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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
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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
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American Dream: Control
There is a force field around me There is a grip on my thoughts There’s a chain holding my actions and my self-awareness lost It’s the sheep that keep me quiet The loneliness that keeps me tied Want so bad … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, assumption, assumptions, autobiography of control, black and white, Carlstead, chain, contradicting, experience, fake, fear, feel good, feelings, force field, gray, grip, habit, Image, Kevin, learn, lie, lost, meaningful life, Mental addiction, pain, perspective, pleasure, popular, purpose, Real, reality, reason, self-awarness, society, true, truth, understand, wisdom
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