That I'm more than just a piece in their Games," says Peeta.īut you're not," I say. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to. No, when the time comes, I'm sure I'll kill just like everybody else. "Do you mean you won't kill anyone?" I ask. While I've been ruminating on the availability of trees, Peeta has been struggling with how to maintain his identity. Turn me into some kind of monster that I'm not." How could he die as anyone but himself? "I don't want them to change me in there. My best hope is to not disgrace myself and." He hesitates. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.” I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody.". The real trap, however, is self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. “Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection.
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