Saturday, June 20, 2009

Are You Afraid To Be Different?

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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