Living Dreams
I love imagination, passion, and possibility.
Weave them together with a sprinkling of hope.
Dreams of a bright future will fill your heart and mind.
And dreams are the fuel that drives personal growth.
Do you think that you’re too old to dream?
Many people assume that only the young can dream.
Everyone has moments when they are [...]
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Trapped In A World of Pain
Do you remember as a child, when the world seemed endless, and every stone was full of possibility?
And whatever we knew of the world, was only a beginning — a glimpse of endless knowledge that we could only dream of.
What happened to that world?
It seems so far away.
Do you [...]
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Where Are They Hiding The Truth?
I’m not sure how I became like this.
And I’m not alone.
Like you, I don’t have all the answers.
I’m so full of questions.
And when I’m honest with myself, my questions burst forth, and haunt me.
And one question comes back, again and again, in many forms.
“What’s being hidden from me?”
“What’s really going [...]
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Posted in Hiding From Yourself, War on May 1st, 2007
The Meaning of Stories and Lies
In Part 1, At War With Myself, we heard that a person pretends to be of one mind and one heart, while the truth is that each of us is full of contradictions. We’re full of warring personalities and beliefs.
Where did these contradictory, and often limiting beliefs come from?
They came [...]
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Posted in Hiding From Yourself on Mar 8th, 2007
Safety
Why does it seem so hard to change, even though we want it so much?
One of the reasons is that I hear a voice that says, “Play it safe.”
There’s nothing wrong with trying to be safe. There’s a part of me that’s always focused on keeping me safe. That’s its job. We all have this [...]
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I’d like to be a wild man.
No, I don’t want to live in rags, grunt, and carry a club.
But I do want to let go of the over-civilized me who is always trying to please someone. You know, the one who doesn’t want to be different, because it might offend someone?
I’m so sick of [...]
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Have you ever tried to explain contradictions to young children? As they try to make sense of a confusingly complex world, they search for shapes and boundaries. They want to know where one thing or idea begins, and where it ends.
When the boundaries are violated, when children see contradictions, like the child in [...]
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