I'm struggling to become more like myself. So I was happy to read that Agatha Christie wrote:
"As life goes on, however, it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself every day. This is sometimes disconcerting for those around you, but a great relief to the person concerned."
Thanks to @grimalkinUSA for pointing this out:
https://mathstodon.xyz/@grimalkinUSA@sfba.social/114881102342022998
For more on Jean Edmonds Kortum:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jean-Kortum-Key-figure-in-S-F-freeway-revolt-2498516.php
Being Individual = Community also + Ubuntu definition / mentality of community / togetherness to grow people...
@johncarlosbaez @grimalkinUSA A different take on this perhaps, just as different perspective is that;
We are all a apart of each other (biology, culture, reality, interactions, needs, sharing etc)... so while you can be yourself on your own there is a learning from others or ideal that you can choose much easier when you see it.
This is why your circle(s) can make you (and break you) but keeping the values and examples ultimately can make you and work naturally with you rather than artificially / aesthetically...
This is why I think it's all our responsibility as a part of one whole, to help others in various levels of directness / indirectness to be more human and more ourselves (with people who allow and care for it).
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The Word Ubuntu
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"Ubuntu" covers some of what I mean...
#Ubuntu (an #isiXhosa / African word...) 'I am, because we are".
It emphasizes the role of the community in caring for each other. The #Xhosa is a South #African nation, primarily found in the Eastern #Cape.
Ubuntu (in# computing #community also)... used to describe the #linux #freeware / #freedom that the company distributes.
Ubuntu is the primary reason why impoverished rural #communities (and individuals) can continue to #survive.
Partially taken from:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ubuntu
