I am dead because I lack desire;
I lack desire, because I think I possess;
I think I possess, because I don't try to give;
When you try to give, you see that you have nothing;
Seeing you have nothing, you try to give of yourself;
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing;
Seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become;
In desiring to become, you begin to live.
-Rene Daumal