I won’t be asked why I wasn’t Jesus

There’s a story in the book The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning about a rabbi who said that when the final judgment comes, he won’t be asked why he wasn’t Moses… he’ll be asked why he wasn’t himself.

We are created in the image of God, but we aren’t made to be carbon copy cutouts of one another. Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses… they all had their purpose, their mission.

But it doesn’t have to be ours.

So be who you are… whoever you want that to be.

But for god’s sake, don’t beat on yourself because you aren’t someone else.

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2 Comments

  1. Posted May 5, 2007 at 10:52 pm | Permalink

    Beautiful Sentiment Lyman!

  2. Posted May 5, 2007 at 11:06 pm | Permalink

    Thank you, Karen. :)

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