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Dan Crowe's avatar

Miriam…

I just found out that my girlfriend subscribes to your posts because she shared this one with me and said I should read it. Excellent write up including sharing real examples from your experiences. I don’t remember where I heard / read this but it went something like - Every man is born (or lives) twice. The second life begins when their father passes and he is no longer leading the life that he thinks his father wants him to live. I think it is particularly relevant as written to men, but likely relevant to most people if we think of man as person and think of father as others.

It resonated with me because I tend to be way off the map in terms of wanting what others want in terms of material things, but I did spend a significant portion of my adult life trying to live a life that I thought my dad would be proud of. Fortunately, I found out without having to loss my dad that he didn’t care what I accomplished or my title, he wanted me to feel satisfied / fulfilled.

Whether it is a dad, a mom, or friend it seems like they would all want you to feel fulfilled but we seem to fill our heads with thoughts of what we think others want us to do with our lives.

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James Beran's avatar

Very very true. Thank you for taking the time to write these articles.

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