Friends good morning and welcome to Day 27 of the #30DayMentalChallenge. As always, join any time with link in bio. I’ve written before that knowing what you want is more difficult than it may first appear. Peer culture often takes from us the capacity to self-disclose... 1/7 
2/7 our wishes. We internalize values and decisions that belong to others. I have watched other people (and myself) get torn in two by divided fealties—or rather divisions between what they say they want and what they really want. For example: do you want people to relate to...
3/7 you in a certain way? Whatever that means to you, it may be entirely valid; it may not be a psychological construct but a legitimate wish. I think we throw away or deny our desires too easily. I have a family member who harmed himself through division and a lack of...
4/7 self-acknowledgment. He wanted all the warmth and accolades of being in a large family—the social gatherings, the holiday cards, etc.—but he wouldn’t lift a finger to help another person. He was divided. He could never acknowledge that to himself. Hence, he got ersatz...
5/7 versions of family warmth, engendered a lot of hostility, and is now alone. Was there a better way to live? Maybe. It might have involved getting into the guts of what he really wanted (which was known to him alone). As I’ve often noted, in terms of the human psyche there...
6/7 is no good and evil—there is empathy and spite. Human reciprocity exists only on that scale. That is my code of honor. Beyond that, I ask you to consider today: What is life-giving to you? What do you really want? What are you willing to sacrifice for it? That, in my...
7/7 estimation, is positive thinking—by which I mean deliberative thinking. I wish you all good things, and I am holding everyone doing this exercise in my thoughts today. -M- #PMA 🧷🌈✊
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