Sometimes it is difficult – impossible, really – to separate our immediate feelings from our true personality, the core self. One can have an off day, month, year, and have the appearance of a cactus: prickly, unapproachable, stoic. Yet, those outbound characteristics are not necessarily a direct reflection of our true self, the cactus flower: fresh, vibrant, enticing.
How can a person be sure that her true self is even being seen or heard?
