Themselves................Part the First

As we have likely recognized by now, no two snowflakes, trees, or animals are alike.  No two people are the same, either.  Everything has its own Inner Nature.  Unlike other forms of life, though, people are easily led away from what's right for them, because people have a Brain, and Brain can be fooled.  Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled. But many people do not look at it or listen to it, and consequently do not understand themselves very much.  Having little understanding of themselves, they have little respect for themselves, and are therefore easily influenced by others.

Benjamin Hoff,  The Tao of Pooh