Ok. If you can forgive me one enigmatic, aphoristic, epigrammatic, semi-oracular indulgence, I'll wax existential for a few moments in a nearly tweetological form, in hopes of sparking some new realizations. This is for leaders. This is for achievers. This is for everyone. So, here goes. Where the metaphysical meets the moral, we find a moving structure.
To be, to do, and to become: in that order, and then it all recurs.
To be is about the present. It’s a dynamic and contemporaneous state.
To do moves into the future, bringing the past and present to bear.
To be is given to us, at one level, and dependent on us, at another, which is the use we make of the gift.
To do is to become. Action is accretion. Even non-action is the doing of refraining, and this also molds the clay.
Becoming is what being and doing are for.
Doing and becoming await our initiative. Being precedes it and is poured into the process that then either enriches or diminishes it.
Becoming can be obvious, or mysteriously subtle.
Becoming is sometimes hidden until it bursts forth in its form.
Being. Doing. Becoming. The cycle continues whether we're awake or asleep, attentive or distracted, wise or foolish, concerned or careless, willing or rebellious, desirous or not.
We need to understand this process. And then, use it well.