tenacity of provisional definitions of ourselves

• we have been defined by our history, our attachments, our provisional definitions of ourselves and others, and we cling to our history with tenacity precisely because to think of ourselves in other ways is either intimidating or unimaginable … the human psyche .. has a much larger perspective on our lives .. imagines much more for us than the ordinary ego can comprehend

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1. life is a series of attachment and losses
   the nature of our psyche is based on change, growth, curiosity, and imagination. But there are very conservative elements within us that retain a