What You Are

You are formed of three parts. I don’t mean the matter and meat that is used to contain you. I mean you. You are not your body. Your body is the fuel that feeds the real you. You are the three parts at the center: the flame of Firebird, the web of the Weaver, the blood of the Serpent. These are what we are. We are the blood of the Serpent, the boiling drive that pushes us forward. We are the web of the Weaver, the story that holds us and binds us and gives us place and meaning. We are the flame of the Firebird, the mystery and the quest that leads us on and gives everything else purpose.

You come into being when those three things find each other in the Hollow Heart. And then the meat grows around your core and you enter the world. And your core burns and boils away, until the fuel is gone and the meat is used up. And like any fire that has burned through its fuel, the fire goes out. And you are gone forever, unless you have connected yourself to the large web. Unless you have spread your light, lighting other candles with your flame. Does your blood boil in the veins of those who have heard your words and pledged to carry your quest forward?

And this is the goal of life. You start as inspiration. And your goal is to transform yourself from inspiration into story. And if you do this, you will live on as long as the story lives. And if you do, you will strengthen the story and help it live longer than it would have without you.