Unbecoming Something We Have Become

12 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on a Paulo Coelho quote that suggests personal growth may involve "unbecoming" rather than simply becoming something new. He argues that life experiences shape us, but sometimes lead us away from the person we truly wish to be. To realign with our desired self, we must identify and consciously unlearn or undo certain habits, beliefs, and conditioning that no longer serve us. The core message is that transformation can be driven by shedding old patterns rather than only acquiring new ones.

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This morning's quote was from Paul Coelho, the author, and I really like the idea of it's not necessarily about becoming something new and something different. It's maybe more about unbecoming something that we have become. So this sense that we go through life, we have experiences that shape us, which are great, But along the way, maybe we end up in a place that's not really where we want to be. And so, um, what we need to do is we need to think about, okay, who is it that I actually want to be? And in order to do that, what are the experiences, or what are the things that I need to unlearn and undo to actually allow that person to, to come forth? Um, so yeah, it's about unlearning, not necessarily learning something new.