David’s Journal

David’s Journal

Misunderstanding Worth

This week, do you treat you worth like a bank balance? Is selflessness, self destroying and is fear like a ‘Dark Room’. Finally, reality does not bend to our expectations.

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David James Lees
Jul 24, 2026
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“May we gently release the lifelong search for a worth that was never missing, trusting that beneath every doubt, every comparison, and every longing, our Shen has always remained whole, peaceful, and quietly aligned with the Tao. As we turn these pages together, may we recognise that what we have been seeking has never been waiting in the world's approval, but has been patiently waiting within us all along, inviting us to remember who we have always been.”

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