#297. Marcus Aurelius: Your Destiny Is Waiting posted by brian @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:16 -0000

brian — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:16 -0000

“We can’t become anything we want to be.

We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who are from the cradle, and we’re stuck with it.

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

If we are born to paint, it’s our job to become a painter.

If we are born to raise and nurture children, it’s our job to become a mother.

If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice in the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.”

~ Steven Pressfield, 21st century writer

from The War of Art

Reminds me of Marcus Aurelius’ wisdom that “Everything--a horse, a vine--is created for some duty...For what task, then, were you yourself created? A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.”

Who are you becoming?

Slow down.

Breathe.

Connect to your highest self more often every day.

And, BE your highest self.

Your destiny is waiting…

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#297. Marcus Aurelius: Your Destiny Is Waiting posted by brian @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:16 -0000