When we fail to live up to an image of what we think we should be, we hide who we fear we are.
Spirit cannot live a lie. We lie to ourselves when we pretend not to be who we are, and the person we lie to the most is "me".
When we don't tell the truth to ourselves, we undermine our connections with self.
We weaken our most important link - "me" with our own insides, our intellect with our hearts.
Soul comes to us through our own inner depths. When our inner depths are littered with unopened boxes or rejected pieces of self, it barricades the smooth entry of soul.
Today, get to know yourself.
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