The severest test of work today, is not of our strategies, but of our imaginations and identities.
David WhyteThe truth about our own modest contribution might immobilize us: much easier then, to tell ourselves a story about how much we make our own reality.
David WhyteBeing young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it over the centuries, we often find ourselves surrounded by bossy, hectoring voices trying to short-circuit our personal experience by super-imposing their own disappointments. Much of this bossiness masquerades as an education.
David Whyte