Preacher, pastor, theologian and mystic, Howard Thurman invites us to participate in the inward journey of self- fulfillment and becoming.  He invites us to ask ourselves, “What is the fundamental thing that I am after?…  What is my point? … What is it that I really want?… In the fulfillment of myself, this thing will follow.”  I am sure that race does not come to mind or at least it won’t after listening to this excerpt.  Remember that “the thing to which (you are) devoted– its quality, its character, its dimension– these things begin to invade (you) and (you) become not merely like the thing that (you) seek but (you) become one with the thing that (you) seek.”