"Fully Human"

To Understand people

I  Must try to Understand what they are Not saying,

Perhaps what they will Never be 

able to Say...

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.

~Morris L. West

in The Shoes of the Fisherman

~Beannaichte'

31 May, 2013

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