Recognizing When Roles Have Become Cages
The Inspection That Is the Whole Marriage
We meet Edna on the Grand Isle gallery, back from the water. Léonce looks at her sunburn the way a man looks at furniture that has lost its finish. The inspection is the marriage in one glance. She is well dressed, polite, and available to his schedule. The role is already a cage because it is a valuation.
Key Insight
The first sign a role has become a cage is constant appraisal. When someone treats you as an asset that should hold its value, you are serving the role. It is not serving you.
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