Approval Is Bondage
Insight
De Mello warns that the moment you let yourself feel good when people approve of you, you are preparing to feel bad when they disapprove, so living to meet others' expectations is a quiet bondage and the real relief is no longer needing to impress anyone.
Source Context
!Awareness - Mello_et_al#^ref-25388 !Awareness - Mello_et_al#^ref-52535
Related Concepts
expectation | identity | fear