The pure perfect truth of life is that we are here to create heaven on earth, to bring the perfection of what is above down to us, and in doing so to become transformed as human being into something great and beautiful.

Kathleen McGowan
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When Martin Luther King, Jr. said that the pure perfect truth of life is that we are here to create heaven on earth, to bring the perfection of what is above down to us, and in doing so to become transformed as human being into something great and beautiful, he was referring to the idea that all people have a purpose. When we accomplish our task in the world, we become better people.

Source: The Poet Prince

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