Personal Perspective: Life occasionally hands us the keys to our entire future. Listen closely and choose wisely.
I work with a lot of people who have made a lot of decisions. They know what they’re afraid of. They know what could have been, what should have been. They know what lovers and others have hurt them and what jobs have been taken away unfairly.They come to me professing these things like a bad habit they are desperate to shake. Yet when I ask them to articulate what exactly they do long for, and what steps they're taking in that direction, they often have very little to say.
Life mantras, whether positive or negative, are powerful things. But more powerful than the messages we constantly feed ourselves are the moments those belief systems are born, take root and begin lives of their own.Unlike the beautiful, slow-motion movie scenes with a symphony playing in the background, these moments usually come at a low point in our lives.
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