If you run from yourself, your cage will flee with you.
“If you run from yourself, your cage will flee with you.”
This is the first saying I ever wrote down. This was a line on the front paper of a science fiction novel. This is a quote from a guy named Thurban, who wrote it back in the 15th Century.
Back then I thought, “Oh, that is so deep that I’ll write it down.” Sadly I proceeded to run from myself for decades. If I only knew then what I know now, my life would have been much easier.
This saying is about self-honesty. About self-accountability, self-responsibility. And I had none of those things.
I didn’t like myself and avoided thinking about myself. I sought validation from the people around me, and compared myself to others in worse straights to bolster my self worth.
I fled from myself first with fantasy and later with drugs and alcohol. The worse my life got, the harder I ran.
Decades later I started being honest with myself and stopped fleeing from myself
This post is beyond awesome. I am always wondering what to do and what not to do so I will follow some of these tips.
so that is just what will become of darwanism