Insist on yourself; never imitate …**
Ralph Waldo Emerson

People with character may be loud or quiet, but they tend to have a level of self-respect.^
David Brooks

Yes, we are dysfunctional,
We seem to own a tireless
ability to mess up, but we are
also gifted for good and beauty.

*Some music to listen to as you read and reflect: The Staple Singers’ Respect Yourself;
**Lewis Hyde’s Common As Air;
^David Brooks’ The Road to Character.