Competition and White Culture

Sometimes I feel out of place in the world. I live life with a giant open heart (thanks #cancermoon). I always assume people are coming from the same place and most often they are not. This has wounded me deeply over my lifetime. I have felt so abused and left out when all I have ever been seeking is connection and an opportunity to be seen and valued. ⠀

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I have stopped taking this to heart though. I understand how there is so much pressure to accumulate recognition and resources for our own benefit. It’s quite literally how our entire system is set up. We must compete with each other and put our individual needs before the collective good. There’s no blue print for success in any other way, anywhere in our historical memory. So how can I be judgmental of those who have figured out how to survive under these circumstances? ⠀

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I am actively working to dispel this socialization from my being. I reject the notion that in order to succeed, I must step on those around me. The idea that I need to compete with others in order to be seen or in order to have my needs met does not work for me. It hurts my heart. I believe in alternate possibilities where there is enough for everyone in terms of love and in terms of resources. ⠀

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Calling all other big-hearted souls looking to create a new world with me. It is so much closer than we think it is. ⠀

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