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Who We Are...

Copyright, 1998, David Lloyd Strauss
All Rights Reserved 

 We Are Sculptors, Our Body, Mind and Life,
Our Sculpture.

Our Tools Are Love, Honesty, Patience, Compassion, Attentiveness, Sincerity, Quietude, Humor And Tears; All Of Which, When Combined Create The Perfect Expression Of Life.

Who We Are, The Image We Hold Of Ourselves, Is The Sum Of Our Thoughts And Beliefs About Our Self And Personality, And Is Only As Attractive As We Perceive It, And Create It To Be.

Life Is Simply The Pulse Of Thought, Action And Inaction, And The Dance Of Emotions Is As Much A Natural Part Of Our Existence As Is The Setting Of The Sun, And Changing Of The Tides.

And with the changing tides of Life, To Have Love For Another Is Also The Intended Course Of Life. And Loving Another And One Another, Matters Not If It Is Man Or Woman.  Rather, It Is The Impetus To Be With Another, To Care, Support, Encourage, And Be Truthful That Unites The Flame Of Humanity.

In Some Moments Of Time There Is Great Action, In Others, Stillness.  Yet Even Amidst Stillness, Life Continues It's Pulse.  It Is With Action However, And The Courage To Move Forward That We Become A Part Of The Tidal Waves Of  Growth Through The Changing Currents Of Experience.

 It Is Said That Extraordinary Stories Come From People Who Have Chosen To Be Extra-Ordinary.  From People Who Have Taken The Chance To Stretch And Extend Beyond The Bounds Of Fear And Uncertainty, Into The Realms Of Spirit, Beyond Mundane Thought And Expression.

In fact, Those That Choose To Be Guided By The Laws Of Love Will Find Themselves In An Ocean Of Abundance, Mercy, Grace, Compassion And Fulfillment.

 Yet It Is Not The Behavior Of Love, But The Choice To Be, To Mirror And To Reflect The Way Of Love That Brings The Us Into The True Path Of Life, What Some Call, The Path Of The Heart.

 Anger And Hatred, As Much As They Are Feared And Avoided, Are As Much A Part Of Love As Are Grace, Mercy And Compassion.

 The Human Experience Then Is Not One Of Constant Joy And Serenity, But Rather A Dance Of Honesty Of Emotions And Feelings.

 The Simplicity Is Then Revealed...

 Seek We Not First Honesty With Others, But With Ourselves, For By Being True To Ourselves, We Fortify Our Will To Be Honest With Others.

 In fact, The Greatest Bearer Of Non-Truth Are The Fears We Hold Onto Which Create The Walls That Shelter Us From Who We Truly Are, And These Walls Are The Barriers Which Hold Us Back From Our Truest Potential.

 Interestingly, It Is Not What We Have Done In Times Past That Burdens Our Soul, But That Which We Hold Onto, And Carry With Us That Acts As The Ball And Shackle  Against Freedom And Change.

 True Freedom Then Is Not Only The Capacity To Say No But Also The Ability To Discern Away From Those Experiences Which May Lead Us Away From The Truth Of Our Heart.

True Freedom Comes In Time With The Commitment To Flexibility In Character And Belief, And Through A Heart That Is Willing To Learn And Grow.

 With True Freedom, Comes True Love. And The Truth Of True Love, As Simple As It Is, Can Seem Deeply Hidden.

 True Love Is Not Something Sought Outwardly, But Rather Sought And Found Within The Aspirations Of Friendly, Honest Relations With One's Own Self.

 In Summary, Life Is The Opportunity To Learn To Love Ourselves, And To Express That Love, By Loving Others. 

 Loving Another Is The Greatest Expression Of Our Freedom.

 David Lloyd Strauss
October 19th, 1998