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Guest Post from Arthur Yavelberg: Selfish or Selling Out?

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Frida Kahlo "They will call you ""crazy"" because you are, because you were born with the gift of seeing things differently and that scares them." They're going to call you "intense" because you are, because you were born with the value well placed to allow yourself to feel it all fully and that intimidates them. They're going to call you "selfish" because that's right, because you found out that you're the most important thing in your life and that doesn't suit them. You’re going to be  called in many ways, with many judgments, for a long time, but stay firm on yourself and what you want, and I promise you one day they’re going to call you to say, “thank you for existing.” -Frida Kahlo I noticed  Frida  Kahlo did not use the word "genius" in this. That is another way people are intimidated: "To deserve to be different, you have to be a genius." In the Jewish Talmud, there is the statement that &q