Since writing Transition Points, I’ve been thinking about the lessons which I learned as I grew up and which I believed were absolutely true – lessons which I was taught by my parents, by other authority figures in my life, and which I taught myself as I attempted to make sense of my world and my place in it.

Today, I spoke MY truth to a friend.  And in speaking my truth, I have let go of more of the learned lessons of my youth.  I know that the aspects of others which I am no longer willing to accept are all aspects of me which I am no longer willing to wear and live out as the ‘truth’ of who I am and how I am meant to be in the world.  I am learning new lessons.  [ ... ]

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Jean Winter

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In times like these – times of great and rapid change – what can be counted on are those unpredictable outcomes that follow our moments of great surprise, as we witness that which has been habit transform itself into the unrecognizable.

Louise’s article Programmed for ‘Predictable’  is appearing in today’s edition of  OmPlace/AltWire – Conscious Living and Best Bets From the  Alternative Web.  The invitation is for us to stop… take a breath… and notice how we are living our lives.  Are they of our own creation?  Or do we see the mark of another in what we have come to claim as our own?

Take a moment to reconsider your life and notice how your days unfold.  Pay attention to the three questions at the end of the article and ponder:  ”How else might I choose to live my life, today?”

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If the quality of your life is a reflection of your choices, how do you choose? Without mindful and clear intention, habit is the relentless force that ensures who we were defines the limitations of who we might become. Louise LeBrun

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Something a bit different- watch and enjoy … smile

“Validation” is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer – Kurt Kuenne. Winner – Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int’l Film Festival, Winner – Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Winner – Audience Award, Hawaii Int’l Film Festival, Winner – Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film, Winner – Crystal Heart Award, Best Short Film & Audience Award, Heartland Film Festival, Winner – Christopher & Dana Reeve Audience Award, Williamstown Film Festival, Winner – Best Comedy, Dam Short Film Festival, Winner – Best Short Film, Sedona Int’l Film Festival.

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A recording by Louise LeBrun; duration = 7:13

We want to think of ourselves as unique and special.  Yet, how much of how we move through our lives has become habituated and repetitive… and worse, completely outside of our awareness?!  Take the time to stop… and pay attention… trusting that no matter what you discover, your world will have become bigger!

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