“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”
– Jesus, quoted in The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagela
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“The interesting thing, and what old Joe Campbell talked about—I was privileged to meet him early in the sixties—is: What does it do to a man or a woman when they refuse the call? It creates a kind of explosive negative force in their life.”
– Jim Harrison, Conversations With Jim Harrison
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What does it do to us to sit on an idea, an identity, a compulsion, a call?
Is it really toxic to ignore our internal impulses?
Only time will tell.
Perhaps it’s a question that can only be properly answered at the end of life.
That sounds a bit long to wait.
What a risk to assume that I can put off my dreams into an infinite tomorrow.
How can I be a little braver today to follow the call to adventure?
Perhaps taking small steps is OK if they are heading in the right direction.
But if I hesitate to move forward, what then?
Will I really destroy myself?
Is it like holding in a fart to save myself from embarrassment?
Will it really smell that bad?
Will it even make a sound?
It’s not healthy to hold in waste gas.
Let it out.
What’s the worse that can happen?
Adventure awaits!
Are you ready?
Pull my finger…
Conversations With Quotations 