Open up your heart, set aside your ego, and do what is right.  Do not let your stubbornness get in the way.

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When we are willing to forge relationships we can see how the ego can interfere.  When we are willing to live in a society, we can see how the ego can interfere.  The ego is the piece of who you are that keeps you “in-line” with everyone else.

When we step outside of “the line” we are free to be ourselves.  When we are ourselves, we can encourage others, by our actions to also be themselves.  A world full of people who do not think for themselves, is a world without love.  A person who thinks for themselves, is a person who can love themselves.

Everything that you do.  Everything that you say.  Everything that you think, comes from within.  Are you letting the “outside world” determine your actions, your speech and your thoughts?  Yes, there are common courtesies that we need to extend to others.  That is not what we are saying here.  We are talking about the internal need to conform with the majority because we want to “fit in.”

Conformity is the first step to take away creativity.  Conformity removes our own identities so that we may belong.  Look around today and see what you might be doing simply to “fit in.”  Maybe you root for the hometown sports team when you like an opposing team much better.  Maybe you wear your clothes in such a way to match the style of those around you, when you would rather be wearing something more comfortable.

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There is nothing wrong with conformity if the decision to conform is made consciously from within.  When we conform to satisfy the ego, we are not living our truth.

Written, Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 7:59 – 8:06 AM MDT