Personal Mastery... Selfish? LO17080

Richard C. Holloway (thejournal@thresholds.com)
Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:35:18 -0800

Replying to LO17054 --

Bob, I really enjoyed your line of reasoning in this posting. I find that
people often trivalize the matters that are most important because they
haven't been able to accept or embrace the critical or essential nature of
human "becoming-being" themselves.

Anyway--I really just wanted to share one of my favority pithy quotes from
the late great George Bernard Shaw. This is the quote that I equate with
my personal mastery process:

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by
yourself as a mighty one . . . the being a force of nature instead of a
feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that
the world will not devote itself to making you happy."

regards,

Doc

-- 

"We think highly of men when we do not know the extent of their capabilities, for we always suppose that more exists when we only see half." -Marquise de Sabli

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