Become
"[M]y real self has yet to come forth, It shall yet march forth o'ermastering, till all lies beneath me, It shall yet stand up the soldier of ultimate victory." -- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, From Noon to Starry Night, Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats. I forget where I first heard the term used, but I like to say that we're all "human becomings," not human beings. I like that term better, because if we're just "being," then it implies we're just passively fl