You know, I meant to reply to this for days, and never quite got round to it. Guess I should do so now.
I don't believe there is such a stark dichotomy between being valued for one's work, or for one's humanity. Ultimately, human beings need BOTH. Either/or simply won't cut it.
Oh, agreed. But being valued for what you can, or what you do, do is not the same as a transactional relationship. Someone saying "oh, you do that?" is neat, it makes what you are doing with your life important. On the other hand, what we're really talking about here is not about what you can or do do, it's about what you do for that other person. What experience am I gaining from our relationship, what networking opportunities do I get, that sort of thing?
What you are able to do, and what you do with your life is in fact part of your Genevieve-ness. But the product of that, and what benefit I may or may not gain from that, is not.
I think that the notion of a "spiritual vacuum" to be filled, while valid, is also dangerous. It leaves the left open to the
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I don't believe there is such a stark dichotomy between being valued for one's work, or for one's humanity. Ultimately, human beings need BOTH. Either/or simply won't cut it.
Oh, agreed. But being valued for what you can, or what you do, do is not the same as a transactional relationship. Someone saying "oh, you do that?" is neat, it makes what you are doing with your life important. On the other hand, what we're really talking about here is not about what you can or do do, it's about what you do for that other person. What experience am I gaining from our relationship, what networking opportunities do I get, that sort of thing?
What you are able to do, and what you do with your life is in fact part of your Genevieve-ness. But the product of that, and what benefit I may or may not gain from that, is not.
I think that the notion of a "spiritual vacuum" to be filled, while valid, is also dangerous. It leaves the left open to the ( ... )
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