Posted to Facebook April 30
I am currently involved in a project that includes contact with many members of the public. This provides the opportunity for me to hear people sharing their different perceptions of the exact same experience. At times they can be so opposing, so black and white, it would be easy for one to think they were talking about two completely different situations, but they are not, and both have no doubt they are right about the situation.
I know I have written about this before, but this experience is bringing it to light for me again. 'Reality' is made up of what the atoms/molecules of our world are doing, and equally (if not more) the way they are being perceived and interpreted relative to our own lives.
We, as humans, spend large amounts of time and energy discussing, researching, discovering, arguing, justifying, and suing each other over what is true and right -- when maybe the real question is, "What do I want to be right about?"
Do I want to be right about being a victim, or about knowing how powerful I am?
Do I want to be right about how wrong people are, or that they are doing the best they know how?
Do I want to be right about worrying over things, or do I want to find the peace of mind that trust brings?
Do I want to be right about how terrible things are, or about all that goes so very right in every day?
Do I want to be right about all the things there are to fear, or about all the things to love?
Do I want to be right about those things that people do that irritate me, or about the peace I experience when I let go of the need to control everything.
Do I want to be right about those things that are making me feel bad, or the choice I have to feel good anyway?
Do I want to be right about how others see me, or what I know about who I really am?
LOP is asking myself, what do I really want to be 'right' about?
Living On Purpose (LOP) is remembering, believing in, and expressing who we really are. This blog is the sharing of the moment by moment experience of practicing Living On Purpose . . . because we all want to feel good.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Believe What's Real
Posted to Facebook April 23rd.
We are taught to believe what is real, or true. Now all we have to do is figure out what real is.
One night when I was very young, sleeping in the same room as my sister, I looked up into the darkness of the room and I saw bubbles and squigglies dancing in the air above me. Never considering before that moment that anything I experienced might not be real, I blurted out to my sister, "I can see air!" She, already knowing what the 'truth' of the world was, responded with certainty, "you can't see air." "Oh," I thought to myself, "I could have sworn I saw something." This is my first recollection of me not believing what was real for me.
I received an assignment in college to observe something and write about it. On my bus ride home I watched a young couple interacting. There was something obviously bothering them. I wrote about what I perceived, and just intuitively knew was going on. I received a good mark on the paper, along with the comment, "Well written, but you could not possibly know that all of this was going on for them by just observing." It had not crossed my mind before that comment, that what I had witnessed was not accurate.
My interpretation of both of those experiences had come from a place of absolute knowing. It's that same knowing that tells you you are in love, to turn right instead of left, or to give a hug at that perfect moment -- you just know. There had not been a shadow of a doubt, about either of them, until someone else doubted me. In both situations I was basically told I could not trust what was real for me. In both I had a decision to make -- who was I going to believe? I stopped seeing air after that night; I have continued to trust what I feel is going on for others.
Believing what is real for us is at the basis of us remembering who we really are. Believing what is real for us is the secret to our geniusness. Believing what is real for us is an act of unconditional love towards ourselves. LOP is believing what's real for us.
We are taught to believe what is real, or true. Now all we have to do is figure out what real is.
One night when I was very young, sleeping in the same room as my sister, I looked up into the darkness of the room and I saw bubbles and squigglies dancing in the air above me. Never considering before that moment that anything I experienced might not be real, I blurted out to my sister, "I can see air!" She, already knowing what the 'truth' of the world was, responded with certainty, "you can't see air." "Oh," I thought to myself, "I could have sworn I saw something." This is my first recollection of me not believing what was real for me.
I received an assignment in college to observe something and write about it. On my bus ride home I watched a young couple interacting. There was something obviously bothering them. I wrote about what I perceived, and just intuitively knew was going on. I received a good mark on the paper, along with the comment, "Well written, but you could not possibly know that all of this was going on for them by just observing." It had not crossed my mind before that comment, that what I had witnessed was not accurate.
My interpretation of both of those experiences had come from a place of absolute knowing. It's that same knowing that tells you you are in love, to turn right instead of left, or to give a hug at that perfect moment -- you just know. There had not been a shadow of a doubt, about either of them, until someone else doubted me. In both situations I was basically told I could not trust what was real for me. In both I had a decision to make -- who was I going to believe? I stopped seeing air after that night; I have continued to trust what I feel is going on for others.
