You and Other Human Souls #7


I think it is not well for any of us to allow personality to submerge in any way our own.

-Olive Schreiner

What you dislike of yourself do not like for me.

-Spanish proverb


Look around you, or look into your own life. Do you see anyone ignoring or hiding his or her personality? It’s not uncommon for a person to sacrifice his or her individuality in favor of another person’s. Why do some people feel they need to do this? In what ways might other people react?