[T]he genius of an individual lies in the inhabitation of their peculiar and particular spirit in conversation with the world. Genius is something in itself and no other thing.*
David Whyte

The shape of each soul is different. An individual is a carefully fashioned, unique world. The shape of the flaw that each person carries is also different. The flaw is the special shape of personal limitation; angled at a unique awkwardness to the world, it makes our difficulty and challenge in the world different from that of others.**
John O’Donohue

Embrace your awkwardness,
Understand and grow it,
Express and edge it,
But do not lose it:
Of course,
once you sand off the edges,
it’s hard to get traction.^

Your flaw will lead you into your
flow.

When you trust yourself enough
to integrate your strangeness,
you bestow a gift on yourself.**

*David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea;
**John O’Donohue’s Divine Beauty;
^Seth Godin’s blog: Sanding off all the edges.