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Moving Roads
“Run your own race” we’re told. But I’ve never really understood it. Honestly, I don’t know if I do now-because, first of all, a race is a competition. There are participants and a winner. And that’s not life. We’re not competing, and there’s no winner. Ultimately, we all face the inevitable end, and let’s be…
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Borrowed for keeps
I was never one to believe that we’re all born with set destinies or a purpose that we have to fulfill before we die. Maybe because I did not want to believe I had one then fail at it. Or because I question the true giver of said purpose. Or maybe because it’s a concept…
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It’s Your Word
Words are everywhere-no, really, the very word ‘world’ has ‘word’ in it! Too cheesy? Maybe. But it’s also true. Words surround us;they are used on use, and we use them on others. We’re often reminded of their power and the need to be cautious about how we use them, especially on ourselves, as they affect…
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Non special, special
Can you imagine a world full of Nelson Mandelas, not even full, just plenty of Mandela’s and Teresa’s and Gandhis and Hitlers. Yes, I used him there too. Because, like it or not, they were exceptional people. In their own way and they believed that they had a purpose and more often than not, a…
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Un-Know Yourself
We all walk around with very firm beliefs about who we are. Sometimes these beliefs are untrue, but to us, they seem undeniable. We hold these convictions dearly and protect them. When they are threatened, we act defensively. Our brains even work towards reinforcing these beliefs—recreating or altering actual events to suit them. Crazy, right?…
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Not Your Child: Still from The Conscious Parent
We all walk around with an image, an idea about who we are, based mostly on other people’s opinions of us. We hold this dear and react to anything and everything that threatens it or dares to go against it, which is okay really. It only becomes a problem when we become too full of…
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