Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. – Anais Nin
The word, ‘become,” is based on the root word “be” and the Old English word, cumin – to move with the purpose of reaching. This month’s Soul Matters materials highlight many things to contemplate about the idea of ‘becoming” –
- The advantages of framing aging as becoming
- The dangers of confusing striving with becoming
- How becoming broken open by difficult times can help us grow
- What becoming an adult really means
- Becoming by holding on to and reclaiming ethnic identities
- Accepting change on the path to becoming
- Determining when becoming might first require us to unbecome who we are not
- When to (and not to) facilitate becoming by Faking it ‘til You Make it
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin
Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real… It doesn’t happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. – Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path. – Joseph Campbell
Check out the materials listed below for more about becoming.
Find the Soul Matters packet for April here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ads6WzrQHz4attS0tIq4lHeclbP6BP12/view?usp=sharing
The Sacred Word supplement for April on Surrender is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IJ4BtRkKNzJkKyXaBVUttgJIWCmGhk45/view?usp=sharing