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If You've Ever Been Called Toxic for Seeing Clearly — That's Their Toxicity Shining Through

You see something they don't. You feel something they've numbed. You choose something that makes them uncomfortable. And they call you toxic.

But here's what's really happening. Their own toxicity is shining through. The toxicity of looking away. Of numbing what they know. Of needing you to be wrong so they can stay comfortable.

They're not pointing at you. They're pointing at the mirror. And they don't like what they see.

You're not toxic for seeing clearly. You're not too much for living what you know. What's toxic is needing you to be blind.

So if you've ever been called toxic for seeing clearly — their colors are showing. You're not carrying what's theirs.

You're not toxic. You're clear. And that's exactly what they don't want to see.

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All the world is my mirror. No exceptions. Anything I am witness to that “causes” any type of reaction in me is only because “that” is also me, in some way. My job is to contend with me, not condemn the reflection. My job is to be curious and careful, how am I also “that”. It’s ofte...