This word, activictimism, keeps surfacing in my mind. I don’t know where it came from. My mind kind of tripped on it - like a mental stutter - but it has stayed with me. I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge it or write about it because it sounds insensitive. Like a trigger word. Like victim-shaming. Like dismissing suffering. Like mockery of genuine efforts to make heartfelt change.
Apr 14, 2023·edited Apr 15, 2023Liked by Ann Tomoko Rosen
Ann, Thank you for including me in your lovely and inspiring essay. You are spot-on--without paying attention to what inner fundamental choices we are making, the same sad story of the sorrow of mankind will keep playing out. Everyone wants the world to change but no one wants to change themselves.
I love this so much and have been thinking for a good while along these lines myself. I will circle back to share my thoughts -it is late here- but for now: thank you for voicing these complex and loving thoughts.
Ann, Thank you for including me in your lovely and inspiring essay. You are spot-on--without paying attention to what inner fundamental choices we are making, the same sad story of the sorrow of mankind will keep playing out. Everyone wants the world to change but no one wants to change themselves.
I love this so much and have been thinking for a good while along these lines myself. I will circle back to share my thoughts -it is late here- but for now: thank you for voicing these complex and loving thoughts.