You cherish the notion that you’re in control
However
Underlying all action, all thought
Is your shadow, your unconscious
So often out-of-awareness, but so influential

You need to embrace it, to navigate the paradoxical nature of life

Make sense of grandiose others in your inner theatre
Make sense of your childish helplessness in your inner theatre

Use your imagination, use your muse of fire
Use your imagination to overcome frustration
Draw on your good internal objects, your moral centre
   
But you refuse the call
The call of disciplined attention
You find excuses not to engage in the necessary personal work
The emotionally painful personal work

Slow and silent illumination is what is needed
It cannot be hurried, it will not be hurried
Assisted self discovery is what you need to seek out
Historical moment and personality are your gifts
They are your transformational tools

Now is your time

You need to act from an intent of who you could be
Whom others could be
Not from who you, and others, currently are
   
But you need to be different with yourself
And only you will know what that difference is
When you courageously drop into the shadow