This, I believe, is the great Western truth: that each of us is a completely unique creature and that, if we are ever to give any gift to the world, it will have to come out of our own experience and fulfillment of our own potentialities, not someone else’s - Joseph Campbell
Instead we show up possessing already a highly refined and individuated soul. Another way of thinking of it is this: We're not born with unlimited choices. We can't be anything we want to be. We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and w
... See moreSteven Pressfield • The War of Art
Your life is unique in the whole of history.
Ken Robinson • Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
Joseph Campbell, wrote, “Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.” It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
The main difference between you and someone else is how you apply your power, what you create with your power. You may be similar to others in many ways, but no one in the whole world lives her life the way you do.