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I want to be a better person. Yes, I want to be a better son, better boyfriend, better friend, better worker, better person in the eyes of society.  But in order to achieve that, I need to do right by myself. Why do I want to be a better person?  Because while the person I am is pretty awesome, there is still room for improvement.  And in becoming a better person, I will learn to love myself better. And not

Blame

Ever notice how easy it is to place blame?  Often, I don’t think we even realize we’re doing it. How many of these sound familiar?  I should never have listened to you.  You’re responsible for leading me there.  If I hadn’t taken your advice, this would be alright.  If my boss wasn’t so stupid, work would be great!  If you weren’t holding me back, I’d be successful! Shall we pay a visit to dictionary.com? blame – noun; verb (used with object) 1. to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don’t blame

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I am. Two of the most powerful words anyone can utter.  What follows them will help in building up the self.  I am happy.  I am strong.  I am attractive.  I am wise.  I am worthy. Unfortunately, following “I am” with negatives is equally, if not sometimes more powerful.  I am broke.  I am angry.  I am weak.  I am fat.  I am unworthy. All you have to do is read the news.  All you have to do is read

Why Faith should not replace Science

Science has taken a lot of abuse over the past decade or so.  A lot of ‘faith based’ organizations have been working overtime to discredit the scientific community.  And this is something we should all be far more disturbed by than we are. What is science?  Let’s visit Dictionary.com for that: sci·ence noun 1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.

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Independence is one of the primary reasons to walk one’s own path. The best definition from Dictionary.com for independence is freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. This is one of the main reasons to choose to walk our own path.  We want to be free, we want to be independent, we want to ultimately be in control of our own fate, our own destiny.  Sometimes winning that independence is easy.  But sometimes it is

That which does NOT divide us.

We are all different in so many ways.  Race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, nationality…but instead of focusing on our differences, and creating gaps and divides over them – we need to start focusing on all the ways we are the same. The business and political and religious leaders in this world love to explore, exploit, and emphasize all of our differences.  They use them to create fear of one group or another, to control whom they can, and to

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I regularly use the phrase Consciousness Creates Reality.  The question you might ask is – what does that mean, and how does it relate to Pathwalking? I borrowed this phrase long ago from my best friend, and find it is probably the truest phrase I have ever heard or spoken.  The meaning is both deeply simple and utterly complex. Consciousness – this is awareness.  Awareness of the self, awareness of one’s surroundings, the general acknowledgement of being. Creates – the

Working on the only thing we really have control over

What if we all focused on ourselves for a while? I don’t mean everyone should become selfish – I mean rather than focusing on all the outside influences and all the negatives of the world, we redirect our focus on ourselves, and work to improve what we can in our own lives. This might be a radical idea, but as I read the news and all the negative things going on out there – be it political, religious, monetary, whatever

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Thought + Feeling + Action = Pathwalking.  But another important element in this equation – quite possibly the glue that binds it, in fact – is discipline. Last post, I explained my issues with feeling.  Thought I have little problem with, but feeling is a whole other issue.  It is time to discipline myself to work on feeling out my thoughts. Discipline, unfortunately, has never been my strong suit. Without discipline, accomplishing the act of walking one’s path, let alone

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I am a thinker, not a feeler.  I am all about thought, rather than emotion.  And while, at times, this is advantageous – at times it really is not. It’s all well and good, in the process of this whole Pathwalking notion, to think about what I intend.  But to really do it, to make it actually happen requires more than thought.  It requires intent.  It requires feeling. And that, for me, is the challenge.  Feeling. I know a number

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