SELF-ESTEEM
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are…there is no time for them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
SELF-ESTEEM
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are…there is no time for them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
This entry was posted on January 14, 2011 at 11:33 am and is filed under quote of the day.
Tags: ralph waldo emerson, self-esteem
January 14, 2011 at 11:42 am
Related Reading: “On Self Respect” by Joan Didion from “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”