oh, huh! i... didn't approach these questions from a standpoint of "things i need to learn." perhaps i'm too arrogant! i felt it'd be easier to hear someone tell me bad things about myself that i didn't believe-- because i'd just ignore them-- than good things i didn't believe-- because i'd feel guilty at being complimented undeservingly.
Yeah, that question was the easiest for me to answer -- if it's bad stuff that I don't believe, I have less trouble defending myself or ignoring it. If it's bad stuff that I might not be sure whether it's true or not, then I have to stop and challenge myself to evaluate (that's where I have the most room to hear "things I need to learn"). That's hard. And if it's bad stuff that I also believe about myself, then it's hard because I have a hard time giving myself a break when someone's in my face about my soft pink belly, even when I know it's there. Maybe because it's hard to be okay with other people knowing where my soft pink belly is.
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