Quiet Desperation
Today I will not hide pieces and corners of myself from my inner view. When I fail to live up to an image of what I think I should be, I hide who I fear I am. Spirit cannot live a lie. I lie to myself when I pretend not to be who I am, and the person I lie to the most is me. When I do not tell the truth to myself, I undermine my connection with self. I weaken my most important link - me with my own insides, my intellect with my heart. Soul comes to me through my own inner depths. When my inner depths are littered with unopened boxes or rejected pieces of self, it barricades the smooth entry of soul.
I will know myself.The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Henry David Thoreau
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