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THE POWER OF TAKING THE PLUNGE<br />
change in the way we see the world and how we<br />
operate in it.<br />
Experience is not what happens to a man, it’s what a<br />
man does with what happens to him.<br />
~ Epictetus<br />
So, you could say that intention mixed with<br />
continually evaluated experience leads to a<br />
greater level of awareness over time. I love what<br />
Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, once said, “Until<br />
you make the unconscious conscious, it will<br />
direct your life and you will call it fate.”<br />
Are you ruled by your emotions? I must be<br />
clear in telling you, “Yes, you are!” We all move<br />
toward or away from something based on how<br />
it makes us feel. So, emotions are the source of<br />
all our actions, and those emotions derive from<br />
our thoughts and beliefs. But the important<br />
question is, “What kinds of emotions are ruling<br />
your life?”<br />
When I was a young teenager, my mom bought<br />
me a poster that happened to be popular in the<br />
early 70’s. It had the psychedelic colors and<br />
artwork. I really wasn’t into that style, but the<br />
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