Believing what is real for us is at the basis of us remembering who we really are. Believing what is real for us is the secret to our geniusness. Believing what is real for us is an act of unconditional love towards ourselves. LOP is believing what's real for us.
Monday, 16 April 2012
Pretending
Posted to Facebook Apr. 20th.
We cannot benefit from who we really are (WWRA), we cannot be all that we were born to be, when we are pretending to be other than our genius selves.
Pretending can happen in the most innocent of ways. We can agree with something when we believe differently. We can do something when it feels not quite right. We can buy something we don't really love. We can do a partial job on something just to get it done. And, we can attend things we feel obligated to attend. Each one of these situations is an opportuniy to ask ourselves, "Who am I really in this situation?"
I know we do most of the above to be nice, to not offend, to fit in, to be helpful. But if we could really begin to fathom how loving, uplifting, perfectly timed, and appropriate WWRA truly is, we would never again pretend to be nice, and fit in.
So if I am not pretending to be the way I think I am suppose to be -- how do I be? Ahhhhh, now that's the perfect question for practicing LOP.
Try spending a day not pretending. No faking, no shoulding on yourself, no appeasing. If you come across a situation that does not feel good/right, don't pretend your way through it, step back and say, "Oh, this is an opportunity for me to remember WIRA." Take a moment to see if there is any response that immediately comes to mind that feels more genuine. If not, postpone your comment, decision, action, response (if possible) until an ah-ha, a sense of clarity, has a chance to express itself.
LOP is giving WIRA a chance to express out into the world.
We cannot benefit from who we really are (WWRA), we cannot be all that we were born to be, when we are pretending to be other than our genius selves.
Pretending can happen in the most innocent of ways. We can agree with something when we believe differently. We can do something when it feels not quite right. We can buy something we don't really love. We can do a partial job on something just to get it done. And, we can attend things we feel obligated to attend. Each one of these situations is an opportuniy to ask ourselves, "Who am I really in this situation?"
I know we do most of the above to be nice, to not offend, to fit in, to be helpful. But if we could really begin to fathom how loving, uplifting, perfectly timed, and appropriate WWRA truly is, we would never again pretend to be nice, and fit in.
So if I am not pretending to be the way I think I am suppose to be -- how do I be? Ahhhhh, now that's the perfect question for practicing LOP.
Try spending a day not pretending. No faking, no shoulding on yourself, no appeasing. If you come across a situation that does not feel good/right, don't pretend your way through it, step back and say, "Oh, this is an opportunity for me to remember WIRA." Take a moment to see if there is any response that immediately comes to mind that feels more genuine. If not, postpone your comment, decision, action, response (if possible) until an ah-ha, a sense of clarity, has a chance to express itself.
LOP is giving WIRA a chance to express out into the world.
Hypersensitivity
Posted to Facebook Apr. 16th.
I recently stuck my nose into a book called "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. In it she describes people who may experience any or all of the following: acute physical senses such as smell, taste, or touch; being deeply affected by other's moods and emotions; a need to withdraw from busy days and over stimulation; annoyance or overwhelm-ment when needing to do too many things; uncomfortableness with violent movies/TV shows; uncomfortableness with loud noises; a history of being called too sensitive or shy; an aversion to, or uncomfortableness with, changes in ones life.
In LOP I wrote about being hypersensitive. It was what I experienced after my depression and when I was no longer choosing to be, as Pink Floyd calls it, 'comfortabley numb'. I had probably been 'highly sensitive' my whole life but had never been taught what it was, or how to use it. I had been taught by Western society that emotions and acute awareness were things to dull, ignore, control, stifle, and avoid.
I have come to see that my sensitive emotions, and acute awareness, are actually a finely tuned guidance system helping me to discern who I really am (WIRA). It no longer feels like hypersensitivity is an uncomfortable, unwanted thing, but a valuable, finely crafted, precisely set, Geiger counter that has the ability to guide me through life with immense skill and precision.
LOP is listening to what our hypersensitivity is helping us to know, and discover, about ourselves.
