 There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Shakespeare, Hamlet It is the fervent hope of this author that the end of this book will mark the beginning of your own adventure into the discovery of your genius. I have given a few signposts to help you on your way, but you may soon find yourself exploring uncharted territory. For this you will need a combination of confidence and humility. This may seem contradictory, but in fact, it is only when you have sufficient confidence in yourself that you can have an inkling of all the many things that you don't know without feeling crushed by it, but rather with the sense of awe that we feel when we look at a star-filled sky. We so often try to humiliate our children into humility, but this is a catastrophic error that is more likely to produce the opposite effect. Humiliation and humility are two very different things that must not be confused. And so throughout this book, I have endeavored to give you support and encouragement in order to raise your confidence in yourself and in your capacities. If I have succeeded, and if you have succeeded in accepting what may be a new image of yourself, then you will understand this distinction, and you will be well on your way to developing true genius, with an unquenchable love for the truth, while realizing that you will never grasp it entirely, and in a spirit of gratitude and joy, and equality with all other human beings. |
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