Two More Thoughts from NGD

 —El hombre les debe con frecuencia a sus defectos los fracasos que evita.

—Man frequently owes to his defects the failures he avoids. 

I take this to mean we can avoid a lot of trouble by being imperfect.  And that earthly talent can often leads us to places where the devil hangs out.

—Lo que nos enclaustra nos ofrece la posibilidad de ennoblecernos.
Aun cuando sea un simple aguacero.
—What cloisters us gives us the chance to ennoble ourselves. 

Even when it is a simple rain shower. 

Sometimes I have this agonizing feeling that I come across as an irredeemable phony to others and so cloistered is what I should be.