{"id":4057,"date":"2015-05-19T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2016-01-18T22:24:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T04:24:39","slug":"fiercely-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/?p=4057","title":{"rendered":"Fiercely Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_3520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4064\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_3520.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3520\" width=\"416\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_3520.jpg 720w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_3520-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a>One fine August afternoon in 2013, I was doing some grocery shopping. I thought it quite funny when the young man attending the 8 self-check kiosks at the Grocery Store informed me that only the <i><b>F<\/b><\/i><i><b>iercely <\/b><\/i><i><b>I<\/b><\/i><i><b>ndependent<\/b><\/i> would use self-check when their total is over $100. I guess I was only the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in his full day shift to fall into that category. He had 100 bonus air miles coupon to offer me. So it was part of his job to keep tabs. I racked up $130. The Employee&#8217;s tone was very matter of fact. I marveled that he knew this about me via my <i><b>choice<\/b><\/i> at the Grocery Store. I absolutely love the task of checking through the groceries \u2013 right down to reading the numbers off the fruit to expediate the weigh in.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">As I drove away with a smile on my face, I pondered. Is being <i><b>F<\/b><\/i><i><b>iercely<\/b><\/i> Independent a good thing? My instant reaction was <i><b>No<\/b><\/i>. Not that for many years in my life I would have vehemently said <i><b>Yes<\/b><\/i>. Then I settle for: it is neither good nor bad. It is just the way I am&#8230;until I choose to change. No Judgment. Judging Self is choosing <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10177399_622403174516769_8974311774871590823_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4070\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10177399_622403174516769_8974311774871590823_n.png\" alt=\"10177399_622403174516769_8974311774871590823_n\" width=\"500\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10177399_622403174516769_8974311774871590823_n.png 500w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10177399_622403174516769_8974311774871590823_n-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>to Suffer. Accepting and Embracing who I am is a more <i><b>Self-Loving Choice.<\/b><\/i> I have changed slowly over recent years. I can ask for help but it is not a knee jerk reaction, that is for sure. I have come to see the Strength in Embracing your Vulnerability. It is not about being <i><b>dependent <\/b><\/i>on others but more about collaborating &#8211; great fun and feels good on both sides. Connecting the different friends and relations to areas in your life where you might truly be enhanced with help is an enriching activity for anyone&#8217;s Spirit&#8230; Soul. I want to re-frame my idea about dependence. I enjoy helping <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10422267_927867097265655_5163927907312455385_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4071\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10422267_927867097265655_5163927907312455385_n-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"10422267_927867097265655_5163927907312455385_n\" width=\"333\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10422267_927867097265655_5163927907312455385_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10422267_927867097265655_5163927907312455385_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>others and have come to enjoy the help of others when it is mutually beneficial. Still hate to <i>put someone out<\/i>. Just being honest. Not <i><b>even<\/b><\/i><i><b>&#8211;<\/b><\/i><i><b>Steven<\/b><\/i> but goes both ways to some extent. We all have ways we love to help. Ensuring our relationships know the specific ways can create stronger bonds &#8211; in Friendship, Families, Communities. All we have to do is <b>Be OurSelves<\/b>. This is one of the Beautiful Truths that I have landed on&#8230;driven home by one of my favorite Spiritual Teachers, for lack of a better word, Panache Desai.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><i><b>We are not <\/b><\/i><i><b>B<\/b><\/i><i><b>roken. We do not need <\/b><\/i><i><b>F<\/b><\/i><i><b>ixing.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Speaking of Spiritual Teachers \u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I came back to this short writing on September 10, 2014, days after returning from a Retreat with the <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10513470_10204084765787928_366249864076378528_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4083 \" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10513470_10204084765787928_366249864076378528_n.jpg\" alt=\"10513470_10204084765787928_366249864076378528_n\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10513470_10204084765787928_366249864076378528_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10513470_10204084765787928_366249864076378528_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10513470_10204084765787928_366249864076378528_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a>Mystic\/Spiritual Teacher Matt Kahn. Big message reinforced: the greatest goal in collaborating with a Teacher is to attune my own inner compass to enable going direct to the Source. I initially felt significant resistance to the idea of attending a Retreat.\u00a0 I wanted to reject any and all outside info. My individual journey &#8230; best advised from my inner knowing, aka intuition. Midway through the Retreat, I wanted to dash. Done with all of it. No need for Teachers. While sitting in the meeting I looked down at my Phone and was shocked to see a song all cued up. Happens to me occasionally. Never sure but it felt like <i><b>magic<\/b><\/i> had directed my attention to the song. I laughed. Magic is just Reality playing out in ways that do not match the Traditional Concepts.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I was surprised I even owned the song, let alone have it cued up for me to listen to while at a Retreat. Immediate beeline to sit on the hood of my Grey <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10255978_684295231636471_918597437476029645_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4085\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10255978_684295231636471_918597437476029645_o-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"10255978_684295231636471_918597437476029645_o\" width=\"499\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10255978_684295231636471_918597437476029645_o-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10255978_684295231636471_918597437476029645_o-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10255978_684295231636471_918597437476029645_o.jpg 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a>Mustang Stinger rental car parked in a field outside the Retreat Centre.