You’re not worth it.
You’re not free.
You’re not rich.
You’re poor.
You’re weak.
You’re ugly.
You’re a conspiracy thinker.
You’re offensive.
You’re dumb.
You’re smart.
For all of the quotes above, you have associations with what I’ve written.
You might’ve said or heard one of them – or multiple.
They’re all right, and they’re all wrong.
Depending on who you ask.
And when.
About what.
Worth, free, rich, poor, weak.
Ugly, conspiracy, offensive, dumb, smart.
They’re all words, with a definition that has grown in someone’s head – throughout their life, and with tens, hundreds, or thousands of associations.
We hear the same word. We think and feel something different, based on what we believe in life.
Beliefs occur when they’re imprinted in us (culture), or when we’ve experienced new ones.
Subsequently, beliefs shape our definitions. We don’t think about every word we hear.
Therefore, often it’s so much more valuable to discuss definitions than opinions.
Because when the definitions align, often your opinions do too.
Most people are the same and have the same needs.
But articulate different definitions to fill them.
So if your opinions don’t align.
You probably need to discover a definition.