> To live in a place where one is away from one's personal history, > both externally and internally, opens a lot of doors.
It does. It allows change largely unconstrained by prior pattern and expectation.
> Or, is letting go of those 'essential' people core to the process of > disassociating oneself with one's past and the trajectory of the present?
It is. The people who know you best exert expectation upon you, whether they intend to or not, and you will reflexively remain the creature they expect, whether you intend to or not.
Which is not to say that change is impossible while on familiar ground, nor that you should vanish.
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Date: 2008-09-14 01:59 am (UTC)> both externally and internally, opens a lot of doors.
It does. It allows change largely unconstrained by prior pattern and expectation.
> Or, is letting go of those 'essential' people core to the process of
> disassociating oneself with one's past and the trajectory of the present?
It is. The people who know you best exert expectation upon you, whether they intend to or not, and you will reflexively remain the creature they expect, whether you intend to or not.
Which is not to say that change is impossible while on familiar ground, nor that you should vanish.