"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I was in high school English class, my favorite semester was the one where we studied the existentialist writers, Emerson and Thoreau. Contemplative, thoughtful, inspiring and inquiring; their writings were a lifeline for me in the stormy seas of adolescence. It was encouraging to imagine them at Walden Pond, meditating and writing amidst the splendor of nature.
I even included this quote in my graduation yearbook:
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
–Henry David Thoreau
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What music are you stepping to right now? How do you listen inside for your own rhythm?