Finding the Dangerous Path

Finding the Dangerous Path – Herman Hesse

In each one of you there is a hidden being,

still in the deep sleep of childhood.

Bring it to life!

In each one of you there is a call, a will,

an impulse of nature,

an impulse toward the future, the new, the higher.

Let it mature,

let it resound, nurture it!

Your future is not this or that;

it is not money or power,

it is not wisdom or success at your trade —

your future, your hard dangerous path is this:

to mature and to find God in yourselves.