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DARING TO BE ME (# 6)

CHOICES

In looking closely
at the categories
that make up my
LIFE,
I have to spend time examining
the "Approval of Others" categories.
I have been trained by
a culture and society which
affirms that what others
think and feel about me
is all that matters, their
opinions are my guiding stars,
my stop and go lights.
Ironically, just when I think
I am pleasing and fitting in,
the rules change and a new
addition comes out that I must
ACCEPT.
Yes, I am concerned about
others, try to respect their
freedom, but I have concluded,
that what they think about
ME,
is none of my business,
and whether plus or minus,
I can choose to accept
or ignore, It is my
CHOICE.
It is all controlled by the
thoughts I choose to hold in my mind
relative to what is said by another;
NOBODY
can do my thinking for me, and
as ancient philosophers agree,
"We are what we think about all day."
In daring to be me,
TODAY,
I choose to be FREE.
How about you?
Written by TheOralizer
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