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It's a safe bet that each of us has
pondered at least one of the following
three questions at some point in our
lives. These questions seem to most
often bubble to the surface when we
have come to a standstill - when something
in our lives either disrupts the normal
flow, or when we pause to take a breath
and drink in the world around us:
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Who
Am I? |
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Why Am I
Here? |
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What Happens
When I Die? |
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doubt, the journey of life is a trek
that ultimately leads to our discovering
the answer to at least one of the
above questions. Guess which. |
| Who
am I? As our journeys
unfold, we face countless forks in
the road. It's the paths we choose
to follow - the choices we make along
the way - that begin to shape the
answer to question number one. We
retain the power to develop and define
ourselves by the choices we make.
So given time, for those who seek
it, the answer to question one becomes
clear. And it becomes the ship we
use to take us further on our journey.
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am I here? This is the
really tough question. It's the question
that can't be answered by someone
else, yet has everything to do with
others. It's the question that defines
the destination of the journey. It
helps us to choose which paths to
travel. It's the question that asks
"What is the meaning of my life?"
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| What
happens when I die? Question
three is the one that each of us will
ultimately have answered. We are born,
we journey, and then we die. And as
we take leave of our bodies, we find
the answer to question three. As fatalistic
as it may seem, the mortality of our
earthly existence creates a sense
of urgency about the journey. It frames
our reality. And should we feel the
desire to seek answers to the first
two questions in earnest, it offers
us a defined space in which to work
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on to Ships of Self |
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| "He who is outside
the door has a good part of his journey
behind him." |
| - Dutch
Proverb |
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| "Men perish because
they cannot join the beginning with the
end." |
| - Alcamaeon |
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