Walk Alone

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Walk alone
If they answer not thy call, walk alone;
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou of evil luck,
Open thy mind and speak out alone.

Rabindranath Tagore

Worth

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We are worth what we are willing to share.

Jonathan Sacks, To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility

Awake

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“Tell us what you got from enlightenment,” the seeker said. “Did you become divine?”
“No, not divine,” the holy one said.
“Did you become a saint?”
“Oh dear, no,” the holy one said.
“Then what did you become?” the seeker asked.
And the holy one answered, “I became awake.”

From Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You: Universal Spiritual Insights Distilled from Five Religious Traditions by Joan Chittister

Marvellous Error!

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Last night, as I slept,
I dreamt – marvellous error! –
that it was God I had
here inside my heart.

Antonio Machado