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EARTH ANGELS & MAGIC MOMENTS
idea of who you are? It’s the fast train to nowhere.
You’ve got to dig deeper. Way deeper.
Ask someone to give you seven words to describe
themselves and you’ll soon discover they can’t: not
accurately. For example, they might say they are
“caring”, “creative” and “organized” when, if you dig
a little deeper, you discover that when they say caring,
what they actually mean is “vigilant.” When they say
“creative” when what they really mean is “inventive.”
And by “organized” they may really mean
“methodical”.
This may seem like splitting hairs but a caring,
creative, organized person is not the same person as a
vigilant, inventive, methodical person. This becomes
more obvious when you look at the negative words
people use to describe themselves. Words like “I am
‘shy’,” “I’m ‘negative’,” “I am ‘antisocial’.” You weren’t
born that way. If someone believes these descriptions
of themselves just imagine the catastrophic
consequences of decisions made based on these beliefs.
How can anyone make a fresh start if they don’t know
who they are to begin with?
The truth is there’s no such thing as a negative
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