If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Thomas Merton
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Joseph Campbell, a famous mythologist and writer, said: "If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for." This quote basically means that we should make an effort and find out what we love and what we do everyday. If we do this well enough, we will be able to live our lives perfectly.

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