{"id":518,"date":"2009-09-09T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T22:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/?page_id=518"},"modified":"2017-03-31T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T13:45:57","slug":"who-i-am-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/?page_id=518","title":{"rendered":"Who I AM …"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following traits are not the particular wants and favorites of my own ego-self, but rather are facets of my True-Being; facets of the True Self who reside within us all … With that in mind, here is a description of the same:<\/p>\n

*I fully comprehend my inability to truly understand “the truth” — and yet some concepts I have mastered\u00a0 …<\/p>\n

*I approach perfection by forgiving myself\u00a0 ahead of time …<\/p>\n

*I persist in being mySelf despite the criticism of my friends & the rejection of my enemies …<\/p>\n

*Wherever I am, I refuse to draw the shades …<\/p>\n

*No matter what happens, I am grateful for my life …<\/p>\n

*I regularly pause to sit in sunbeams & bathe in rainstorms …<\/p>\n

*I caress plants, smile at butterflies and speak with all animals …<\/p>\n

*I see the best in others — while expecting nothing of the sort in return …<\/p>\n

*I live vicariously through myself …<\/p>\n

*I resist the temptation to resist temptation — I am willingly<\/em> self-disciplined …<\/p>\n

*I remind myself that I am alive to serve others; seeking, finding and engaging my endless opportunities to lessen others’ pains or enhance their joys …<\/p>\n

*I always give to those who beg of me …<\/p>\n

*I choose to see the amazing in the “normal” …<\/p>\n

*I save worms lost on sidewalks after rainstorms …<\/p>\n

*I broke a thumb and yet still caught the ball …<\/p>\n

*I have bathed regularly in waters Holy …<\/p>\n

*I got thrown out but chose to remain in The Game …<\/p>\n

*I revere the teachings of all Saints, without succumbing to any of the religious requirements that came thereafter …<\/p>\n

*I lean into the next moment while living in the current one …<\/p>\n

*I have been lied to, and yet continue to tell the Truth …<\/p>\n

*I allow seemingly random happenstance to govern all my important decisions …<\/p>\n

*I fully realize that I am no better than any other living being …<\/p>\n

*I have left my friends in order to befriend all of Humanity …<\/p>\n

*I realize that I am often judged to be “crazy” — by a culture that is obviously insane …<\/p>\n

*I am prejudiced only against prejudice …<\/p>\n

*I demand nothing — and give the rest away willingly …<\/p>\n

*There are times when my wings are broken, and yet still I continue to sing …<\/p>\n

*I have learned to sail life’s smooth waters by first navigating its storms …<\/p>\n

*I do not wait to become famous to wear the “dark glasses” of humility, but don them ahead of time in the hopes of remaining powerfully anonymous …<\/p>\n

*My morality’s chain has only one link — selfless Love …<\/p>\n

*I sense what others would take from me and give it freely to them before they can do so …<\/p>\n

*I flee joyfully into the challenge of all things both nearby & “dangerous” …<\/p>\n

*There are no sides to any of my disputes …<\/p>\n

*My sincere compassion easily overcomes the “strongest” of my competitors …<\/p>\n

*I know that a “good start” is half the work — because I realize that The Work has no end.<\/p>\n

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The following traits are not the particular wants and favorites of my own ego-self, but rather are facets of my True-Being; facets of the True Self who reside within us all … With that in mind, here is a description of the same: *I fully comprehend my inability to truly understand “the truth” — and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-518","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26577,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions\/26577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}