BORN TO ACHIEVE

MAN IS BORN TO ACHIEVE LIFE,
BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON HIM.
HE CAN MISS IT.
HE CAN GO ON BREATHING,
HE CAN GO ON MOVING TOWARDS THE GRAVE --
BUT THIS IS NOT LIFE.
SO FIRST WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT I MEAN BY 'LIFE'.
IT MUST NOT BE SIMPLY GROWING OLD.
IT MUST BE GROWING UP.
AND THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
GROWING OLD,
ANY ANIMAL IS CAPABLE OF.
GROWING UP IS THE PREROGATIVE OF HUMAN BEINGS.
ONLY A FEW CLAIM THE RIGHT.
GROWING UP MEANS MOVING EVERY
MOVEMENT DEEPER INTO THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE;
IT MEANS GOING FARTHER AWAY FROM DEATH
NOT TOWARDS DEATH.
THE DEEPER YOU GO INTO LIFE,
THE MORE YOU UNDERSTAND
THE IMMORTALITY WITHIN YOU.
YOU ARE MOVING AWAY FORM DEATH;
A MOMENT COMES
WHEN YOU CAN SEE THAT DEATH IS NOTHING
BUT CHANGING CLOTHES,
OR CHANGING HOUSE,
CHANGING FORMS -- NOTHING DIES, NOTHING CAN DIE.
DEATH IS THE GREATEST ILLUSION THERE IS.
FOR GROWING UP,
JUST WATCH A TREE. AS THE TREE GROWS UP,
ITS ROOTS ARE GROWING DOWN, DEEPER.
THERE IS A BALANCE :
THE HIGHER THE TREE GOES THE DEEPER IS THE ROOTS
ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY FEET HIGH WITH SMALL ROOTS;
THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT SUCH A HUGE TREE.
IN LIFE, GROWING UP MEANS GROWING DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF -
- THAT'S WHERE YOUR ROOTS ARE.