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Curious which song?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/biXnwOMznkg\" target=\"_blank\"><b>You&#8217;ve Got Another Thing Coming <\/b><\/a>by Judas Priest.<br \/>\n<i><b>That&#8217;s right. Here&#8217;s where the talking ends!<br \/>\n<\/b><\/i>\u2026 <i><b>I&#8217;m a big smash, I&#8217;m going for Infinity&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The defiant tone matched my mood.\u00a0 It became my Theme Song as I disengaged from the whole Retreat scene. I had always said I would <i><b>never<\/b><\/i> go to a Retreat. Ate my words February 2014. And again September 2014. <i><b><a title=\"Never Say Never\" href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/?p=2281\" target=\"_blank\">Never Say Never<\/a>. <\/b><\/i>My old Med School Pearl. It is my present perception that I am unlikely to attend another <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10395164_737742183006441_4329097983821774985_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4087\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10395164_737742183006441_4329097983821774985_n.jpg\" alt=\"10395164_737742183006441_4329097983821774985_n\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10395164_737742183006441_4329097983821774985_n.jpg 425w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10395164_737742183006441_4329097983821774985_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10395164_737742183006441_4329097983821774985_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a>Retreat. Still enjoy having a wee listen to You Tube videos by Matt Kahn from Time to Time. Bentinho Massaro more so but I do not have the Patience for hour long talks. Bentinho publishes videos that are 3 hour workshops and longer. I do not enjoy taking time for that. I am a fan of the 10 minutes or so snippets of wisdom. I have increased my Fierce Independence in the area of Wisdom. I can connect just as easily as those guys. It is more efficient for me to <i><b>Go Direct.<\/b><\/i> As I often state: Abundance is knowing what you need to know when you need to know it. If you are like me and you Believe this, it is great fun playing it out for yourself. Very Entertaining. I really could survive all by myself \u2026 for shocking lengths of time. As long as I have my Computer with internet connection, my Music and my <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17404_800893576659426_974872571334063862_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4089\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17404_800893576659426_974872571334063862_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"17404_800893576659426_974872571334063862_n\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17404_800893576659426_974872571334063862_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17404_800893576659426_974872571334063862_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17404_800893576659426_974872571334063862_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>Osu \u2013 my Favorite Video Game right now. So awesome. Of course that is not really by Myself but quite Self Directed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fn4dwcO9yLA&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><b>The Nature of Perception <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KpzTwa9M6RE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Adventures in Jedi School:<\/strong><\/a> Sexism and Lightsaber Safety &#8211; Star Wars Spoof.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><b>I am in the Driver&#8217;s Seat \u2026 of My Life.<br \/>\n<\/b>My Evolution. My Choices. My Actions. My Perceptions. My Beliefs. My Health.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">As Fiercely Independent as I have always been. I held the common Belief that I require a Teacher to Learn. In the back of my mind, I knew that it was not the only option but <i>Towed the <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10978581_878295792191362_5606147571826657556_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4090\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10978581_878295792191362_5606147571826657556_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"10978581_878295792191362_5606147571826657556_n\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10978581_878295792191362_5606147571826657556_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10978581_878295792191362_5606147571826657556_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10978581_878295792191362_5606147571826657556_n.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>Party Line <\/i>for a long time that it was the preferred way. History has lessons in it. The Present Moment holds even more value. In order to benefit from what is present Now, I must Let Go of the idea that History holds greater value. That a Teacher&#8217;s lessons and ideas are more valuable than My Own.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><i><b>Simply letting Judgment fall away and Being Open to the Optimal Value that any Perspective offers is Infinitely Freeing. I choose this Now in My Life.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">A Common Theme I have observed over my various experiences is that a majority of people do not recognize their Sovereignty. I use the analogy of a Car. I see everyone sitting in the Driver&#8217;s Seat, myself also for a formidable number of years, and expecting that some outside Force will enable the Car to Drive.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The <b>Simple Fact <\/b>is that <i><b>all that is requir<\/b><\/i><i><b>ed<\/b><\/i> is<b> <\/b><b>M<\/b><b>y <\/b><b>I<\/b><b>ntention to take on my Role as the Driver.<\/b> I put my <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10703666_10152699380053908_6744390367501305423_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4092\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10703666_10152699380053908_6744390367501305423_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"10703666_10152699380053908_6744390367501305423_n\" width=\"422\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10703666_10152699380053908_6744390367501305423_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10703666_10152699380053908_6744390367501305423_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10703666_10152699380053908_6744390367501305423_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a>foot on the accelerator and be Aware. I Drive the Car.