That was really thoughtful, Andy. Thanks. Lewis
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Andy <andrew.mitch...@jsc.edu> wrote: > > Looking back through my life up to this time I am able to see > some examples of reclaiming personal power of stealing the fire from > the external world so that it finds its place with in me to fuel my > will. > The story of reclaiming my fire has come to me in the form of > going back to school to claim a bachelors degree in Wellness and > Alternative Medicine. This is the clearest example of going out into > the world with the intention of "getting mine". > Traveling through the memories I can see that It was extremely > difficult to see the value of doing what was right for me. What made > this difficult to realize was that fact that doing what was right for > me affected other people in a negative manner at what was the > "immediate time". This is where the reality of the decision become > apparent because the relationships between the people who are closest > to the "decision" to reclaim what is essentially a birth right may > change against the will of those are involved. A decision is what gets > the ball rolling to change the course of event that provide the > unfolding of occurances to issue in a new way of living. > The intent to change or to make the decision to trail blaze a > personal path to reclaim a part of the self that has been alienated, > enables a person to exist in a world where their internal response to > the external environment provides experiences of where a person is > preventing themselves from being consumed by the present time. It is > difficult to articulate out right so to get back to the story is where > the meaning may become clear. > Two years ago I was seriously contemplating coming back to > college. I had been toying around with the idea for some time, My > life was moving in the direction of the ordinary adult life. I was > at a job where I was enjoying a great work environment where their was > upword mobility. This was besides the relationship that I was in, > where we were poised to make the transition into the world through the > experience of marriage. > My life was not at that time providing nme with experience > that where challenging me to become more of who I am. What is > important to endevor to understand is that our individual potential > exists at all times but what for some reason their seems tio be the > nessacity to interaxct with the exteranl world to express the "self" > to "life". > Before I made the conscious decision to enroll in school at > JSC I felt the world was closing in on me. I was allowing then world > to define "me", I was approaching a sitaution to act on my hearts > desire to move forward in my life. I feel very fortunate to have > understood this need in a constructive manner and not a self > destrcutive manner. As the days passed during the summer of 2007 my > life was an emotionel upheaval on a daily bases. The altering of > intent gave me a glance at a clearer expression of who I am. The > clarity is dynamic, the internal world becomes more at peace and the > external world is able to understand the individuals communication > with it. The communication is more effective because the a person is > relating more of whom they are and not what they are trying to be. > When I made the decision "public" the world I had > established began falling apart, I look back upon this and I see that > my priorties had changed so the relationships that I was part of began > to taker a back seat to what I was preparing to become part of. I was > letting go of what I was trying to be so that I could become more I of > what my dreams where telling me "I am". > In short the decision to act on the intuition to embark on > the journey towards an undergraduate degree has lead to me to express > myself In ways that I was not aware I was capable of. I have taken > leaps and bounds towards reclaiming my fire and of finding ways of > expressing it in a manner that tells the story of my life up to this > time. > > > > > -- IMPORTANT WARNING: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it contain CONFIDENTIAL information, including PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION which is intended for the use of the person to whom it is addressed. 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