How Alive are You?

A simple yardstick to measure how alive you are:

“An individual is not as alive as his heart beats. He is not as alive as his toes wiggle. No. He is as live as he can consent to play the role he is playing. If he is then playing that role by his own consent, he’ll be alive to a remarkable degree. …

“If you are willing to be or if you are capable of being, by your own determinism, then you can be certain of life and you can be certain of the future and you can be certain of what you are doing and certain of the motives, good or bad, of those around you—if you are capable of determining your own beingness.”

— L. Ron Hubbard