Friday, November 22, 2013

Make something of yourself

Let's take this apart.

MAKE: It's something you do. It's an active verb. It implies doing, building, getting the hands dirty, intending.

SOMETHING: Pretty open. Not necessarily the things family or society might value, like money, prestige, status, stuff. Why not being a decent person, a person of passion and commitment, an iconoclast, a shaman, a person of integrity.

OF: a lovely preposition.

YOUR: Take ownership. Others can help, but it's yours to make happen.

SELF: The most elusive piece. How does this self emerge? How much can you really control it? Do you have the courage to search deeply for it?

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