When a man finds himself in a place, and has a profound realization that he is there, in that place, due to some persistent set of proclivities, that is when he is on the verge of discovering a distinct driving force in his life.

AND when he figures out that some person had caused him to align with that driving force, and adopt those proclivities, that is when he realizes that his life has been an expression of that other person.

In such a moment, the man has the chance to accept the fact that he is the offspring of the other person's life and ideas.

And so we are many peoples' child in a sense. BUT IF! all the influential people in the man's life, have one primal spirit behind them, then the man might realize that he is the spiritual child of that primal spirit.

AND FURTHERMORE, when that man apprehends the fact that he would not be alive to have had all these experiences, that is when he might appreciate his physical parents.

We are in a fallen world because no one, save a few, can claim that they are the spiritual offspring of God. And even fewer can claim that they are the physical offspring of God.

That is why it means a great deal to me that I can stare the problems and challenges in the face and know whose child I am. I know when I was born and to whom I was born. I was born on May 12th 1999, the 3rd day of my 3 day ceremony. I am the son of God and True Parents.

And that's just the beginning of a great story.

Jamal Johnson, December 16th 2012