When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall not discern the foot-prints of any other; you shall not see the face of man; you shall not hear any name;—— the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can you remember a moment in your life when you had life in yourself and it was wholly strange and new? Can you remember the moment when you stopped walking a path of someone else, and started cutting your own?Write about that moment. And if you haven’t experienced it yet, let the miracle play out in your mind’s eye and write about that moment in your future.
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I am lucky enough to have experienced this recently. Our decision to move to Shanghai and the subsequent transition offered an excellent opportunity to re-experience simple things, like grocery shopping. There were so many changes that first year and I remember being both excited and slightly unsure about the future. I hope I can continue to remember the feeling of anticipation of the future. For the first time in a long time, my next 5 years was not clearly laid out in term in terms of promotions, new assignments, and different roles. And guess what. All has turned out well. Well, mostly. The challenge in this is that it requires a certain level of change in your life. You have to accept that many aspects of your life will need to adapt to these changes. Of course I feel some trepidation regarding a future that is not always in control, but adapt, I MUST!
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