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“Purpose Determines Outcome”
We drove by a grocery store parking lot. I caught a glimpse of a shopping cart in the middle of one of the spots. My mind immediately went to “let’s pull over and move it out of the way.” Being … Continue reading
Posted in Choice-Based Life
Tagged acoustic, animals, awareness, beauty, black or white, change, character, clear direction, comfort, details, direction, emotions, exercise, experience, explore, Fact, Facts, freedom, fulfilled, gray, gray reality, grayness, grow, henry david thoreau, human beings, irrational, jack johnson, kevin carlstead, life, life-purpose, live, Love, Meaning, mind, motivation, not black or white, park city, paul hatherley, personality, perspectives, practice, purpose, quiz, ralph waldo emerson, rational, reality, reason, Respect, respectable, satisfaction, self-reliance, selfless, student of life, survival, test, they do they don't, thoughts, truth, vague purpose
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Response Struggle
We respond to our fear of failure and vulnerability, our fear of death, our fear of emptiness with ideas of IMAGE and POWER and ENTERTAIN AWAY FROM THE FACTS OF LIFE. There are other ways to respond to this scary adventure here on earth. Breathe and read what I have learned here in this blog post. Continue reading
Posted in Control is an Illusion
Tagged alone, anxiety, beauty, black and white, black or white, bob dylan, breathe, change, character, chess, contradicting, contradiction, control, curiosity, curious, death, deny reality, depth, direction, distraction, distractions, education, ego, empty, equitable, facade, fake, fear, fight fire with fire, fragile, freedom, gray, honesty, humble, illusion, innocence, integrity, journey, kevin carlstead, learn, lonely human, Love, lyrics, maggie's farm, manipulate, manipulation, mask, no rewind, noble, open, oppression, pawns, Perfection, plastic, power, present moment, purpose, relax, responsibility, still, struggle, understanding, vulnerability, vulnerable, wasted time, we are small
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Imagine
Every time I have a conversation with someone where I explore the depths of experience and future options that clear up and open up life and my direction, I say to myself, “the conversations (the direction-defining explorations) that I … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged anxiety, beauty, change, depression, explore, freedom, grow, Love, Meaning, mental health, relationships, tense, uncomfortable, what if
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Canvas Stroll
My most crucial self. Relaxed… Natural flow… Focused so intently on the moment until it is thought through… Reasons for every move I make because it provides me with context, details and observations at every turn… A clear, authentic breath … Continue reading
Posted in Image
Tagged anxiety, character, emptiness, empty, freedom, Love, mental health, self-esteem, self-worth, when you break, wisdom
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My Upcoming EP
My 1st EP “Ground” was about the pursuit of truth Cage Victim Fear Question Muse Who Am I Ground I found that there was nothing but an “image of me” being hesitantly portrayed to the world and my own self. … Continue reading
Posted in Control is an Illusion
Tagged autobiography of control, bear's den, cage, control, experience beauty, express love, fear, freedom, Ground, ground EP, history, kevin carlstead, Muse, new EP, Painter, pursue truth, question, Re:Cage, Slow Down, Sophie, Trust, victim
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