{"id":3663,"date":"2016-01-01T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2016-06-23T02:08:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T02:08:09","slug":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-my-way-to-my-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/sole-significance\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-my-way-to-my-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Stumbling Steps of Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">These few thoughts were shared with me by a good friend. \u00a0In these short statements he is sharing something quite profound around the idea of journey, of\u00a0growth and becoming. \u00a0Read through the short list only dwelling on the statement(s) that stir you in some way. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Consider:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">every step as transitory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">every articulated goal as an incomplete sketch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">all efforts as naturally needed exertion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">most discoveries as recoveries<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">most recoveries as personal advancement toward maturity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">confusion as mainstream as can be<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">the medium and message as symbiotically interacting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">the medium and message as sharing the same obscure quality of morphing according to outside and inside forces<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">the medium and message as retaining the same essence while maturing into a higher form of incarnational reality<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">I totally have stumbled into EVERYTHING that have determinedly inspired change in my life. It\u2019s only when the bicycle is cycling that one can change gears. Standing still does not engage the gears. 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