Dust-to-dust. I am born from the earth and all that I am will return to its elemental particles when I die. This is a humbling notion, but also a fundamental truth about the unity of creation, the connectedness of all of God’s universe, and the blessedness, the sanctity of everything. I exist to proclaim the glory of God; the purpose for which I have been put together out of the dust of creation is to exemplify and to enlarge the Truth. I am like water to a flower, like sunlight. I am following the Way and my purpose is to show, in my brief stay here, what dust can become.
Nick Hilton - Reflections 