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Just a Thought… Stop bowing, start living

January 20, 2020•Breakthrough, Courage, Just a thought, Life, Self-development

“We have always done it that way. You cannot make money with what you would like to do. You don’t have the money to do it. You have to stick with our kind. It is the tradition. It is the culture. The family won’t let me.”

Stop finding excuses. Break out of the crowd. Don’t let them press you into a mold they created for you. They may fight you, they may loathe you, they may hurt you, they may ignore you. If they do, it is because they fear your strength. They admire and envy you for a courage they don’t have.

They only feel strong because they feel safe in their circle of many. But that is not a sign of strenght but weakness. Strength comes from those who walk their way regardless of where the crowd walks. Now imagine the strength of all of those who broke out. Those who cherish everyone’s uniqueness because they know that only in the union of individuals lies the potential of healthy progress.

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The purpose of my blog is to inspire and shine a light on the beauty and power of the wonderful being inside your body. You came into this world to share what only you can give. Remember who you really are, conquer the world the way you always wanted to, and become the blessing to all of us that you were meant to be.

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Love this dear Erika… ” Strength comes from those who walk their way regardless of where the crowd walks.”
I agree…. It takes courage to stand and be different, and to speak your truth and follow your own path.. Not always easy when our ‘Crowd’ think that we should all follow the same path! there Path!… Listening to Their Words,
Always your deeper thoughts resonate dear Erika.. When we all start ‘Living’ and stop bowing to others expectations, we begin to experience a new found freedom, as we Let Go, and BE-ourselves..

Much love my special friend… Loved also your Song, and your Romantic poem my friend.. I am on a mission in my catch ups here this evening..
Spend a long time digging earth over in the allotments today.. And want to paint tomorrow..
So I am letting go of expectation lol.. And know my WP family will forgive my quick catch ups over the next few weeks.. As I embrace.. ‘Living!’….

Love and Blessings my dear Erika… Enjoy the rest of your week my good friend ❤ 🙏💙

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I was sure you it would resonate with you, Sue. It is definitely not easy and the more we “feel” (not necessarily are) dependent on others the more difficult it is. Most of all when we are responsible for others who would be affected dramatically by us breaking out. Not easy but still there is a way of breaking out mentally when we stop identifying our being with what we do…

I don’t think anybody would forgive you beause there is nothing to forgive. I am happy to hear you are dedicating your time to other paths on which your open channel can walk on. I just hope that you are sharing your painting(s) with us.

Much love and blessings to you too, dear Sue. And thank you for taking the time and stopping by 💖

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I will be sharing them.. I did another water colour at its centre a bee… I hope the words will come in the future to create a post that goes with it.. I am sure it will… Today I sketched an outline of another theme.. One that concerns Australia.. Which I have been sending too in recent weeks.. So yes.. I will be sharing..

As to our loved ones.. I think like this.. Sometimes its very hard for us to ‘branch-out’ speak our hearts and we often do not do so, for the fear of wounding those nearest and dearest… When we choose to please others at our own cost, we are we then not being true to our hearts.. We are so often taught we are being selfish.. But we are then only perhaps pandering to others selfish controls.. It’s something only our hearts can choose… And if our love ones truly understood it would not be a choice..of either or……. But what makes us happy.. ❤ Hugs and much love ❤

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How right you are here. Yes, feeling guilty by not speaking up in order to keep the peace or to not hurt anyone does only make things worse for us. Maybe not for those who even make us feel guilty if we dare to open up and reveal our most inner world. That fear to be pushed back is another reason not to open up. But at some point, the time comes when we grow out of this behavior and find a way to be true to ourselves for everybody’s sake.
Big hugs and good paint, Sue 💖

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Laying blame is an easy scapegoat, because you simply allocate responsibility for your own inactivity to somebody else. Apparently the people who complain the most when in their final years, are the ones who reflect back and see very little.
Steve Maraboli is saying it like it should be. We should all get ourselves moving to follow our dreams; to do what interests us; to do what brings us a sense of achievement … and if others are not supportive and/or generally negative about what we are doing, put it down to envy.
If you can look back on your life with a sense of pride at the things you did; if you can look in the mirror and tell those eyes looking back at you that you are really happy with your life; if you know that although some of the things you tried to do did not exactly work out as expected, you also know that you learned so much from them; if you can do all those things, then not only will you be more satisfied with your life than so many around you but, when your time approaches to take the “final adventure”, you will look back with pride and satisfaction. Your life served a purpose!

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Colin, this was wonderful to read. It would make a fantastic post itself.
You said something important, those who complain are those who will be the ones regret and envy those even more who did not care about their critics and can look back to a life filled with life.
Fear must never hold us back to at least try it with all our hearts. I am convinced that what comes from the deep energetic place in our hearts will sooner or later work out. At least as much as we can say, it was worth it. And that is what defines succes to me: Being happy and proud of what you are doing and filling your actions with meaning.
Thank you very much for this wonderful comment, Colin. It gave me goosebumps and a big smile!

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Yes!! I always tell my boys, don’t be sheep! Forging your own path and uniqueness is empowering. As you know me now, I wouldn’t have it any other way😊 I embrace who I am and present it to the world in the only way I can. If you don’t go through some uncomforbility, you don’t grow. Plus, I don’t like to live with wondering what if.
On a personal note, I may of leaped before looking in regards to Lincoln and my job. Again, living my life out loud with no apologies. Great message Erika, thank you😊💜

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Hi, Maria! Great and powerful lines of yours which I am not surprised about.
“If you don’t go through some uncomforbility, you don’t grow. Plus, I don’t like to live with wondering what if.”
This actually is what makes life life, doesn’t it? We don’t grow in comfort zones. And to me it would be the worst thing to look back one day and regret what you did not do but could have done…
We both believe that whatever comes our way, supports our way. Lincoln and your job have definitely made you develop what you needed for this next reconciling step with life.
Thank you for your wonderful comment, Maria 💖

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You are most welcome, I believe on sharing and living my life as authentically as possible. I don’t hold anything back and I’m no longer ashamed of my missteps. That’s recovery of perfectionism speaking right there. Living and embracing my humanness. Real talk concerning real life😊💜

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People tend to fear what they don’t understand and when you choose to follow up on your dreams and passions, they throw negatives at you instead of being encouraging and supportive. Our individual gifts and talents aren’t meant to be bottled up and shelved away. Great kick ass post to start the week, Erika!

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That’s the power comment I hoped for… lol! Yes, the problem is that they don’t step up and go for their own individuality because they are to scared but instead try to make others smaller in order to appear larger.
Never bottling up our greatness!! Thank you very much, Sylvester!

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You’re very welcome, Erika! Oh wow, that is true! Putting others down in order to appear larger. That nails it perfectly! Not ever bottling our greatness!!

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“Strength comes from those who walk their way regardless of where the crowd walks” So succinct and yet so applicable! I often dislike the “herd,” but only because the herd dislikes those who are don’t care to “follow” them?

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Yes, I like what you said her. There is basically nothing wrong with the herd as long as the heard appreciates each member’s individuality. Thank you very much for your wonderful comment 😊

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