My entire life, I have been told, “I love your passion but you need to tame it!” Like the two were separable. That sentence itself is a paradox. As if the fact that I am bold and think differently is a ugly speck on an otherwise decent personality.
I’ve been made to feel guilty about my forthright personality, encouraged to tame it to be more ladylike and more “in line” with tradition. If only I wasn’t so ambitious, so driven, daring, bold, willing to step outside my comfort zone, and so unwilling to follow traditions I find ludicrous.
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