Thursday, February 12, 2009
What We're Meant to Be
I found a quote the other day by William James that got me thinking:
Our whole lives revolve about learning how to make our environment more like we would like it to be. And in the process of focusing on what's around us, we lose sight of the unique value that we all bring to our world.
The best antidote to our fears about the uncertainty of the world around us is to strive not to be what we THINK the world wants us to be, but to be what we are best suited to be.
Jeff
I found a quote the other day by William James that got me thinking:
"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it."We start out in life helpless, unable to communicate, unable to control anything about our environment. We quickly learn that we are insufficient to meet our own needs.
Our whole lives revolve about learning how to make our environment more like we would like it to be. And in the process of focusing on what's around us, we lose sight of the unique value that we all bring to our world.
The best antidote to our fears about the uncertainty of the world around us is to strive not to be what we THINK the world wants us to be, but to be what we are best suited to be.
Jeff
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