Dare to be a Conscious Cultural Creator

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"I was given birth,

so that I might live.

I was given breath,

so that I might speak.

I was given feet,

so that I might stand.

I was given eyes,

so that I might be inspired.

I was given a heart,

so that I might feel compassion.

I was given life

so that I might add to the footprints before me.

I was given hands,

so that I might carry my share of the world.

I was given arms,

so that I might embrace the universe.

I am no less, nor no greater than

the greatest of the great or

the meekest of the meek.

For I have learned upon my travels that they are one in the same,

and that all of man has the potential to become another's inspiration.

It is in the choosing of being the muse for another's soul that we will derive our greatest pleasure.

It is in the recognition of our connectedness with each other and with the earth,

that we can best appreciate this world.

One does not need to agree upon religion or politics...

One does not need to be female or male...

One does not need to be heterosexual, bi, or homosexual...

One does not need to be wealthy, poor or simply comfortable...

One does not need to be white, red, black, brown, yellow...

One does not need to be any one thing

in order to repair our world...

One must simply choose to act with

conscious awarness of how your action affects those that surround you.

Know too that choosing not to act is an action you have chosen!

When you begin to do this, your actions will define who you are, and before long, you will have become

an inspiration for the world.

Your life will be no more nor no less important than a single brick upon a wall...

By itself it seems so easy to ask what difference can it make?

But, take away a brick and watch a wall start to crumble.

Add all the bricks together

and watch the wall grow tall and strong.

Your life lived as a conscious cultural creator will affect the lives of those arround you, and you will have helped to guide our global community into a new era.

A new global culture, one that recognizes that globalization is not just for business but more importantly for recognizing humanity's process of evolution, will begin.

And it can begin with you,...

should you take the dare.

So recognize that this is always the moment,

not the next second that comes along...

Now is always the time,

not the next day when your laundry is done...

Tommorrow never exists as a garauntee,

only with this breath can you make the choice.

Living consciously means

cherishing your power to take this leap!

For the responsibility of creating a new culture can begin with you, if you will recognize that you always had the power.

No one else can give it to you,

and thusly no one else can take it away.

You are destined to become a part of history.

Think about it. Who is "his"? It is your neighbor.

You are destined to become a part of his story.

Now choose, how will you write it?

In the end we are all writers,

living away the moments we will engrave upon the world we will leave behind.

These engravings will dictate

the culture that will follow us.

So why not write it consciously crafting our lives together...

especially when it is so easy to be,

a Conscious Cultural Creator?"

~ Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk ~