A great example of someone who doesn't limit themselves based upon society's standards!

(True Activist) According to polls, the majority of Americans and many other societies are in favor of change. An estimated 20 percent believe the States are on the right track, but when it comes to health care, environmental reform, and economic division, the masses believe change is imperative. But how far are many willing to go in order to live a more sustainable, connected, and happier life?

With the conveniences of today (packaged food, media frenzy, rapid transportation), it is difficult for many to know a life different from that which has been shown to degenerate, numb, and dull the senses. Not often do kids summon creativity to work random objects into play things, for now their noses are pressed against tablets, IPads, and television screens. But things are changing, and the few, but inspirational, examples which shed light on another way of life may cause perceived ‘ideals’ to change.

For Mick Dodge, his dynamic transformation from living what modern society deems ‘appropriate’ came 25 years ago. He decided to ditch his shoes, grow his beard, and leave his family and all rest in modern civilization to live alone in the Pacific Northwest’s Hoh rain forest. But he is not a complete isolationist; he joined a community of mountain dwellers and agreed (with some persistent effort from producers) to be the subject of National Geographic’s series “The Legend of Mick Dodge”.

Focus on writing your own life story, your way.

Remember that every moment counts.  Every second matters.  Honestly, whatever is given is a gift.

So don’t be so satisfied with the success stories of others and how things have gone for them that you forget to write your own.  Unfold your own tale and bring it to life.  You have everything you need to become what you are capable of becoming.  Incredible change happens when you decide to take control.  This means consuming less and creating more.  It means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and deciding for you.  It means learning to respect and use your own ideas and instincts to write your passage.

If you want your life story to soar to new heights, you’ve got to clear a path, reduce the time-sinks and burdens weighing you down, and pick up the things that give you wings.  Keep your best wishes and your biggest goals close to your heart and dedicate time to them every day.  If you truly care about what you do and you work diligently at it, there’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish.

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The path of true healing is the process of remembering our true identity in consciousness -- not the one mind and ego want you to believe, but the one that is naturally dormant and resting in our feelings.

Our life is a thin thread between identification with the mind and the awareness of being conscious beings.  WE exist in two worlds, but if we only identify with the mind and ego, we are more conscious of the outer one.

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We, as a society, have a strange relationship with silence between two individuals. We try and avoid it using, “um’s” and “ah’s”. We try and interrupt it, using coughs and clearing our throats and we try to eliminate it altogether by playing music or having a TV on all the time.

How did we get to this? Why are we so afraid of silence? Why do yoga studios decidedly leave out the meditation portion of the class? The focus is always on the yang, the movement, the sound, the conversation and never on the yin. Yin is listening, contemplative, subtle.

In journalism school we were taught to use silence as a means to get our interviewee to talk more about a subject. We were taught that people naturally are uncomfortable with long pauses and often fill it with unnecessary chatter.

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Messages from The Universe do not always come as great blasts of insight, a fireworks show of understanding or an Earth-shattering movement toward realization. More often than not, the most profound thoughts come to you as a whisper in your ear, the sight of a butterfly weaving its way through a sunlit afternoon or the honey smelling breeze of a spring morning.
If you release the need for everything to be big enough to shake your world to its foundation, you will find that The Universe is constantly, and consistently, speaking to you. Trust that you will remember the language. ~ Creator

http://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/messages/