Stepping out of the day to day is really quite revealing. Sure, the comfort zone of the predictable is appealing, and the responsible conclusion of each day on the home front does contain the gravitational pull toward more solid personal and economic expansion, none the less slipping off the radar is amazing in its provision for mental clarity, physical challenge, and individual confidence.
By individual confidence, he refers to the sometimes anguishing realization that we are alone, drifting unleashed, save for the illusions we nurture, and that the connection to this life is completely or at least substantially dependent on our confidence in our self. And that is good. If you are reading these words you are aware of the space around you that has grown larger and requires more confidence to manage as the supports drop away. It is this individual confidence, this unique personal perspective, untethered from fear and doubt, is what we bring to this life.
If you’re still here, you may have experienced that feeling from time to time as you have traveled. Of course electronics can dull the experience, creating a state of constant reassurance; however, every moment has a power off switch, allowing the individual to become absorbed in mind and heart, having that remote feeling that defines us….as necessary individuals.
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