"If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you. But if I am I because you are you and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you!"
- Chassidic master Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk
Parental closeness, weaning from the womb, not in comparison with your parent, your parent is she/he and you are you. If your mother is she and her child is you, then there are two, separateness but closeness, not merging, not co-dependent, independent, not one and then the other.
She is she, and she does different activities than you do, you are you, the birth cord was cut, you are two separate people with separate ideas. Whose ideas are right, yours or hers? No comparisons of ideas, no authority taking the upper hand, a development of a new person given life from the older, respecting your elders, knowing more than your elders, respectfully telling them when they are wrong.
My life does not depend on whether you are alive or not. My heart is not attached to your heart. I have my own blood and my own heart pumps whether your heart is pumping or not. I am an extension of you, but in no way are we connected, I will go on long after you die.
I am I and you are you. You are not me and I am not you. My life is not mine in order to keep you alive. You are alive whether I am here or not. I am alive whether you are here or not. We live independently and do not function because the other is functioning. I function whether or not you function. I am not here on Earth to keep you alive. You are not here to keep me alive. We exist independently of each other and we will stay alive whether the other is alive or not.
New Year's Resolution: To Stay Alive and To Thank G-d For My Life.
- Chassidic master Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk
Parental closeness, weaning from the womb, not in comparison with your parent, your parent is she/he and you are you. If your mother is she and her child is you, then there are two, separateness but closeness, not merging, not co-dependent, independent, not one and then the other.
She is she, and she does different activities than you do, you are you, the birth cord was cut, you are two separate people with separate ideas. Whose ideas are right, yours or hers? No comparisons of ideas, no authority taking the upper hand, a development of a new person given life from the older, respecting your elders, knowing more than your elders, respectfully telling them when they are wrong.
My life does not depend on whether you are alive or not. My heart is not attached to your heart. I have my own blood and my own heart pumps whether your heart is pumping or not. I am an extension of you, but in no way are we connected, I will go on long after you die.
I am I and you are you. You are not me and I am not you. My life is not mine in order to keep you alive. You are alive whether I am here or not. I am alive whether you are here or not. We live independently and do not function because the other is functioning. I function whether or not you function. I am not here on Earth to keep you alive. You are not here to keep me alive. We exist independently of each other and we will stay alive whether the other is alive or not.
New Year's Resolution: To Stay Alive and To Thank G-d For My Life.
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