Who's Pulling Your Strings?

Get the whole world in your hands



Instead of feeding my old assumptions about the 'holiday season' 
this year, I relinquished all my old expectations.
I said farewell to other people's notions of what 'is'
or 'should be' and even my own childhood sense 
of loss for the reality that exists.
I just let go and let it be another day in the neighborhood.

And it was good.

I didn't go anywhere I didn't want to go, didn't surround
myself with anyone I didn't want to see, didn't get
involved in any activities/traditions/habits that
were not to my liking, and I felt not one single iota
of disconnect or detachment because I was not
"part of" this massive movement.
Because I'm not; I'm me..and only me.


I can do my thing and be the only person on the planet doing so, and that's cool.
I owe no explanations, and need no one's approval.
I can craft whatever kind of day or week I need
based on my needs, and not feel threatened
or left out or lonely. It's all an attitude.


One day has no more 'magic' than another.
I am not obligated to perform trendy rituals.
I need make no apology for my beliefs.
I needn't get upset about other people's foolishness.
The predictability of human drama is entertaining if you let it be.


Be the designer of the world you want.
Give yourself permission!








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Change

Albert Einstein In Context

“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological

concept which I cannot take seriously. I feel also not able to imagine

some will or goal outside the human sphere. My views are near those

of Spinoza: admiration for the beauty of and belief in the logical simplicity

of the order which we can grasp humbly and only imperfectly. I believe

that we have to content ourselves with our imperfect knowledge and

understanding and treat values and moral obligations as a purely human

problem—the most important of all human problems.”

“I am a deeply religious nonbeliever.…
This is a somewhat new kind of religion.”





“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the funda-
mental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amaze-
ment, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. It was the experience
of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A
knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the
manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty,
which are only accessible to our reason in their most elementary forms-
it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious
attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man. I
cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or
has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An
individual who should survive his physical death is also beyond my
comprehension, nor do I wish it otherwise; such notions are for the
fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls. Enough for me the mystery of
the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvellous structure of reality,
together with the single-hearted endeavour to comprehend a portion,
be it never so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature.”





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Asking a Better Solution of Your Worries

If I am lonely, I will hold my own hand.....

If I am sad, I will know that it passes in time.

If I am disturbed, I will assess the source accurately.

If I am maligned, I will pay no heed.

If others dismiss me, I will know they are missing out.

If my dreams are not met, I will remember

that unmet dreams are a part of the journey,

and not a final outcome.

If I am scared, I will endeavor to understand why

and know that fear and worry is human,

but meaningless.

If I feel less than, I will know

that it is a lie, and change focus to embrace

all that is right with me. No one else's goals

are my goals.

If I feel left out or unattended, I will remember

that I am responsible for my own entertainment

and empowerment and education.

There are always books, music, movies

and other sources of connection

from like-minded comrades past and present.

If I begin to worry, I will remember...

that worry is weakness taught.

I will relearn a better solution to my

mind's turmoil.

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I AM My Own God

Why would I seek a source outside of me

for strength, for love, for sight?

Why would I imbue another with the ability or

the responsibility to care for me?

Why would I seek to counter reason with

fantasy and fiction?

Why would I give up on the reality that persists

to indulge in groundless wishful thinking?

There is no God in place to run and rule,

so I step in and fill the void.

I AM not a child....

I AM not helpless....

I AM not prone to hysterical fairy tales calming me.....

I AM not unhappy or without value...

I AM not required to mirror the masses...

I AM complete, and the best head of this life I am living.

No more divisions between self

and higher understanding.

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Changing the Dynamic

I AM PEACE...

I AM PROSPERITY...

I AM PROTECTED...

I AM PERSEVERING...

Step through the fear

Stop settling for less than

Shine your light

Let no man stand against you

BREATHE DEEP,

RELEASE,
REALIZE NEED,

ASK,

BE OPEN,
RECEIVE

It is within.

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