| This brief excerpt is taken from Chapter Three - 'Be Present' Five. Do you remember what it was like when you were five? You played outside all day. You and your friends had these amazing imaginations. When asked what you wanted to be or do when you were older, you would always answer from a place where you felt unlimited by the possibilities. You breathed differently when you were five. Everything was new and exciting and loveable. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of. There were no judgments about your friends because everyone was your friend. You didn’t really understand the concept of time – of yesterday or tomorrow. You really only understood today. Today I will do this and today I will do that. There weren’t any ‘some days’ or ‘what ifs’. You lived in the present when you were five. What happened to you? What changed your outlook and your perspectives? Who influenced or dare I say conditioned you to feeling limited? How did you go from feeling the world was full of endless possibilities to feeling the world had little to offer? What happened along the way that prevented you from becoming that ballet dancer or astronaut or veterinarian or the ‘whatever’ it was you thought you could be when you were five? I’m through accepting limits, cause someone says they’re so. Some things I cannot change, but ‘til I try I’ll never know. (Defying Gravity - from the musical ‘Wicked’ – Stephen Schwartz) * * * Written by: Bryan Arndt Published by: Scriptum Creative Inc., Toronto, Ontario CANADA © 2008 - Bryan Arndt ISBN 978-0-9809682-0-0 (CND/USD $15) Printed & bound in Canada by QPrint (Toronto). www.qprint.ca Edition Number One - March, 2008 Print Run Number One - March, 2008 * * * (*) All titles, ideas and concepts within this website/page are the property of Scriptum Creative Inc. Toronto, Ontario CANADA. No part of this website or page may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without written permission of the Publisher (Scriptum Creative Inc.). © 2008 - Scriptum Creative Inc. |
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