Goodness is so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first, before it can be spoiled.
– C.S. Lewis
Can you imagine teaching someone how to cook by only introducing what’s poisonous?
They’d be serving up murderous stars instead of michelin ones.
However, I can think of numerous topics where the spoiled part is discussed but the original good is never acknowledged.
For example, let’s examine beauty standards.
Now a common meme for being unachievable, unrealistic, etc.
However, we rarely consider why we want to be beautiful and how to express that beauty in a healthy and genuine way.
Everything bad started good.
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