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">I have played the role of the Family Doctor for some years. I was witness to Patients choosing to Visit me to <i><b>Heal <\/b><\/i><i><b>T<\/b><\/i><i><b>hem. <\/b><\/i>It was presumed that I held the knowledge and the keys to Health. I could illuminate their understanding of their Health and then write a magical, handy Prescription to Heal all that Ailed them. Intuitively, I sensed the futile efforts in this Ancient System. Healer Heals Patient. It is a Lovely Fantasy. Patients sat in the Driver&#8217;s Seat of their Car. All of my Best Intentions could not enable them to Drive the Car. They sat passively expecting that my efforts would allow the Car to Drive. It did not take me long to see that I was <strong><i>Spitting Into The Wind<\/i> <\/strong>in this Charade. Disbelief at the blinders in place and the reluctance to be empowered to the Self-Healing Powers within each of Us. Healing <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10380310_1058690847492685_6540460842356285165_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4093\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10380310_1058690847492685_6540460842356285165_n-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"10380310_1058690847492685_6540460842356285165_n\" width=\"288\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10380310_1058690847492685_6540460842356285165_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10380310_1058690847492685_6540460842356285165_n.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>would not take place without the efforts of the Patient. Forever stalled in the Parking Lot \u2026 of Life. There is no way that I, as a Healer, can Drive the Car for anyone outside of Myself.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><i><b>The Bridge to Optimal Health is via Letting Go of Belief Systems that have immobilized the Healer, the Self.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><b>Difficult to find the Solution when I am part of the Problem. <\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">My experience found that the majority of Patients did not want this to be True. They could not accept that this is True. They, unconsciously, chose to remain in less Optimal Health as a result. Being Unaware does not change the Physical Nature of Energy, the Physics of Consciousness. To Enable the Self-Healer within:\u00a0 a Beautiful Goal. Too Simple to be True? Yes. It is Simple. Also True.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hWuRA_JvCR8\" target=\"_blank\"><b>I Lived <\/b><\/a>by OneRepublic<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10258_291666610946158_1222547609_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4094\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10258_291666610946158_1222547609_n.jpg\" alt=\"10258_291666610946158_1222547609_n\" width=\"434\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10258_291666610946158_1222547609_n.jpg 588w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10258_291666610946158_1222547609_n-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/e4KUmm0XsLY\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Your Life Is Now <\/b><\/a>by John Mellencamp<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><b><strong>In the Spirit of this Story<\/strong><\/b> I want to include an Inspirational Prose from Elizabeth Gilbert. The Very First Thing I saw on Facebook following publishing the prior story, <b><i>Eat, Pray Bossypants<\/i><\/b> where I discuss my relationship with the famous Novelist was a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GilbertLiz\/photos\/a.356148997800555.79726.227291194019670\/813254165423367\/?type=1&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\"> <b><strong>Post by Elizabeth Gilbert, LG<\/strong><\/b>.<\/a>\u00a0 Beautiful Example of her Brilliance.\u00a0I have removed all words of Limitation and Doubt, replacing with \u2026 (triple period), which allows it to read as <b><i>an Excellent Manual For Life<\/i><\/b>. The famous words of Yoda: <b><i>Do or Do Not. There is No Try. <\/i><\/b>Original unedited version can be viewed via the link.<br \/>\nI include the Upgraded and Amended, by Me, Writing:<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><em>Good morning, Dear Ones!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10995473_813254165423367_8416506626816795831_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4069\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10995473_813254165423367_8416506626816795831_n.jpg\" alt=\"10995473_813254165423367_8416506626816795831_n\" width=\"337\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10995473_813254165423367_8416506626816795831_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10995473_813254165423367_8416506626816795831_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10995473_813254165423367_8416506626816795831_n-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><em>I&#8217;ve always said that \u2014 if you want to be a writer \u2014 &#8230; write the book that you feel is missing from the world. &#8230; write the book that fills in that spot on the bookshelf that somehow feels empty to you. \u2026 write the book that you yourself would love to read.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Similarly, if you are an artist, &#8230; paint the picture you would like to see.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230; write the song you would like to hear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230; build the house you would like to live in.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You take nothing, and you turn it into something: That&#8217;s <strong>creativity.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230; it&#8217;s like that with everything in life \u2014 not just the arts. &#8230; the arts are just the most literal definition of taking nothing and making it into something. &#8230; in all realms of life, you &#8230; figure out how to create the things that are missing from you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of despair and loneliness, you &#8230; create fellowship and friendship.