To forge an untouchable, invulnerable identity is actually a sign of retreat from this world; of weakness, a sign of fear rather than strength, and betrays a strange misunderstandin g of an abiding, foundational and necessary reality: that untouched, we disappear.
David WhyteIf in your mind it was possible to take a year's sabbatical from work to reassess your life, what would you do and where would you go?
David Whyte