Thursday, January 27, 2005
Flowing outward
Your circumstances do not make you. Your circumstances reveal
you.
The events in your life do not cause you to be one way or
another. The events in your life give you the opportunity to
express who you are by the way you deal with them.
Like a mirror, the world around you reflects your values,
your beliefs and expectations. The things you experience
outside yourself resonate with the person you are inside.
To bring about a positive change in your world, you must
first make that positive change deep within yourself. Life
flows from the inside toward the outside.
Any gains you make on the outside that do not have their
origin on the inside will be temporary and mostly
meaningless. Real, lasting success on the outside comes only
after success has first been nurtured within.
Take great care with the authentic person you are inside.
And that real value will flow outward to every corner of
your life.
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