the alternative to this view is the "non-self"

you are a collection of everything and everyone and owe it all to the world. there is no "you" just a collection of experiences that are influenced by everyone you encounter and created by the molecules within you that that you minimally control

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The inverse is a better alternate view, imo.

Life only truly begins when you realize that the world doesn’t owe you anything. And sadly, some people never realize it at all.