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Responsibility is a grace you give yourself not an obligation

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
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Daniel Jay Millman
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To see where something leads, it's best to wait until you've reached the end.
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We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.
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Life is not suffering it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.
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Your fears are not walls, but hurdles.
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There are no mistakes, only lessons. If you don't learn the lesson the first time, they get harder.
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The world's a puzzle no need to make sense out of it. - Socrates
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When you become fully responisble for your life, you can become fully human once you become human, you may discover what it mens to be a warrior.
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Your greatest fear is death and your deepest craving is survival. You want Forever, you desire Eternity. In your deluded belief that you are this 'mind' or 'spirit' or 'soul', you find the escape clause in your contract with mortality. Perhaps as 'mind' you can wing free of the body when it dies, hmm?
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The warrior is Here, Now.
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If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.
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Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.
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Just handle what is in front of you now and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise, you'll spend most of your life wondering which foot you'll use to step off the curb when you're still only halfway to the corner.
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Sports and sex and movies are not inherently bad - But for you they're addictions, not enjoyments. You use them to distract you from what you know you should do. Break free!
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everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs.
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Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Body mind masters eventually come to the realization that this and every moment, on or off the field, is the moment of truth.
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Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is.
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May you find grace as you surrender to life. May you find happiness, as you stop seeking it. May you come to trust these laws and inherit the wisdom of the Earth. May you reconnect with the heart of nature and feel the blessings of Spirit.
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My parents, like others of The Greatest Generation who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to provide the best possible life for their children. My mother and father both attended college but dropped out to earn a living during the Depression, working the rest of their lives at blue-collar work.
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