The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual reality" we experience. Such 'knowledge' is so thoroughly a part of our worldview that it simply would not occur to most people to question it. Yet underneath this reality is another, subinstitutional reality in which very different responses are simply acted out. This is the reality in which everyone, until very recently, lived. -David Schwartz.
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All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
All change is not growth; all movement is not forward.
Change starts when someone sees the next step.
Change starts when someone sees the next step.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the read more
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense read more
It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims revealed to him by reason, he continues to plod along in old paths until his life becomes frustrating and unbearable - he finally makes the change only when his usual life can no longer be tolerated.
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing read more
I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then read more
Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. -W.H. Murray.
One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.
Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder.
Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. -Caroline Schoeder.
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found read more
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that ;it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.