I recently stuck my nose into a book called "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. In it she describes people who may experience any or all of the following: acute physical senses such as smell, taste, or touch; being deeply affected by other's moods and emotions; a need to withdraw from busy days and over stimulation; annoyance or overwhelm-ment when needing to do too many things; uncomfortableness with violent movies/TV shows; uncomfortableness with loud noises; a history of being called too sensitive or shy; an aversion to, or uncomfortableness with, changes in ones life.
In LOP I wrote about being hypersensitive. It was what I experienced after my depression and when I was no longer choosing to be, as Pink Floyd calls it, 'comfortabley numb'. I had probably been 'highly sensitive' my whole life but had never been taught what it was, or how to use it. I had been taught by Western society that emotions and acute awareness were things to dull, ignore, control, stifle, and avoid.
I have come to see that my sensitive emotions, and acute awareness, are actually a finely tuned guidance system helping me to discern who I really am (WIRA). It no longer feels like hypersensitivity is an uncomfortable, unwanted thing, but a valuable, finely crafted, precisely set, Geiger counter that has the ability to guide me through life with immense skill and precision.
LOP is listening to what our hypersensitivity is helping us to know, and discover, about ourselves.
Monday, 9 April 2012
Content
Posted to Facebook April 12th
Life has been rich and full these last few months. It is all great and, I could feel I was ready for some quiet.
I spent Good Friday reading, going for a jog, choosing not to do some work I had scheduled for that day, taking a bath, eating pizza, and watching T.V. During the evening I looked over at my husband, with a Garfield grin on my face and said, "I am so content." I could not have been any more happy with that moment. Full belly, quiet mind, exercised body, cozy in front of the T.V. -- it had been the perfect recipe for the immense satisfaction I was feeling. So, does that mean that contentment comes from not working, eating pizza, and watching T.V.? Well it did for that day, but perhaps more accurately, I would say it comes from me listening, and following my bliss.
I think immense satisfaction from one's day can follow a strenous day of work, a family outing, writing a song, paddling on a lake, running a marathon, building sand castles, having laughs with some friends, completing a 'to do' list, or finding solutions at work. I think contentment comes from filling my moments with WIRA, and the expression of that can change from day to day, moment to moment. I think there will never be just one thing, that one way of being, that will fill me with that immense joy and satisfaction day after day. I think that contentment on Good Friday came not from what I was doing (pizza, bath, and T.V.), but from how I was being (surrendered, faith-filled, listening). I think being content is about me hearing and trusting my inspirations and following through on them.
LOP is not about just having one Good Friday a year, but about having lots of Good Fridays . . . and Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays too.
Life has been rich and full these last few months. It is all great and, I could feel I was ready for some quiet.
I spent Good Friday reading, going for a jog, choosing not to do some work I had scheduled for that day, taking a bath, eating pizza, and watching T.V. During the evening I looked over at my husband, with a Garfield grin on my face and said, "I am so content." I could not have been any more happy with that moment. Full belly, quiet mind, exercised body, cozy in front of the T.V. -- it had been the perfect recipe for the immense satisfaction I was feeling. So, does that mean that contentment comes from not working, eating pizza, and watching T.V.? Well it did for that day, but perhaps more accurately, I would say it comes from me listening, and following my bliss.
I think immense satisfaction from one's day can follow a strenous day of work, a family outing, writing a song, paddling on a lake, running a marathon, building sand castles, having laughs with some friends, completing a 'to do' list, or finding solutions at work. I think contentment comes from filling my moments with WIRA, and the expression of that can change from day to day, moment to moment. I think there will never be just one thing, that one way of being, that will fill me with that immense joy and satisfaction day after day. I think that contentment on Good Friday came not from what I was doing (pizza, bath, and T.V.), but from how I was being (surrendered, faith-filled, listening). I think being content is about me hearing and trusting my inspirations and following through on them.
LOP is not about just having one Good Friday a year, but about having lots of Good Fridays . . . and Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays too.
Saturday, 7 April 2012
A Choice
The following is an excerpt from the book "Living On Purpose: Life Beyond Mediocrity."
"The choice of being on the upward or downward spiral includes all situations, . . . This does not mean that we are going to look for the upward spiral in the suffering . . . we do look for the upward spiral of the situation.
