personal or indirect.

 personal or indirect.

The events that change our lives

are either personal or indirect.

A long, intense conversation

with a friend creates a two-way

personal connection. A deeply

moving book or a life-changing

presentation creates a one-way

indirect connection. With these

indirect experiences, you feel a

connection between yourself and

the author, speaker, or teacher, but

they don’t have a deep connection

with you in return.

Personal experiences create a small

number of deep connections.

Indirect experiences create a large

number of one-way connections.

The control paradigm tells us that

we are tiny insignificant cogs in

a big whirring machine where no

one cares and no one will ever

notice us. That is a terrible lie. We

are brightly shining stars caught

in a murky fog. All we need is

the courage to shine and the

knowledge that we can.

If you feel called to shine,

SHINE!

If you feel called to reach