<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10891707_816001545133462_1923452071296506482_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4073\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10891707_816001545133462_1923452071296506482_n.png\" alt=\"10891707_816001545133462_1923452071296506482_n\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10891707_816001545133462_1923452071296506482_n.png 554w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10891707_816001545133462_1923452071296506482_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10891707_816001545133462_1923452071296506482_n-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of anger and injustice, you &#8230; create justice and fairness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of cruelty, you &#8230; create grace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of division, you &#8230; create communion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of resentment and vengeance, you &#8230; create conciliation and forgiveness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of abuse, you &#8230; create appropriate boundaries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of judgment and self-righteousness, you \u2026 create goodwill and compassion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of deception, you &#8230; create honesty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10624617_310089622522910_4046492260763259076_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4097\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10624617_310089622522910_4046492260763259076_n.jpg\" alt=\"10624617_310089622522910_4046492260763259076_n\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10624617_310089622522910_4046492260763259076_n.jpg 225w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10624617_310089622522910_4046492260763259076_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>Out of the emptiness of apathy, you &#8230; create enthusiasm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of abandonment and dysfunction, you &#8230; create trust and dignity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of nihilism, you &#8230; create &#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of neglect and self-destruction, you &#8230; create health and tenderness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of the emptiness of conventionality, you &#8230; create&#8230;well&#8230;ANYTHING.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You cannot look upon the sadness of the world (or the sadness of your life) and add up all the dreadful evidence and say, &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s a conclusive fact: This is a universe of sorrows, and I am its cursed victim&#8221; \u2014 and then give up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You \u2026 create goodness \u2014 precisely &#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10397043_10152535860744874_232193904216118909_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4098\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10397043_10152535860744874_232193904216118909_o-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"10397043_10152535860744874_232193904216118909_o\" width=\"555\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10397043_10152535860744874_232193904216118909_o-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10397043_10152535860744874_232193904216118909_o-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10397043_10152535860744874_232193904216118909_o.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Inside the void, there is something waiting to be made \u2014 something longing to be revealed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>There is an empty shelf, waiting for you to fill it with something good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You cannot just wish for that good thing to appear on its own \u2014 no more than I can wish for my next book to materialize on its own, without me actually taking the time and energy to write it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You gotta write that story yourself, or it will never exist.<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11107181_10206468683104744_7640827584480679949_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-4068 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11107181_10206468683104744_7640827584480679949_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"11107181_10206468683104744_7640827584480679949_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11107181_10206468683104744_7640827584480679949_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11107181_10206468683104744_7640827584480679949_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11107181_10206468683104744_7640827584480679949_n.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I always think of that classic children&#8217;s book <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZVaOOgWyvJM\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 where Harold bravely draws his entire world anew. There&#8217;s something so scary about the way Harold steps out in the void all alone. But then he utterly trusts that \u2014 armed with nothing but his one purple crayon \u2014 he can create an entirely new universe&#8230;it&#8217;s really powerful stuff. Because without that crayon, there is nothing but void.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Out of nothing, we can make something.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That is the core and the essence of creative living.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What are you planning on making today?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ONWARD,<\/em><br \/>\nLG<br \/>\n<strong>She is a Legend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let me go back to the Grocery Store&#8230;<br \/>\nReally not much more to tell but see the indoor picture of the Grocery Carts?\u00a0 This was months following the initial <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3657.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4102\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3657-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3657\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3657-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3657-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3657.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>Diagnosis of Fiercely Independent.\u00a0 Represents a common occurrence in my weekly food acquisition.\u00a0 The carts are all lined up.\u00a0 To first glance, it would seem 75% of the carts are available for use.\u00a0 A quarter is required to unlock, inspire us all to properly park the cart following use.\u00a0 All Systems are created with the purpose of serving us all.\u00a0 And all systems have their challenges in functioning optimally.\u00a0 The Individual within the system is often the Strongest Ally and the Weakest Link combined.\u00a0 I took the photo to capture the reality that often it is only the one row that is functioning properly.