I've been reading the book, "Notes To Myself" by Hugh Prather, and this quote really stuck out at me this morning.
As I look back on my life, one of the most constant and powerful things I have experienced within myself is the desire to be more than I am at the moment - an unwillingness to let myself remain where I am - a desire to do more, learn more, express more - a desire to grow, improve, accomplish, expand.
I used to interpret this inner push as meaning that there was some one thing out there I wanted to do or be or have. And I have spent too much of my life trying to find it. But now I know that this energy within me is seeking more than the mate or the profession or the religion, more even than pleasure or power or meaning. It is seeking out more of me; or better, it is, thank God, flushing out more of me.
"Do no thing
by half,
best wrong
than ill tried."
by half,
best wrong
than ill tried."
~The Oculatum
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Being More
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I like this quote, too. I also feel the push to learn more and be more and that is a good thing. It's not just a quest for things, but a quest for knowledge and understanding.
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