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Remember yesterday, All the things that happened in the past, the
heartaches, pain, and even the goodness, how they felt, don’t live in
them just remember, and how they affected you, live off of that. My
past would mean nothing all the things I went through, If I couldn’t
use their lessons for today. The stars will still be shining behind the
clouds and the rain, you may not be able to see them at that time, but
they are still there.
-Rudy J. Perez
" Your goal is to find out Who You Are."
— A Course in Miracles
I heard a story once about an eagle’s egg that had got lost or
abandoned and was found by chickens. When the eagle hatched, it was
loved and cared for by the chickens, brought up to act and behave as if
it was a chicken. It knew nothing else… Until one day, the eagle was
with his brothers and sisters pecking at the ground, like a chicken,
when something made him look up to the sky. High above he saw a
majestic sight, a beautiful bird soaring gracefully. Something was
stirred inside him, a remembrance, a recognition of ‘home’…
He asked the chickens, "What is that beautiful bird up there?" The
chickens looked up. "Oh that," they said, "that’s an eagle, king of the
birds. But forget about him, you are one of us, you are a chicken…." I
don’t know how the story ended and, to me, it is not a case of an eagle
being superior to a chicken…just different. The same story has been
told about a duck’s egg and one day the duck arrives at a great lake
just swims, "because he can" — "it’s natural", leaving his family on
the shore.
As I understand it, it’s all just about remembering Who/What we really
are, regardless of what we’ve been told by others or how we have been
brought up. A rose will grow into a rose even if it’s in the middle of
a field of tulips.
There is an ancient Indian word "Dharma", which has two meanings. The
first is, "Your nature, your true, real, essential nature." The second
is, "Your purpose in life". To me the two are inseparable. I believe
the word literally translates as Truth.
"You are what your deep driving desire is; as your desire is so is your
will; as your will is so is your deed; as your deed is so is your
destiny."
— Upanishads, India
Or, like they said in ancient Greece, "Character is fate".
Whatever we are at our most fundamental level, at our most base,
whether that be something metaphysical, or something like DNA, I
believe that to discover, or remember it is our ‘raison d’etre’. And to
live in accord, harmony with our deepest selves is the meaning of
success.
"Above all, to thine own self be true."
— William Shakespeare
It’s been said that when we die and go back home to ‘our maker’, we
will never be asked why we didn’t cure the common cold, why we never
made a billion pounds or anything else like that, but simply be asked,
"Why didn’t you just be yourself?"
Simon Heighwaya
