“Be humbly what you aspire to be.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Perhaps you have a vision of what you want and what it takes to get there. Intending to become a respected writer, Henry David Thoreau set off for New York City in 1843 at age 26 where he attempted to shine in literary salons yet was not accepted by the literary world he sought to be a part of. The nature lover had tried to develop a writing career in the conventional way of his era. Eventually rejection prompted him to return to Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived in a humble cabin, further discovered his own voice, and wrote Walden and Civil Disobedience.
How can you work toward who you are becoming in a humble, authentic way?
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