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5.0
“Say yes to yourself, to what makes you different, to your feelings, your destiny! There is no other way. Where it leads I don’t know, only that it leads to life, to reality, to burning necessity.”
I happened to read this line yesterday about 10 minutes after I finished my last class of the semester and told my instructor that I have no idea what my school plans are now, but that I know I can't continue on in the program I'm currently in. Over the last few months this has become increasingly clear, but that doesn't mean the destination has become any clearer. I just keep following little bread crumbs- putting one foot in front of the other not having any idea where it will lead, but always stumbling upon something that shows me I'm heading in the right direction.
So needless to say, as I was sitting in the hallway of my school reading this line I got some pretty major chills. There is no other way. Where it leads, I don't know...only that it leads to LIFE. It continues on to say that if I choose to betray that path and assimilate into the "normal" I would not succeed for long and would end up being miserable. Yea...I get that. Following this unknown path as opposed to my previous "practical" and "obvious" path isn't going to be easy, but in a way it's easier than the alternative. A "difficult" life where I'm totally without any true "security" is going to be so much easier to deal with than a life that's perfectly mapped out, but I'm completely miserable every day.
All of that being said- I always feel so inspired/understood/challenged/encouraged when I finish a Hesse book. This was a wonderful collection of thoughts that touches on just about every topic you can imagine.
The only low point for me was the Art section...that just seemed painfully redundant and boring, and it seemed to drag on quite a bit longer than other sections- but the rest of the book was so wonderful that I'll still give it 5 stars.
I happened to read this line yesterday about 10 minutes after I finished my last class of the semester and told my instructor that I have no idea what my school plans are now, but that I know I can't continue on in the program I'm currently in. Over the last few months this has become increasingly clear, but that doesn't mean the destination has become any clearer. I just keep following little bread crumbs- putting one foot in front of the other not having any idea where it will lead, but always stumbling upon something that shows me I'm heading in the right direction.
So needless to say, as I was sitting in the hallway of my school reading this line I got some pretty major chills. There is no other way. Where it leads, I don't know...only that it leads to LIFE. It continues on to say that if I choose to betray that path and assimilate into the "normal" I would not succeed for long and would end up being miserable. Yea...I get that. Following this unknown path as opposed to my previous "practical" and "obvious" path isn't going to be easy, but in a way it's easier than the alternative. A "difficult" life where I'm totally without any true "security" is going to be so much easier to deal with than a life that's perfectly mapped out, but I'm completely miserable every day.
All of that being said- I always feel so inspired/understood/challenged/encouraged when I finish a Hesse book. This was a wonderful collection of thoughts that touches on just about every topic you can imagine.
The only low point for me was the Art section...that just seemed painfully redundant and boring, and it seemed to drag on quite a bit longer than other sections- but the rest of the book was so wonderful that I'll still give it 5 stars.
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