\u00a0 Most of the carts are unavailable due to the <em>jammed mechanism<\/em> in a few of the <a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3658.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4103\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3658-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3658\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3658-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3658-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3658.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>carts at the front of the line.\u00a0 Analogy for Life.\u00a0 One row was available for use &#8211; hence inspiring me to take a pic.\u00a0 Very same night, I went to park and was met by the outside view.\u00a0 Haphazard parking resulted in only one row receiving carts &#8211;\u00a0 Jutting into the parking lot in no time.\u00a0 We all manage around these various familiar obstacles.\u00a0 I chose to capture the mundane experience that I am frequently faced with.\u00a0 It bothers me not.\u00a0 It used to.\u00a0 When I run into these entanglements less often, I know our Society will be choosing to Upgrade.\u00a0 As much as I can relish my Fierce Independence on Ang\u00e8le Island, my environment is a result of the actions of the Herd, the Horde, the People.\u00a0 I take my place.\u00a0 I act in the higher good in these mundane Grocery Cart experiences.\u00a0 I Pay it Forward when I am inspired.\u00a0 I am not always inspired.\u00a0<strong><em><br \/>\nLet the Wild Rumpus Start<\/em> <\/strong>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/943659_533091240081359_1464845084_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4100\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/943659_533091240081359_1464845084_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"943659_533091240081359_1464845084_n\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/943659_533091240081359_1464845084_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/943659_533091240081359_1464845084_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/943659_533091240081359_1464845084_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h0cX0pqggZk\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Here I Go <\/b><\/a>by Whitesnake originally sung on The Voice of Poland IV by Juan Carlos Cano<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m7vSBlgf0eQ\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Colorblind<\/b><\/a> by Counting Crows<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">It Is Whatever I Say It Is.<br \/>\nI am the Driver of my Reality:\u00a0 the way I choose to perceive the Reality I interact with.<br \/>\nDid I Choose the Reality that I Now Experience?<br \/>\nNot alone.\u00a0 The influence of others plays a role.<br \/>\nWhen Not Optimal, I Change my Choice.<br \/>\nMost often, my biggest Freedom is how I choose to see the Collective Reality.<br \/>\nIt is Easy.<br \/>\nYet not without Challenge.<br \/>\nI have the Freedom to choose my Actions, Thoughts and Beliefs.<br \/>\nEvery other individual in my Community is doing the same.<br \/>\nWe are influenced by each other in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.<br \/>\nHarmony and Disharmony at play.<br \/>\nMindset Shift Required &#8230; Every Time I Feel that I Did Not Consciously Choose my Present Reality.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10167995_10203634504845174_8028586303188114237_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4074\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10167995_10203634504845174_8028586303188114237_n-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"10167995_10203634504845174_8028586303188114237_n\" width=\"422\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10167995_10203634504845174_8028586303188114237_n-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/10167995_10203634504845174_8028586303188114237_n.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a>My Advice?<br \/>\n<a title=\"Don\u2019t Believe Everything You Think\" href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/?p=1793\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Don&#8217;t Believe Everything You Think.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nI have the Freedom to Perceive my Reality.<br \/>\nIn the context of a Quantum Reality.<br \/>\nI like to call it Physics of Consciousness.<br \/>\nVery Common in today&#8217;s Reality to see people using their Power in extremely Limited Ways due to not connecting to the Quantum Truth.<br \/>\nIt. Is. That. Simple.<br \/>\nKind of a Paradox there.\u00a0 It is Simple in one Perspective.\u00a0 Very Complicated in Another.<br \/>\nPerspective is Everything.<a href=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11193383_958329397532328_8325969237063614586_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4065\" src=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11193383_958329397532328_8325969237063614586_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"11193383_958329397532328_8325969237063614586_n\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11193383_958329397532328_8325969237063614586_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11193383_958329397532328_8325969237063614586_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/disabledangel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11193383_958329397532328_8325969237063614586_n.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOpen My Mind.<br \/>\nAllow Myself to Recognize the Truth of my Self.\u00a0 My Abilities.\u00a0 My Power.<br \/>\nAs I often joke:\u00a0 <em>The Artist Formerly Known as God.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Listen to Me Now.\u00a0 Believe Me Later.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Experiment. Experience it For Yourself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EYEhN_nFRFU\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Transformers 1, 2, 3, 4<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>September 2, 2015 Addendum:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MpLIM1UKnP8\" target=\"_blank\">Do We Have Free Will?<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>by Jason Silva<br \/>\nWhat he said &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>January 18, 2016<br \/>\nFiercely Independent could also be termed &#8230; <em>controlling &amp; difficult.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One fine August afternoon in 2013, I was doing some grocery shopping. I thought it quite funny when the young man attending the 8 self-check kiosks at the Grocery Store informed me that only the Fiercely Independent would use self-check when their total is over $100. 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