It has always been my belief that, for everyone who is ready and willing, there is a place. it seems to wait for him or her, in some good human cause. Causes are man-made, to be sure, and in the long run, I believe man can control the destiny of civilization on this earth. And yet I know that, beyond it all, there is an everlasting purpose, and within each one of us there is that lonely something that links us with Divinity. The link is there, to be used or disregarded. Each must make his own choice. p.117-118. Wilder Penfield
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It has always been my belief that, for everyone who is ready and willing, there is a place. It seems to wait for him or her, in some good human cause. Causes are man-made, to be sure, and in the long run, I believe man can control the destiny of civilization on this earth. And yet I know that, beyond it all, there is an everlasting purpose, and within each one of us there is that lonely something that links us with Divinity.

The link is there, to be used or disregarded. Each must make his own choice. The idea here is that although we are very much in control of what happens in our lives at any given moment, we are not in control of the whole picture.

Fate plays a role in our lives in some way every day of the week.

Source: No Man Alone: A Surgeons Life

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