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On The Ides of March (& Other Bad-Luck Days)

3/31/2015

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Today was the Ides of March, which, you may recall, was a really unfortunate day for Julius Caesar. Thanks to some fine writers and other artists of his era, we still talk about it today.

There are a number of signs, signals, or entire days that the stories of our faith, ethnicity, or other macro-/micro- culture(s) tell us are up to no good. (Examples: Friday the 13th is bad, Halloween is spooky, Mondays are out to get you, and so on.) But the truth is this: we don't have to believe that the meaning is what any of those groups say it must be. We get to decide for ourselves.

It is worth remembering that our abilities to independently interpret and assign meaning are among the talents that place Homo sapiens at the top of the food chain. It can only work to our benefit to use them.

We don't have to be afraid, or angry, or to have any particular emotion, just because our culture tells us to. If we choose to experience or express those emotions, let it be because they came over us organically. But let's lay down the shame around them. (Everybody on this side of the daisies has feelings. Feelings are fine.)

My point is that we can live freer, happier lives when we are clear about the distinction between our own thoughts and the ideas that are imposed on us. It's always better when we know the workings of our own minds...and when we are intimately familiar with that which we desire for ourselves.

Only when we know what we want do we become capable of manifesting it. Isn't it time to give yourself permission to unveil your inner wish list?

Today was the Ides of March, which, you may recall, was a really unfortunate day for Julius Caesar. Thanks to some fine writers and other artists of his era, we still talk about it today.

There are a number of signs, signals, or entire days that the stories of our faith, ethnicity, or other macro-/micro- culture(s) tell us are up to no good. (Examples: Friday the 13th is bad, Halloween is spooky, Mondays are out to get you, and so on.) But the truth is this: we don't have to believe that the meaning is what any of those groups say it must be. We get to decide for ourselves.

It is worth remembering that our abilities to independently interpret and assign meaning are among the talents that place Homo sapiens at the top of the food chain. It can only work to our benefit to use them.

We don't have to be afraid, or angry, or to have any particular emotion, just because our culture tells us to. If we choose to experience or express those emotions, let it be because they came over us organically. But let's lay down the shame around them. (Everybody on this side of the daisies has feelings. Feelings are fine.)

My point is that we can live freer, happier lives when we are clear about the distinction between our own thoughts and the ideas that are imposed on us. It's always better when we know the workings of our own minds...and when we are intimately familiar with that which we desire for ourselves.

Only when we know what we want do we become capable of manifesting it. Isn't it time to give yourself permission to unveil your inner wish list?

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