July 24, 2023 – C

We are here, in part,
to find out what we are good for,
to discover what we can do--
to explore ourselves,
our original nature,
our innate virtues/abilities/traits/qualities/
specialties/strengths,
who we are,
what we are about,
where we fit in,
where we belong,
what is ours to do,
and do it.

The "stages of development"
serve to call us forth.

Just as "it took the cyclops
to bring out the hero in Ulysses"
(Joseph Campbell),
so it takes our life 
to bring out who we are capable of being
at every point in our life.

The circumstances of our life
are delivery rooms,
birthing us at every stage along the way.

Everyone grows up against their will.
Babies come protesting from the womb
throughout their life.

It is the way.

We find out who we are built to be
by "getting in there and doing our thing,
and allowing that to show us who we are"
(The Bhagavad Gita).

This is the adventure of being alive!

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