Reflection
Identity Should Leave Room for Evidence
A living identity leaves room for revision, evidence, and surprise.
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Richard Nkwenti
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An identity can guide a life and still become a cage. I am the strong one. I am the outsider. I am the person who never quits. Each sentence organizes behavior, then begins rejecting evidence that no longer fits.
A living identity needs revision. Growth requires the freedom to surprise your own description.
Which sentence about yourself once offered protection and now prevents possibility?