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December 22, 2005, 10:02 am PST
Hey
Quote From: ritehere "the way people are is the result of learning behaviors from someone else." How sad, if this was true, that those of us who had horrible teachers in life would be doomed to repeat the behaviors that they demonstrated. I was molested as a child, but I chose not to repeat this behavior as an adult. I was labeled shy, simple, slow, stupid, slut, as I was growing up, but realized that none of these were true and I could stop living up to the tags.
Your authentic self is the part of you that denies the negative labels and perceptions of others, allows you to see the lies and frees you from the prison of your own making. And yes, the message is "Become who YOU want to be." You've got the concept right. It's possible that because you've never been horribly scarred, the "slate of you" has never been negatively written on or gouged upon, that you don't realize that there are many of us who don't know that life is precious, OUR lives can be precious and worth living. This is what living our authentic lives is all about. Listen hear, You learned how to become a good person and you learned to avoid the negatives alright. I wasn't here trying to write you off ok! I was only trying to down play this whole talk about being born a certain way and I wanted your opinion on that statement only. I didn't ask for you to call me a sheltered brat! And those weren't your exact words but they can be implied. Please stay within the perimeters here!
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