b or b

One of the most frustrating things is when, by hard experience, you know yourself—your limits, your frailties, your normalities, your talents—but you have to contend with the status quo inclinations of others who wish to deny the truth of you. I've been told that it's not acceptable to be shy, not acceptable to be a night owl, not acceptable to spontaneously and arduously follow my many interests and tie them together rather than operate on a strict schedule. Yet these are all denials of deep truths about myself, and the deniers are wrong.