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Saturday, 02 August 2008

Live Your Own Life

"We don't always know what makes us 
happy. We know, instead, what we think 
SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when 
our attempts at happiness fail...We are mute 
when it comes to naming accurately our 
own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. 
The voice of our original self is often muffled, 
overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices 
of other people's expectations. The tongue 
of the original self is the language of the 
heart."
                                       -- Julie Cameron

We are each unique beings with a unique path in life. 
If we wish to be fulfilled, we need to go to our own 
hearts for direction. We might regularly ask 
ourselves:

- "What do I really want to do?" 

- "What brings me greatest happiness?" 

- "How can I bring more of these into my life?"

Life wants us to go for what brings us most joy 
and meaning.

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a 
living. ...I want to know what you ache for, 
and if you dare to dream of meeting your 
heart's longing."
                                                            -- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

"Let me listen to me and not to them."
                                        -- Gertrude Stein

"What you must dare is to be yourself."
                                               -- Dag Hammarskjold
 

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