Comments on: How to Be Authentic with People Who Love You but Don’t Understand You – Part 4 http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/07/authentic-living-family-life-4/ Leading a Life of Quiet Inspiration Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Barb http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/07/authentic-living-family-life-4/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Barb Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:16:44 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=614#comment-391 <b>In the end, an authentic life is something you can only really give yourself.</b> I really, really love this. You can't change other people, and you can't force them to act the way that you would like them to. It took me many, many years to realize this. For a long time, I thought it was giving up to not try and change people, then I realized what it really was - stupid. :) This is such a good reminder that you can only live your own life, and that you can't live others for them. It should serve as a primer for those who wish to grow as a person and learn acceptance. In the end, an authentic life is something you can only really give yourself. I really, really love this. You can’t change other people, and you can’t force them to act the way that you would like them to. It took me many, many years to realize this. For a long time, I thought it was giving up to not try and change people, then I realized what it really was – stupid. :)

This is such a good reminder that you can only live your own life, and that you can’t live others for them. It should serve as a primer for those who wish to grow as a person and learn acceptance.

]]> By: Helga Sombrofsky http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/07/authentic-living-family-life-4/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Helga Sombrofsky Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:09:48 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=614#comment-387 What a great metaphor! Sometimes we are the bird with the broken wing and no amount of yelling "fly, fly" will help. It may take many years of compassion for ourselves and healing what's broken before we really can fly. It's so important to keep believing in what we want. Work on healing the wings no matter how long it takes. Never believe that "because I can't fly, I must not really be a bird." What a great metaphor! Sometimes we are the bird with the broken wing and no amount of yelling “fly, fly” will help. It may take many years of compassion for ourselves and healing what’s broken before we really can fly. It’s so important to keep believing in what we want. Work on healing the wings no matter how long it takes. Never believe that “because I can’t fly, I must not really be a bird.”

]]> By: Steven Krzak http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/07/authentic-living-family-life-4/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Steven Krzak Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:47:40 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=614#comment-385 Brilliant, Ken. My favorite sentence is "If you haven’t had the lesson, you haven’t gained the knowledge." So true. Brilliant, Ken. My favorite sentence is “If you haven’t had the lesson, you haven’t gained the knowledge.” So true.

]]> By: Barbara Winter http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/07/authentic-living-family-life-4/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Barbara Winter Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:16:37 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=614#comment-384 The analogy with taking a trip and not expecting everyone to join you really puts things into perspective. Wonderful, Ken. The analogy with taking a trip and not expecting everyone to join you really puts things into perspective. Wonderful, Ken.

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