Freedom to be ourselves…How do we do it?

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“The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time we do things just to please others …The worst part is that most of us are not even aware that we are not free.” -Don Miguel Ruiz 

What gets in the way of us being ourselves?

“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously.  If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life.  You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.”  – Robert Foster Bennett

How does taking charge of your choices allow you this freedom?

How can we get life to slow down?

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Why does it seem that life is so busy?

Could it be because we are not doing what we love?  What makes us happy?

I feel that the answers to these questions are unique to each individual and is part of our journey to answer if we choose to.

I have been reading a book titled “Unchain the Elephant”.  In the book it provides an insight into these questions that have provided me with some additional clarity on what I can do to slow life down.

“An amazing thing happens when you get honest with yourself and start doing what you love, what makes you happy. Your life literally slows down.  You stop wishing for the weekend.  You stop merely looking forward to special events. You begin to live in each moment and you start feeling like a human being.  You just ride the wave that is life, with this feeling of contentment and joy. You move fluidly, steadily, calm and grateful.  A veil is lifted and a whole new perspective is born.”  – Jes Allen

What sort of activities make life slow down for you?

Do the thing you think you cannot do!

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“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.  You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Play Big and Begin it now!

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“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”  – Nelson Mandela

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.”  – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe