the value we place on ourselves is usually the…

Page 40 the value we place on ourselves is usually the value others place on us

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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If you find yourself forever spending fuel on how you are seen, your pride always needing defense, you are flying with a leak you have not yet found. The trap is so old it has a name in every tradition: the value you place on yourself tends to become the value the world places on you, and if you set that price low, rest assured the world will not raise it. And the fourth fault is comparison, which is everywhere and poisons everything. — Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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