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	<title>Comments on: Hindsight and then some</title>
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	<description>Living at full velocity.</description>
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		<title>By: cheryl</title>
		<link>http://www.mytopography.com/2010/01/16/2275/comment-page-1/#comment-10777</link>
		<dc:creator>cheryl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just opened &quot;The Sound of Paper&quot; by Julia Cameron to a random page(pg. 112 hardback). From the chapter on Trust:

 ... &quot;Most of us live with a continual sense of emergency. We have a fear that we are too late and not enough to wrestle a happy destiny from the hands of the gods. What if there is no emergency? What if there is no need to wrestle? What if our only need is receptivity and a gentle openness to guidance? What if, like the Arabian horses grazing outside my window, we are simply able to trust.

When we trust ourselves, we become both more humble and more daring. When we trust ourselves, we move surely. There is no unnecessary strain in our grasp as we reach out to meet life. There is no snatching at people and events, trying to force them to give us what we think we want. We become what we are meant to be. It is that simple. We become what we are, and we do it by being who we are, not who we strive to be.

We are right-sized. We are who and what we are meant to be. All that we need, all that we require, is coming toward us. We need only meet life, not combat it. We need only encounter each day&#039;s questions, not raise a fist at the heavens over the question of tomorrow.&quot; ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just opened &#8220;The Sound of Paper&#8221; by Julia Cameron to a random page(pg. 112 hardback). From the chapter on Trust:</p>
<p> &#8230; &#8220;Most of us live with a continual sense of emergency. We have a fear that we are too late and not enough to wrestle a happy destiny from the hands of the gods. What if there is no emergency? What if there is no need to wrestle? What if our only need is receptivity and a gentle openness to guidance? What if, like the Arabian horses grazing outside my window, we are simply able to trust.</p>
<p>When we trust ourselves, we become both more humble and more daring. When we trust ourselves, we move surely. There is no unnecessary strain in our grasp as we reach out to meet life. There is no snatching at people and events, trying to force them to give us what we think we want. We become what we are meant to be. It is that simple. We become what we are, and we do it by being who we are, not who we strive to be.</p>
<p>We are right-sized. We are who and what we are meant to be. All that we need, all that we require, is coming toward us. We need only meet life, not combat it. We need only encounter each day&#8217;s questions, not raise a fist at the heavens over the question of tomorrow.&#8221; &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jerusha</title>
		<link>http://www.mytopography.com/2010/01/16/2275/comment-page-1/#comment-10776</link>
		<dc:creator>Jerusha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amen, sister.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amen, sister.</p>
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		<title>By: cheryl</title>
		<link>http://www.mytopography.com/2010/01/16/2275/comment-page-1/#comment-10773</link>
		<dc:creator>cheryl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think we&#039;re meant to ever figure things out - that&#039;s what keeps us growing, stretching, wondering. The trick, I suppose, is to be at peace as best we can with where we are at the moment and to live as fully as possible. And you do seem to live fully, Christina, you take in everything around you - and you have the gift to write it down and share it with us. Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re meant to ever figure things out &#8211; that&#8217;s what keeps us growing, stretching, wondering. The trick, I suppose, is to be at peace as best we can with where we are at the moment and to live as fully as possible. And you do seem to live fully, Christina, you take in everything around you &#8211; and you have the gift to write it down and share it with us. Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Melissa LaFavers</title>
		<link>http://www.mytopography.com/2010/01/16/2275/comment-page-1/#comment-10770</link>
		<dc:creator>Melissa LaFavers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In less than five months, I WILL be waking up 42, and I don&#039;t now what I&#039;ll say then. I&#039;m struggling with the same issues, and they&#039;re not new. I like your phrase &quot;writing the day.&quot; Perhaps that is what we&#039;re all meant to do. Day in, day out.

Thank you for your generosity in sharing the truth of your life. It matters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In less than five months, I WILL be waking up 42, and I don&#8217;t now what I&#8217;ll say then. I&#8217;m struggling with the same issues, and they&#8217;re not new. I like your phrase &#8220;writing the day.&#8221; Perhaps that is what we&#8217;re all meant to do. Day in, day out.</p>
<p>Thank you for your generosity in sharing the truth of your life. It matters.</p>
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		<title>By: Amanda</title>
		<link>http://www.mytopography.com/2010/01/16/2275/comment-page-1/#comment-10768</link>
		<dc:creator>Amanda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love your writing so much. The raw truth of how you&#039;re feeling written down is so powerful. Thank you for sharing. I think it&#039;s all relevant... even the ugly, mundane things. It&#039;s your story! And I for one really appreciate you sharing yourself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love your writing so much. The raw truth of how you&#8217;re feeling written down is so powerful. Thank you for sharing. I think it&#8217;s all relevant&#8230; even the ugly, mundane things. It&#8217;s your story! And I for one really appreciate you sharing yourself.</p>
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