October 2019
Beginner
400 pages
7h 56m
English
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October 23Your Creator
Character, reality, reminds you of nothing else; it takes place of the whole creation. A person must be so much that they must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true person is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish their design; and posterity seem to follow their steps as a train of clients.
Ralph Waldo Emerson—Self-Reliance (1841)
You are not a user, a vendor, a customer, a boss, a team member—you are your creator.
Emerson wrote that “[e] very true person is a cause, a country, and an age” because he contended that each of us is endowed with a soul and that alone makes each of us divine. (This of course freaked a lot of people out at the time as well.)
He taught in this sense that we are capable of self-reliance because we've been given the ability to trust our judgment. Conforming to the wishes of others was to sin against one's integrity.
Emerson's vivid message throughout Self-Reliance is that we live in integrity only when we pursue our unique destiny.
So, turns out you are already so much. Who knew?
Challenge Question
- What do you feel is the essence of your destiny? Are you living it?
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