But there is a razor-sharp line between self-awareness and self-absorption: Whereas self-awareness can expand wisdom by reflecting it outward, self-absorption often festers, drawing things in only to let them rot. When he turns his woes into anthems, we all get lifted. When he confides his fears, we become a little more fearless. From arenas to memes, Drake has always had a skill for turning his innermost thoughts, feelings, and anxieties into breakthrough group therapy sessions-he articulates what we know to be true and then lets us rap or sing those truths en masse, exalting in common bonds that are as vulnerable as they are revealing. Know yourself, the theory goes, and you will know all.
“I’ve always been me, I guess I know myself.” - Drake “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” - Benjamin Franklin
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