I used to really like this quote:
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles
It said to me, “Hey, wake up! Its your fault! Get it together and change!” I realized during lunch the other day that this can be taken as a negative quote, and that for the longest time I have been treating it as such. What once helped me to be aware of my faults is now just a negative drain on me. Now its “Hey, its your fault! hahahaha!”.
I think the problem is with the word sorrow. Knowing that you are the cause of your adversities should be liberating. Knowing that means that you can be in control. So, my updated Sophocles quote is:
The greatest liberation is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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