"It costs so much to be a full human being"

Posted by Sam on September 11, 1999 at 21:49:05:

Written by Morris L. West in the Shoes of the Fisherman,
I stumbled into to this while reading and thought of the four board
It costs so much to be a full
human being that there are very
few who have the enlightenment
or the courage, to pay the price...
One has to abandon altogether
the search for security, and
reach out to the risk of living
with both arms. One has to
embrace the world like a lover.
One has to accept pain as a
condition of existence. One has
to court doubt and darkness
as the cost of knowing. One
needs a will stubborn in
conflict, but apt always to
total acceptance of every
consequence of living and dying.

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Will you help me? I will try to help you.
...from the book "Why am I afraid to tell you who I am?"

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