You must begin to trust yourself sometime. I suggest you do it now. If you do not then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time, resenting those from whom you seek such aid.
Interpretation
Trusting yourself is crucial for personal fulfillment and independence.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-trust as a foundation for personal satisfaction and empowerment. Jane Roberts suggests that if one continually seeks validation and direction from others, they may develop resentment and a lack of self-worth, thereby undermining their ability to make independent choices and find true contentment.
In practice
In a motivational speech encouraging audience members to embrace their individuality.
I will be unneeded, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.
And, if you believe, in very simple terms, that people mean you well, and will treat you kindly, they will. And, if you believe that the world is against you, then so it will be in your experience. And, if you believe that you will begin to deteriorate at age 22, then so you shall.
Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.
Reason has so many forms that we do not know which to choose-Experiment has no fewer.
We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.
Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications.
I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.
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