From the years of my adolescent depression, I could now focus on the misery and unhappiness I experienced. I could focus on how ostracized I felt from friends. I could focus on the immense frustration and agonizing knot in my stomach. I could focus on the damage I created to home and belongings in outbursts of desperation. Or, I could focus on the sensation of hopelessness, aloneness, and being a failure that permeated me. I could focus on all the unjust times since then that I have needed to explain and defend my mental health. And I could blame the world for not doing a better job of saving me from my suffering.
Or, from that same time in my life, I can now focus on the incredible thirst I have for understanding human beings -- how we are built and how we function. And I can focus on the idea that because of my depression experience, I now posses an undying belief in each individual's incredibleness, and that we all have unique talents and abilities to contribute. Also, there is the belief I have learned: it does not matter how bad a situation looks, there is always an upward spiral. I know my depression intensified my desire to live every moment fully and treasure them like gold. And finally, there is the knowing that if I can survive that, I can do anything. I am a very powerful person!
One set of thoughts is an upward spiral, the other a downward one. It is my choice on which I focus. By focusing on one, it does not mean the other does not exist or I am denying it happened. It does mean I am making a deliberate choice to keep my power in my hands, to stay out of self-defeating victim mentality and not haunt myself by returning to that time and replaying downward spiral thoughts. We all find ourselves in situations that we don't want to be in. However, the actual situations are not as abusive as we are when we replay the situation over and over in our minds."
LOP pages 80-81
"The choice of being on the upward or downward spiral includes all situations, . . . This does not mean that we are going to look for the upward spiral in the suffering . . . we do look for the upward spiral of the situation.
From the years of my adolescent depression, I could now focus on the misery and unhappiness I experienced. I could focus on how ostracized I felt from friends. I could focus on the immense frustration and agonizing knot in my stomach. I could focus on the damage I created to home and belongings in outbursts of desperation. Or, I could focus on the sensation of hopelessness, aloneness, and being a failure that permeated me. I could focus on all the unjust times since then that I have needed to explain and defend my mental health. And I could blame the world for not doing a better job of saving me from my suffering.
Or, from that same time in my life, I can now focus on the incredible thirst I have for understanding human beings -- how we are built and how we function. And I can focus on the idea that because of my depression experience, I now posses an undying belief in each individual's incredibleness, and that we all have unique talents and abilities to contribute. Also, there is the belief I have learned: it does not matter how bad a situation looks, there is always an upward spiral. I know my depression intensified my desire to live every moment fully and treasure them like gold. And finally, there is the knowing that if I can survive that, I can do anything. I am a very powerful person!
One set of thoughts is an upward spiral, the other a downward one. It is my choice on which I focus. By focusing on one, it does not mean the other does not exist or I am denying it happened. It does mean I am making a deliberate choice to keep my power in my hands, to stay out of self-defeating victim mentality and not haunt myself by returning to that time and replaying downward spiral thoughts. We all find ourselves in situations that we don't want to be in. However, the actual situations are not as abusive as we are when we replay the situation over and over in our minds."
LOP pages 80-81
Secrets
Posted to Facebook Apr. 7th.
We are all probably familiar with secrets being those things that we deliberately and consciously do not share with certain individuals. But how about those things that we habitually and unconsciously do not share with certain individuals?
I have came to a place of peace in regards to not needing to assert/share my understanding about LOP with those in the world that are not interested. I adopted a "answer only when asked" philosophy, and it became apparent that many were not really interested, because they were not asking. Not 'bothering' to share became habitual -- big parts of my life were kept behind closed doors, not under lock and key, but only because many were not asking for them to be opened. Is this a secret? Is this LOP?
I am now realizing there is a fine line between "answer only when asked," and keeping secrets. There is a fine line between not asserting ones beliefs, and still being who we really are (WWRA). There is a fine line between being quiet because one is so use to not being asked who they really are, and becoming comfortable with hiding in the safety of not sharing who we really are.
LOP is not hiding, or secrets, or holding back in fear of judgement. Nor is it trying to convince, or justify to, or be accepted by, those who see things differently. LOP is expressing WIRA, from an essence of appreciation, unconditional acceptance, belief and trust in myself, and trust that others can handle it.
LOP is sharing and expressing WIRA, because there is no benefit to keeping my genius self a secret.
