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nor where we would land. It is weary process,
and the choice lies in our own hands, for it is
only by drifting that we learn how to anchor
and where. The plunge is big—there are many
plunges, each one is big* But as each cord is
severed, a plunge has to be taken, and nearly
always in the dark; sometimes a gleam helps
us. With each plunge we dedicate more and
more of self, for with each plunge a part of our-
selves goes out, if we were to keep ourselves
back, we should not plunge. Every work is
begun by a plunge, and every effort needs
a plunge, for the more we give of ourselves,
the more we shall be able to plunge and go
forward.

I once had said to me something that helped
me very much, it was something of this sort:

The world is full of nonentities, if only pepole
would learn to plunge and do something^ any-
thing, but go ahead and start something. Com-
plete dedication is forgetfulness of self. No
longer do you think of I and thou but the
myself has developed into we^ and we are part
of a whole- We work as one part works in a
vast machinery. In the machinery of the world,
as in all other machinery, each part is necessary,
and each part must be complete and in its place,
else it is useless. I cannot do your work, nor