To Understand Myself

I want, by understanding myself,
to understand others.
I want to be all that I am capable of becoming....
This all sounds very strenuous and serious.
But now that I have wrestled with it,
it's no longer so.
I feel happy--deep down.
All is well.

RESOURCE:

"To Understand Myself " by Katherine Mansfield, The Heart Has Its Seasons: Reflections on the Human Condition edited by Louis Savary and Thomas O'Connor (Regina Press: 1970)