I am trying to escape from myself But myself always comes with me I told her so many times to stay put where she is She wouldn't listen Very stubborn myself Just like me I learned to let go of things Even things that are dear to me But myself wouldn't let go of me
I stumbled over this poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson today. He is a 19th cc. US American thinker, literate and poet. He belongs to the school of transcendentalists as I read. So, he belonged to a generation of people, whose attempt was to define spirituality and religion that reflect the new understandings of their era. He was involved in social reforms such … Continue reading Ralph Waldo Emerson on Success
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