A lot of people think or believe or know they feel — but that’s thinking or believing or knowing; not feeling.
Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel. Why? Because whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
E. E. CUMMINGS
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The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel
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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” - e. e. cummings
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