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You don't need to be perfect. What's important is that you have a path to follow, a path of love. If we get lost in a forest and we don't have a compass at night, we can look at the North Star in order to get out. Your purpose is to get out of the forest, it's not to arrive at the North Star. So, having a path, a direction to go in, is what we need most. And then we have nothing more to fear.

You want to love yourself but do you have the time to take care of your body and your feelings? If you don't have the time to do that, how can you help someone else? The question is: "Am I making time to take care of myself, to heal, so I can love, so I can serve, so I can help heal society?"

Whether you are an artist, a writer, a journalist, a filmmaker, an activist, or a practitioner, you should generate your own insights. You help the Buddha in you to manifest, and you express yourself in the light of truth. And, even if the majority has not seen the truth that you have, you are courageous enough to continue. The minority who have the truth with them can transform the whole situation.