#60: Self-acceptance or self-improvement?
The Academic Imperfectionist
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The Importance of Accepting and Supporting People We Love
We're supposed to encourage and support the projects of people we love, as long as those projects aren't harmful in some way. If someone were to resent the self-improvement efforts of someone they claim to love, we'd conclude that they don't actually love that person at all. We have no problem accepting them, while also supporting their efforts to improve themselves. But there's something else to say about this. Sometimes, when those we love set out to improve themselves in some way, we think they're doing it for the wrong reasons. What would your reaction be to hearing that?
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