getting labeled as having no ability or being incompetent or unsuited to the work, and hurting the dignity of one’s irreplaceable self.
In other words, everything is an interpersonal relationship issue.
Red String and Rigid Chains
YOUTH: Well, I’ll save my objections for later. Next, what about the task of friendship?
PHILOSOPHER: This is a friend relationship in a broader sense, away from work, as there is none of the compulsion of the workplace.
It is a relationship that is difficult to initiate or deepen.
YOUTH: Ah, you’ve got that right! If there’s a space, like one’s school or workplace, one can still build a relationship.
But then it would be a superficial relationship that is limited to that space.
To even attempt to initiate a personal friend relationship,
or find a friend in a place outside the school or workplace, would be extremely difficult.
PHILOSOPHER: Do you have anyone whom you would call a close friend?
YOUTH: I have a friend. But I’m not sure I’d call him a close friend...
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