Terry Cole-Whittaker says : “The greatest discovery any person can make is to learn about and be his or her true self instead of trying to be accepted and approved of by others….There is no greater joy than the freedom that comes with self-awareness and a commitment to be one’s self under any and all circumstances: the sign of genius. People live “lives of quiet desperation,” to quote Henry David Thoreau, because suppression of one’s true self, vision, and purpose in order to have money, approval, sex, or worldly success is painful and depressing. You really can trust yourself and make your own decisions. This is your life to live, so live it!”