It seems in the animal world, in the race to spread traits that convey health, it creates winners and losers in the game of life. A physically unhealthy one in the flock may be picked on and ostracized by the group. Maybe a less colorful bird won't have as many mating opportunities. The larger male defeats the smaller male in a battle for mating privilege...
I think as humans with increased consciousness, we become highly aware of these things in ourselves. We want to be attractive and desirable, and we understand some of the things required for approval. And this great understanding can create a lot of mental strife within, as we battle to accept those things that we are not. We approve and disapprove of things within ourselves and within others... And we struggle with how to deal with how these things affect us. I think we struggle because we also know that there's some kind of inherent worth within everyone outside of conditional worth...
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