Letting Go

"The plan to make family connection unduly and to form people interdepend artificially with people that would never naturally do so have caused much sadness for several. you do not belong to your immediate family. You belong to the human family. you do not own your children. Nor are you the possession of your parents. you are not obliged to satisfy the needs or destiny of your kin. it is vital to consciously know that you're here to make your music which you do not need to die together with your music still in you. Granted this will trigger some family drama, on the other hand again, which may be just your excuse for not following your path. From my experience, I earn much more respect then reproach from my family whenever I encourage myself to measure the life I would like to measure. thereto end, these sorts of excuses got to disappear. I can not disappoint my parents or my grandparents. Why should I be the sole one rebelling and eager to move out of town? Or take up a replacement occupation. Or marry outside of our faith. Or whatever else may incur disapproval or censor from relatives. These are thoughts supported FEARS that were conditioned in childhood to secure an area in your tribe. Yet, what were reasons to the kid you were then, got to be recognized as excuses by the adult you're today. Don't let FEAR or family dramas keep YOU from changing outdated, unnecessary, or unwanted thought patterns."

-Dr. Wayne Dyer from "Excuses Be Gone!"

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