In a poem that begins ldquo I rsquo m nobody Who are you rdquo Emily Dickinson playfully challenges all the effort people tend to put into being ldquo somebody rdquo advocating instead for the joyful freedom of blissful anonymity For ldquo How dreary ndash to be ndash Somebody How public ndash like a Frog ndash To tell one rsquo s name ndash the livelong June To an admiring Bog rdquo Finding freedom in letting go of the need to be ldquo somebody rdquo in some ways echoes the testimony of the apostle Paul Before he met Christ Paul had a
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