8.26.2007

Our Wholeness

"In every adult there lurks a child an eternal child,
something that is always becoming,
is never completed,
and calls for unceasing care,
attention, and education.
That is the part the part of the human personality that
wants to develop and become whole."

C. G. Jung

The older I get, the more I believe in these words written by Jung. We never really grow up unless we come to terms with our eternal child. Praying for "wholeness" is my ultimate request from our creator.

This also reminds me of Eric Butterworth's words that says:
"A true desire is not to Have but to Be. We are whole creatures in potential, and the true purpose of desire is to unfold that wholeness, to become what we can be. As Goethe says,'Desire is our presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments'