The newness of life

The newness of life
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In order to learn something new you must first accept that
you do not know it. To fully understand another person, you
must let go of your desire to make blind assumptions and
judgments about that person.

Turn down the volume and intensity of your own chattering
thoughts, and you can hear the music of life. Stop expecting
to see what you've always seen before, and new and wondrous
beauty will appear in front of your eyes.

When you continue to perform a task the exact same way
you've always done it, your effectiveness cannot improve
very much. Be open to new ideas and techniques, and you can
vastly accelerate your performance.

If you cynically think you've experienced it all, you'll
close yourself off from much of life's richness. If you
consider yourself smarter than everyone else, you'll be
supporting and advancing your own growing ignorance.

Open your mind and your heart to the newness of life that
comes with each moment. There is always more to learn, more
to experience, more to appreciate and enjoy, no matter how
much you've already done.

With each dawning day, a whole new world of possibilities is
born. Allow yourself to know and acknowledge their newness,
and bring the best of those possibilities to life.

Ralph Marston

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