At the end of class a student admitted to not owning a cell phone for the past four years. She said that when she got sober, it was too difficult to have one because of its association with her drug deals. The whole sentence was said casually with a sense of ownership, but not even a hint of shame.
It was so refreshing to hear her honest admission. It made me once again realize that we have a tendency to say very little about our perceived deficits because of what others may think about us. We can say "everyone makes mistakes" but it is so very hard to admit our own.
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