For the vast majority of world history, human life - both culture and biology - was shaped by scarcity. Food, clothing, shelter, tools, and pretty much everything else had to be farmed or fabricated, at a very high cost in time and energy.
Every worldview I chose, it seemed, edged me toward belief.
We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.
In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes.
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.
I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.