Have the humility to admit to yourself that, of all the things you need to know and don’t, one of the things that you don’t know well enough is yourself. You perceive that something is missing in your life. It worries you that you cannot name it or define it precisely. Welcome to the club, mate. That’s not an excuse for not starting, that’s the point of starting. If you were whole, perfect, without need, desire, or fault, you wouldn’t have to begin anything. Of course you begin with doubts. We can be in awe of how much we don’t know. “This feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher,”
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