by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
On the path of evolution,
we move from being a willing
and obedient member of the group
to wanting to take control
over our own lives.
This is a necessary but difficult transition.
Andrew Schneider says,
"At this point we are afraid
of being ourselves.
We are afraid
of being unique and different.
We are afraid
of being individually powerful,
and even successful.
For all of these things stand
against the old ways that told us
that conformity was right
and individualism was wrong.
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"For as long as we possibly can,
we make a compromise.
We try to live both lives -
the dependent tribal life
and the independent personal life -
as contradictory and opposite as they are.
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"We want approval from others.
We want to be accepted and popular.
We seek this comfort to overcome
our fear and feel more secure.
...So, at times when we conform,
we don’t feel the fear of living.
But we might lose the new
sense of adventure, discovery, daring
and enthusiasm for life that the
questioning and questing have brought us."
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"Nature never repeats herself,
and the possibilities
of one human soul
will never be found in another."
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