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11 WHERE IS MY WHY?
Each one of us was created with a purpose. There is an internal version of yourself, fully equipped with unique gifts, talents, and passions. This true version of yourself can either be suppressed, starved and ignored or nurtured and given the freedom to grow. The choice is yours.
You’re not a carbon copy of anyone else. If you were, you’d be dispensable. Anyone could fill your shoes and your purpose in life. But they absolutely cannot.
We complicate things, don’t we? I think the fact that we are thinking and reasoning adults is sometimes our downfall, especially when it comes to finding our ‘why.’ We start out as children filled with wonder and optimism. Children say things like, “I want to fly. I want to touch the stars. I want to live under water.” Their sense of having the ability to become
whatever they want has no boundaries. Limitations are learned
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