I will be what I will be

Being of a reasonable sort appears to require limitation. Perhaps that is because Being requires Becoming, as well as mere static existence – and to become is to become something more, or at least something different.*
Jordan Peterson

Life is not anything; it is only the opportunity for something.**
Christian Friedrich Hebbel

I am not only what I am, but
also what I will be –
At least this is the possibility open to us all;
I am open and I learn, but
more importantly –
I do, which moves me from anything to
something – which I recognise is
not an easy place to be, because we are returned to
the beginning.

We need to rehearse some different skills. We don’t to be good at them at first but we’ll get better.^

You and me,
We recognise our limitations as an invitation
to becoming, so we keep doing, keep changing, keep becoming:
We will be what we will be.

*Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules For Life;
**Viktor Frankl’s The Doctor and the Soul;
^Gabe Anderson’s blog: Rehearsing New Skills
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