We are all probably familiar with secrets being those things that we deliberately and consciously do not share with certain individuals. But how about those things that we habitually and unconsciously do not share with certain individuals?
I have came to a place of peace in regards to not needing to assert/share my understanding about LOP with those in the world that are not interested. I adopted a "answer only when asked" philosophy, and it became apparent that many were not really interested, because they were not asking. Not 'bothering' to share became habitual -- big parts of my life were kept behind closed doors, not under lock and key, but only because many were not asking for them to be opened. Is this a secret? Is this LOP?
I am now realizing there is a fine line between "answer only when asked," and keeping secrets. There is a fine line between not asserting ones beliefs, and still being who we really are (WWRA). There is a fine line between being quiet because one is so use to not being asked who they really are, and becoming comfortable with hiding in the safety of not sharing who we really are.
LOP is not hiding, or secrets, or holding back in fear of judgement. Nor is it trying to convince, or justify to, or be accepted by, those who see things differently. LOP is expressing WIRA, from an essence of appreciation, unconditional acceptance, belief and trust in myself, and trust that others can handle it.
LOP is sharing and expressing WIRA, because there is no benefit to keeping my genius self a secret.
Monday, 2 April 2012
There's a Whole Lot o' Energy Goin' On
Posted to facebook Apr. 2nd
The "E=MC2" book that I am reading right now, got me curious as to how much energy I am. So, I thought it would be fun (with the help of my husband) to figure it out . (I know, I know, fun is in the eye of the beholder.)
So here is what I am understanding. If we pour/pump energy into mass, at a rate faster than the speed of light, that energy turns into mass. That means we can also take a unit of mass and figure out how much energy it would have, if we knew how to purely convert it into energy. (The atomic bomb is an example of us knowing how to purely convert mass into energy.)
I am, based on my crude mathematics, 1,580,128,000,000,000,000 units of energy.
Look around you. Imagine the amount of energy that surrounds you right now. There's a whole lot of energy going on.
The "E=MC2" book that I am reading right now, got me curious as to how much energy I am. So, I thought it would be fun (with the help of my husband) to figure it out . (I know, I know, fun is in the eye of the beholder.)
So here is what I am understanding. If we pour/pump energy into mass, at a rate faster than the speed of light, that energy turns into mass. That means we can also take a unit of mass and figure out how much energy it would have, if we knew how to purely convert it into energy. (The atomic bomb is an example of us knowing how to purely convert mass into energy.)
I am, based on my crude mathematics, 1,580,128,000,000,000,000 units of energy.
Look around you. Imagine the amount of energy that surrounds you right now. There's a whole lot of energy going on.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
But Aren't I Suppose to Struggle?
Posted to FaceBook Mar. 29th
I know it can seem counter-intuitive, but being at peace with what I don't want is not asking for, allowing more of, or being resigned to a life of what I don't want. Finding my place of peace is creating peace. We can be so ingrained with the beliefs of hard work, no gain without pain, or the need to be busy, that not struggling against what we don't want can feel like we are permitting more of it.
Being at peace is about not giving up my joy/connection with who I really am/well-being, for any reason. Being at peace is about staying in alignment with what I do want, so that I am able to recognize my answers and opportunities when they are in front of me. Being at peace is about taking care of this moment, the only one I ever truly have, and filling it with who I really am. Being at peace is the road to what I do want.
If I believe I need to struggle to find peace, I will choose the options of struggle, over my happiness, every time, and I will end up down the road of life asking why the happiness never came. But if I am able to find peace with that work situation, or the relationship, or the financial situation, or my health, or my career, I end up down the road of life saying, "Gee, it seems to have been one peaceful moment after another," and that's because it was.
LOP is a place of peace.
I know it can seem counter-intuitive, but being at peace with what I don't want is not asking for, allowing more of, or being resigned to a life of what I don't want. Finding my place of peace is creating peace. We can be so ingrained with the beliefs of hard work, no gain without pain, or the need to be busy, that not struggling against what we don't want can feel like we are permitting more of it.
Being at peace is about not giving up my joy/connection with who I really am/well-being, for any reason. Being at peace is about staying in alignment with what I do want, so that I am able to recognize my answers and opportunities when they are in front of me. Being at peace is about taking care of this moment, the only one I ever truly have, and filling it with who I really am. Being at peace is the road to what I do want.
