Who You Were Meant to Be

Many people who at times have wished they were dead are in fact people who have a very powerful life force, a real drive for growth and enjoyment of pleasure

There is nothing you can do about what interests you or energises you. It is simply who you are. Trying to change this, not accepting this, will always result in a tiring, frustrating struggle.

You are the most important person in your life.

Nobody can keep up a daily interest in something that is not coming from his or her core.

What’s the Experience You Want to Have Every Day?

She was solving her central dilemma: how can I be my true self and still keep my ties to my family?

To whom does your life belong? The answer to this question determines your attitude toward your dreams and wishes. Totalitarian regimes and dictators are found in families and communities everywhere. If your life does not belong to you, then your wishes can actually be seen as threats to the group’s security. You too will see your wishes as dangerous as long as you do not believe you have the right to a life of your own.

For some strange reason, many people see wishing and imagination as signs of childishness, to be given up as a rite of passage into real adulthood

Fantasy, imagination, and wishing are not about ignoring reality; they are about playing with realit

dreaming is all very nice, but sooner or later you have to realize that real life is not like that. My question is: whose real life is not like that? Theirs? If your parents have made their lives barren of dreams, and think that being realistic means having no imagination, that does not have to be the recipe for your life