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To thine own self..

“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth? “

C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity

Self-understanding is something that I desire so much.  
I have often thought in the past that I understand myself, that I know myself, and that I can know what is going on inside of me at any given moment. 

That is so…not true.  Now, more than ever, I wish for the full picture.  Although, I know that it will not likely come, as I am ever-changing and still forming.  
To think, that just because It is I that thinks these thoughts, that I can somehow interpret them flawlessly.  
I suppose, if I allow God to know all of me that I possibly can…then I can know that much more with His wisdom.   

Where does my identity lie? Although I know full well where it lies, it seems to change each day with my weakness…and out of that changing source of identity follows the flawed actions of a lost little girl.  

But..oh, the beauty when I find strength not of my own, and I am impelled to move out of my true self, confident and free.  

 

The term is over: the holidays have begun.  
The dream is ended: this is the morning.

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Hope is relentless.

Do you ever start a thought…and then something happens…small or big, but it happens.
Then, the thoughts that seemed to plague your mind before..seem far off and “Now, where was I?”

Thats where I am right now.  I was filled with crazy thoughts this morning as I got ready for the day, and I’ve suddenly lost it. 

But I’ll post what i’ve written so far..however incomplete and scattered it may be. 

have at it.

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Utah Phillips

“There are too many good people doing too many good things to let myself be pessimistic…

I’m hopeful, I can’t live without hope…

Can you?”

There’s an interview with him posted on Corey’s blog here.

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