FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
Proof of our own inherent worth.
We’ve sought our value through approval from others,
But the search has always been... out there.
What if there were a way to know your inherent value without depending on anyone or
anything else?
... as long as you have ink.™
Print it.* Add your name. Sign it. Frame it.
Post it (if you want).**
Dependent on other people, external circumstances, and occasionally the performance of a five-second video with tiny white text no one can read in less than seven views.
One moment we feel happy, complete, and worthy. Then the next moment, when circumstances change, it disappears.
We have sought reasons to love ourselves, and those reasons have always had conditions.
* A white border may show up during printing and has been included for framing purposes, not because we don’t know how to remove it in Canva.
** Side effects may include embarrassment, cringe, concern for your branding, concern for what people may think, increased therapy sessions, increased followers for @onlyonelikematters and @puppetjon, delayed resentment toward @onlyonelikematters and @puppetjon because we encouraged you to do this publicly, and becoming part of a kinda fake but very real movement attempting to heal one of humanity’s oldest wounds through a downloadable PDF.
or at least since humans were possibly created or genetically modified by aliens (hopefully the good ones), humanity has searched not just for meaning or purpose… but for proof.
our looks, accomplishments, relationships, money, talents, popularity, followers, likes, trying to get our documentary about our grandmother with Alzheimer’s into Sundance, creating online social media campaigns complaining about Sundance 19 years later, and endless other ways.