Your Roots.

[Mark J Terrill]

You are born to 

belong.

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It's not enough to

own visions and dreams.

It's not enough

how talented you are or

 can be.

It's not just about

what you believe.

You may survive

but 

you can never be at peace

if you don't

belong.

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No matter how independent

we make ourselves to be,

we can never deny

that

 beneath

the thousand layers of pride,

we need and long

to 

belong.

It is not to belong to 

a place.

Clubs, systems, organizations,

companies are mere structures.

We need to belong

to somebody.

Very often,

this is the part where we rush into

romance.

Where have we learned this from?

Movies.

Lonely = Time to hook up

I've employed this formula

several times.

It was always exciting initially.

New things are always 

thrilling things.

But thrilling things

are like fireworks.

They're magnificent and powerful

that last for a period 

shorter 

than we wish.

We celebrate

the beauty of romance

but

we must realize

 belonging to a man or woman

is not 

our most important need.

If you make a man or woman

the root of your life,

you give this person power

to 

make your world go round

and also

turn it upside down.

Sadly,

we offer ourselves

 too quickly;

before we know this person enough

to trust 

that he or she

truly loves us enough

to not abuse this power.

And we always realize it

when it's too late.

The best use of life is

to love

and

it should begin with

belonging to 

a 

family.

[to be continued]

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