handsome, beautiful and attention slash praise worthy
that we’re self-acclaimed celebrity
that we’ve figured it all out and caption them for other to get a piece of that shallow knowledge, shallow experience
that we have a perfect life
that we are somebody we are not.
Namaste.