If I believe I need to struggle to find peace, I will choose the options of struggle, over my happiness, every time, and I will end up down the road of life asking why the happiness never came. But if I am able to find peace with that work situation, or the relationship, or the financial situation, or my health, or my career, I end up down the road of life saying, "Gee, it seems to have been one peaceful moment after another," and that's because it was.
LOP is a place of peace.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Why Einstein?
Posted to FaceBook Mar. 26th
I am currently enjoying the book, "E=MC2" by David Bodanis, which is subtitled, "A biography of the World's Most Famous Equation."
Yesterday I was reading a section where David was questioning why Einstein was the one to pull all the elements of E=MC2 together. The individual aspects of this equation were already in existence and had been evolving for some time. There were others working on similar questions as Einstein, that arguably could have been considered smarter than him. So what was it about Einstein that made this famous equation apparent to him? Well, David points out a number of characteristics that may have contributed to it.
One thing that was working for Einstein was space. He was employed at the patent office which was taking up little of his mental energy and allowed him the space to explore his ideas. A second element was time. He was not pressured by outside influences like some of the other scientists of the time, who were under academic pressure to publish. He could follow his ideas at his own pace and on his own agenda. Another was trust. David shares that Einstein's family had a history of trusting him and accepted his interest in whatever he was interested in -- a great confidence builder. He also writes that his family "encouraged a playful distancing tone," which to me sounds like they encouraged the silliness of being imaginative and different, and being outside of the box. Mr. Bodanis includes the cultural influences of being Jewish, in Germany, at the turn of the century and how his beliefs about responsibility, justice, and authority where probably quite different than the many German scientists of his time. And finally, the author includes what many might call the failures that Einstein experienced early in his life (i.e.not getting into the 'right' schools, being a lowly patent clerk, etc), that probably created a thirst, a desire, the inspiration to keep pursuing and searching.
Why Einstein? We will probably never fully understand all of the intricacies that led to his conscious recognition of this equation. But it would be fair to say that having enough faith in myself, to allow myself the space and time to follow my inspirations down those roads that interest me, to be playful, curious, have an adventurous spirit, without being too concerned about what others think, and choosing to use the clarity I get about what I do want, when I experience things I don't want, certainly doesn't hurt.
LOP is having the space and time to believe in, play with, be curious about, and follow one's inspirations.
I am currently enjoying the book, "E=MC2" by David Bodanis, which is subtitled, "A biography of the World's Most Famous Equation."
Yesterday I was reading a section where David was questioning why Einstein was the one to pull all the elements of E=MC2 together. The individual aspects of this equation were already in existence and had been evolving for some time. There were others working on similar questions as Einstein, that arguably could have been considered smarter than him. So what was it about Einstein that made this famous equation apparent to him? Well, David points out a number of characteristics that may have contributed to it.
One thing that was working for Einstein was space. He was employed at the patent office which was taking up little of his mental energy and allowed him the space to explore his ideas. A second element was time. He was not pressured by outside influences like some of the other scientists of the time, who were under academic pressure to publish. He could follow his ideas at his own pace and on his own agenda. Another was trust. David shares that Einstein's family had a history of trusting him and accepted his interest in whatever he was interested in -- a great confidence builder. He also writes that his family "encouraged a playful distancing tone," which to me sounds like they encouraged the silliness of being imaginative and different, and being outside of the box. Mr. Bodanis includes the cultural influences of being Jewish, in Germany, at the turn of the century and how his beliefs about responsibility, justice, and authority where probably quite different than the many German scientists of his time. And finally, the author includes what many might call the failures that Einstein experienced early in his life (i.e.not getting into the 'right' schools, being a lowly patent clerk, etc), that probably created a thirst, a desire, the inspiration to keep pursuing and searching.
Why Einstein? We will probably never fully understand all of the intricacies that led to his conscious recognition of this equation. But it would be fair to say that having enough faith in myself, to allow myself the space and time to follow my inspirations down those roads that interest me, to be playful, curious, have an adventurous spirit, without being too concerned about what others think, and choosing to use the clarity I get about what I do want, when I experience things I don't want, certainly doesn't hurt.
LOP is having the space and time to believe in, play with, be curious about, and follow one's inspirations.
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