One of the things I often say to my kids is,

Be Better.

(My wife used to hate it, but now she’s come around. :P)

Sentimental TikTok culture wants us to believe that we’re fine as we are, that we came into this world as perfect, pure beings and our only goal is to avoid becoming polluted and damaged by society.

Don’t get me wrong, we’ve all suffered at the hands of others, but the idea that we only need to be preserved is not helpful and simply not true.

You’re not an antique or pickle.

The beauty of being a human being is that you can be better, you can grow, you can become.

The goal of life is not preservation, it is creation.

pierre