become

No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become.  There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side.  Or you don't.

Whether we know it or not, we transmit the presence of everyone we have every know, as though by being in each other's presence we exchange our cells, pass on some of our life force, and then we go on carrying that other person in our body, not unlike springtime, when certain plants in fields we walk through attach their seeds in the form of small burrs to our socks, our pants, our caps, as if to say, 'Go on, take us with you, carry us to root in another place.' This is how we survive long after we are dead.  This is why it is important who we become, because we pass it on.

This is an extension to the well know quote from René Descartes: "I think therefore I am".

"I visualize therefore I become" - Claude Pelletier

May I become at all times,
Both now and for ever,
A protector for the helpless,
A guide for the lost ones,
A ship for those to cross oceans,
And a bridge to cross rivers,
A sanctuary for those in danger,
A lamp for those in darkness,
A refuge for those who need shelter,
A servant to all in need.

In hatred, as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.

Truths For Living:
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.
The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become.
The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become.
The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.
The more outgoing we are, the more helpful we become.
The more curious we are, the more creative we become.
The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
The more persistent we are, the more successful we become.

You start feeling and thinking – you become alive.
You practice positive thinking – you change.
You open up to possibility thinking –
you heal, transform and transcend.” 
~ Darina Stoyanova ~

Ask yourself: What am I willing to sacrifice for what I want to become?

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.