Cosmic Obligation

Recently I read a book originally published in the 1940s “YOU are the Adventure!” By J. Allen Boone. A theme he repeated throughout the short tome was it is our Cosmic Obligation –

  • To find ourself
  • To know ourself
  • To be ourself, and
  • To share ourself.

Deceptively simple the words seared themselves into my memory the first time I read them and I have been thinking about them ever since.

It seems to be that in our busy world it is easy to be so driven in our seeking for external validation and recognition that we rarely make time to find ourself. And it can take a lifetime to know ourself, and only then sometimes when we trust someone enough to honestly and kindly reflect back to us our true selves.

To be ourself requires courage, self acceptance and commitment. To share ourself (out of our Being) is to make the world a better place.

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