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Often, we spend our lives waiting—waiting for a sign, a miracle, or a higher power to step in and mend the broken pieces of our world. We look to the heavens for guidance, hoping for a map to lead us through the chaos of existence. But Cormac McCarthy’s hauntingly beautiful words suggest a different, more empowering truth: the divinity we seek isn't something we find; it is something we embody. To be a 'prophet' in a world without a predetermined script means that the responsibility for kindness, justice, and meaning rests entirely in our own hands. It suggests that every act of compassion you perform and every truth you stand for is a sacred act of creation. When you realize that you are the source of the light you've been searching for, you stop being a spectator of life and start becoming its architect. You aren't just living through the story; you are the one writing the divine chapters through your own courage and agency.