Why "Noble Soul"

"It is some fundamental certainty which a noble soul has about itself, something which is not to be sought, is not to be found, and perhaps, also, is not to be lost.—The noble soul has reverence for itself.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

Like many adoptees, I've been plagued throughout my life with comments from strangers: "You are so lucky." What most people don't realize is that "You are so lucky" really means "You are so lucky to not be dead, to be saved, to have food, to have love, to have a family...because orphans like you don't deserve these things and you are lucky to have them."

It is a death by a thousand cuts because the social pressure to express your "gratitude" Every. Single. Second. Never. Ever. Ends. It is as if society does not believe orphans and adoptees have any innate value and that we do not even own our own souls. It feels as if we must grovel for the right to live and pursue our own happiness, and it also makes it exceedingly difficult to live happy lives when we are not even welcomed to express our complex emotions and thoughts.

My impetus for writing this blog was to create some type of intellectual framework for sorting out what it means to "deserve" life, love, and happiness. What it means for adoptees to have a right to a happy life and loving home without having to grovel, "I'm so happy, thankful, grateful, lucky, blessed, etc."

That's why this is called the Noble Soul, because the noble soul has reverence, respect, and love for itself. It does not question its worth or value. It simply is, by virtue of its existence. 

The Noble Soul respects and honors itself.