I think there is a great need in each of us to be recognized at our deepest levels. And if one effort toward that end doesn't work, then there can be a strong urge to try something more obvious.

Personally I've given up on ever being recognized. It's simply too late. And I know it's just not going to happen. It's not in the cards, as the saying goes. To be perfectly honest, I don't know if I could even handle being recognized at my deepest levels. There's a sense in which the image is frightening. But since realistically it's not going to happen anyway, I don't really have to worry about it. Instead I just breathe into the idea, smile to it, & strive to accept it... with compassion.