When people seek to undermine your dreams, predict your doom or criticize you in any way, remember that they are telling you their story, not yours.
~ Cynthia Occelli
Goat Island, Newport, RI
Let Your Own Truth Light the Way
Kim Gorman
Writing to heal, grow, and inspire.
Very strong! I also believe in: achieve your goals by keeping your mouth shut
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Good one, and so true. It’s too bad, though, that we sometimes feel we have to keep our goals and dreams to ourselves to protect them. There is plenty of room in this world for everyone to be successful. .
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Terrific quote, Kim. Something we should all remember but too often forget.
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It is easy to forget it. I have to remind myself all the time with others that they are seeing the world through their lens, I’m seeing it through mine. I guess the goal is to try to see things through others’ eyes in order to gain understanding of why we might be acting, behaving, reacting, etc. as they and we are. I wish we could all just support one another’s dreams and goals, but that would be asking too much I guess. Too Pollyanna 🙂
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Maybe, but if one person does it then the world automatically becomes a better place. One moment, one interaction at a time😊
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Awesome reminder! I’ve never heard that quote before but I love it! Also, I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award! 🙂 https://shellyray.com/2016/07/27/sunshine-blogger-award/
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Thank you so much, Shelly! How fun this sounds. I’m super busy the next two days, but this weekend I look forward to reading your own Sunshine Blogger post, answering your questions, selecting my own nominees, and checking out the blogs of your other nominees. I’ll post it on Sunday in lieu of a more traditional posting. Thanks again! 🙂
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You’re very welcome! I look forward to reading your blog post on Sunday! 🙂
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I love this quote, Kim! And so timely…I’ve been thinking a lot about how hard it can be to trust our own visions without tearing down anyone else’s. But it’s a balance that is worth pursuing!
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It’s an abundant universe and there is plenty of room for all of us to pursue our dreams and goals without taking anything away from each other. Of course, sometimes I need to consciously remind myself of this 😊
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