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From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.

From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.

Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:

From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,

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“If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you, and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you.”

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I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who contributed to the Passion Paradox conversation this past week. I received so many comments, emails, tweets, and response posts about it, that I suppose I’ll write a follow-up post, at some point, with all the lessons I learned from this experience.

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“Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it’s important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering. We’re discovering the universe.”

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Have you learned how to be kind to yourself… how to respect yourself?

Have you looked into your own heart for understanding?

Have you discovered the universe?

The answers you’ve been looking for have been there all along.

Look within.

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