To Be

Rilke says that in order to be, it is not enough to be born.  To be, is to find out who we are, our uniqueness, the reason each of us are here.  The Church will try to tell us that we  are children of God.  Well, if we are all children of God, then I have not found out what is unique about me versus you?  If I do not discover this about myself, then I will probably wear a mask, in order to seemingly fit in somewhere and ally my fears about becoming "me."  The difficult part is to find out my specialness, my particular purpose, and then to live it out while staying humble and loving.  At least, I have found it so.