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Post by Spider on Sept 2, 2008 15:44:23 GMT -5
~ I've Learned ~
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Post by Spider on Sept 2, 2008 16:15:08 GMT -5
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Post by jc on Sept 2, 2008 17:56:21 GMT -5
Beautiful.
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Post by jc on Sept 2, 2008 17:59:31 GMT -5
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Post by Spider on Sept 5, 2008 12:04:38 GMT -5
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Post by Spider on Sept 7, 2008 13:17:12 GMT -5
.. Clic Pic .. ~ 'Remember When' ~  __
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Post by Spider on Sept 21, 2008 11:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by Spider on Feb 16, 2009 3:02:49 GMT -5
[clic pic]'The Secret Life of Trees'[images]
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Post by Spider on Mar 13, 2009 23:35:38 GMT -5
 glass houses
It is said that fish are the last ones to recognize water.
In the same way, we are the last to recognize the glass walls
that constrain and contain our own lives.
Consider:
“This is how we do things around here” ...
is a glass house that contains our thoughts and our actions.
“I really need to be accepted by other people” ...
is a glass house that inhibits self-expression.
“I have a rational explanation for it” ...
is a glass house that limits our experience of life and the world.
“Oh, get real!” ...
is a glass house that constrains our dreams & aspirations.
We spend every minute, of every day, thinking and, saying and,
doing things that reinforce our glass houses.
And if we do, perchance, happen to come across a different point of view –
one that doesn’t fit, neatly inside the glass house – we chuck it.
The effect of this on the human spirit has been devastating.
Inertia is commonplace,
with most people feeling stuck-resigned to the fact
that nothing will ever really change.
We complain that life is no longer an adventure.
Many people are dissatisfied with important things in their lives,
even in the face of their successes.
The effect of this on business has been startling.
Mediocrity and conformity is applauded and rewarded,
with few people willing to really stick their necks out.
Organizations have become a sea of sameness,
where everyone thinks and behaves professionally
and no-one thinks and behaves differently.
Work for many has been reduced to a white-collar factory.
Fortunately, the glass house is not shatterproof.
People are hungry to be challenged, self-expressed, and fulfilled.
I have dedicated my life to throwing stones in the glass house of society.
And while a stone thrown somewhere sideways and slightly upwards wouldn’t
necessarily bring the whole house down, it might cause a tiny crack.
Which, in time,
might be the cause of a much larger and longer crack.
Rock-on!
[anonymous]
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Post by Spider on May 9, 2009 22:26:34 GMT -5
~ The Train of Life ~
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Post by sargebaby1 on May 10, 2009 13:10:50 GMT -5
Often becomes derailed!
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Post by Spider on Dec 12, 2010 15:53:37 GMT -5
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Post by Spider on Nov 16, 2014 12:49:36 GMT -5
~ The Road to Happiness ~
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