LET US BE OUR OWN SELF

HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WROTE THAT, " EVERY MAN SHOULD WALK TO THE DRUMBEAT THAT HE HEARS. EACH ONE OF US HAS HIS OWN DRUMMER BOY, AND TO WALK TO THE BEAT OF ANOTHER'S DRUM IS TO BE OUT OF STEP WITH LIFE." BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TODAY WHO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE DRUMBEAT OF THE MASSES. THEY SUFFER NERVOUS EXHAUSTION AND NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS, LIVE ON PEP PILLS AND TRANQUILIZERS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO
KEEP UP WITH WHAT THEY THINK PEOPLE EXPECT OF THEM, INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THEIR INNER GUIDANCE. THE GREAT UNIVERSAL MIND, INDIVIDUALIZED IN US, GIVES US THE CHOICE. WE CAN BE DARING AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, OR BE SAFE AND DO THE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US DO. EACH ONE SPECIALIZES THE MIND ACCORDING TO HIS BELIEF ABOUT HIMSELF. OUR CONSCIOUS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR EXPERIENCE HERE ON EARTH. AS THOU HAS BELIEVED, SO BE IT DONE UNTO YOU SAID THE MASTER TEACHER. NOW THERE IS A MAN WHO HAS MILLION DOLLARS BUT STILL HE THINKS HE HAS LIMITED INCOME. HE OWNS TWO SUITS OF CLOTHES, TWO SHIRTS, AND TWO PAIRS OF SOCKS. BUT HE IS A VERY GENEROUS MAN. HE THINKS NOTHING OF GIVING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PROMOTE A CAUSE, YET YET HE IS LOATHE TO SPEND A PENNY TO HIMSELF. AS FAR AS HE IS CONCERNED, A PERSON IS A FOOL TO SPEND MONEY ON ANY LUXURY. TO HIM, IT IS BETTER TO USE IT, OR LEAVE IT, TO PROMOTE A CAUSE THAT IS DEAR TO HIS HEART. HE WOULD NOT CHANGE HIS LIFE. IT IS THE LIFE THAT HE HAS CHOSEN. AND THOUGH MANY OF HIS FRIENDS AND DEAR ONES CRITICIZED HIM FOR HIS LIFESTYLE, HE STILL CHOOSES TO WALK TO THE DRUMBEAT THAT HE HIMSELF HEARS AND NOT TO THE BEAT OF ANOTHER'S DRUM.