Being self-reliant is a pre-requisite of being able to effectively help others. The self-reliant can still experience love and community, they just can't be tra

Being self-reliant is a pre-requisite of being able to effectively help others. The self-reliant can still experience love and community, they just can't be trapped by dysfunctional relationships. Edit: I guess if everyone was born radically self-reliant we might not learn to care. But no one starts out that way.