"You must wish to consume yourself in your own flame: how could you wish to become new unless you had first become ashes?" ~ Friedrich Nietzsche from Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Wow.
You want to become new? How do you expect to do that if you aren't willing to light a match and torch your old self?
All this talk about fires and growth reminds me of one of my favorite thoughts from Joseph Campbell: "Sir Ramakrishna said, "Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond." Love that.
* lights match * * hands it to you* * points to pond *
"To change your life: start immediately; do it flamboyantly; no exceptions." ~ William James
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"I must perfect myself." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche from Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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