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Within the soil of the human experience, isms take root — some becoming sturdy foundations that nourish our growth, and others creeping like weeds, quietly choking the life from new possibilities. In our desire for perfection, or perhaps just stability, we can easily overlook what is thriving underground. Often, we mistake strong, nourishing roots — like optimism, altruism, or humanism — for naivety, brushing them aside in favor of harsher beliefs that seem more “realistic.” Likewise, we can mistake the slow tightening of cynicism, fatalism, or elitism as wisdom, unaware that these weeds are slowly limiting our reach toward the light.
