“The things that we love tell us what we are.” -Saint Thomas Aquinas
“If you want to know who you are, you can make a case, a very compelling case that God is telling you who you are by what you love. And if you get close to what you love, what you love expands. In the pursuit of excellence, in any talent that you are given, in the expression of excellence at it, you do honor to your maker.” -Ethan Hawke, WOF Podcast, Understanding Flannery O’Connor
“You must cultivate activities that you love. You must discover work that you do, not for its utility, but for itself, whether it succeeds or not, whether you are praised for it or not, whether you are loved and rewarded for it or not, whether people know about it and are grateful to you for it or not. How many activities can you count in your life that you engage in simply because they delight you and grip your soul? Find them out, cultivate them, for they are your passport to freedom and to love.” -Anthony de Mello, The Way To Love
When no one is around, love will always love you -Cat Power, song “Say”
If you’re searching, if you’re trying to answer the big questions, if you’re struggling to figure out your purpose, look no further than who and what you love. Once you’ve identified that love, do it to the very best of your abilities. For the love of doing it, and no other reason.
You were made from love and made to love. There is no higher calling than the pursuit of excellence.
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