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

The genius of an individual lies in the inhabitation of their peculiar and particular spirit in conversation with the world. Genuine is something that is itself and no other thing.**
David Whyte

We come to ourselves and to
our contribution through
interaction with the world.

We hope to be seen in
the best possible light,
Admired, thought highly of.

If we push on through this,
We are likely to find our truer self and
boon is viewed as somewhat strange, peculiar, yet:

Love the humble art you have learned and take rest in it.^

*John O’Donohue’s Divine Beauty;
**David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea;
^Marcus Aurelius, from Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic.