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Dear Friends: The person you don’t have time to be …

While visiting with friends, Mom mentioned, “The person I don’t have time to be … is the person I am.” I asked her if she remembered those words from the title of my first book. She didn’t. So later, I pulled the book out to remind her, and I found myself reminded.

I love that almost 25 years after penning the words, I’m excited to share them, again. Here’s the brief introduction:

The Person I Don’t Have time to Be …

Is the Person I Am

I am not defined by those actions for which I am paid, but by those actions for which I am unpaid. I am not defined by how much money I spend, but by how I spend it. I am not defined by the role I play in public, but by the role I play in private. I am not defined by the house, the car, or the image in the mirror; but by what outshines them from within.

The person I don’t have time to be … is the person I am.

I am not greed, but the abundance that comes from sharing. I am not anger and resentment, but the joy that comes in assuming responsibility for my own destiny.… More

What does a conscious choice in the face of passion look like?

We can lack the presence of mind to get to know somebody when we’re caught in the throes of passion!

Remember when your mom told you not to date somebody you wouldn’t want to marry? You may have thought it was silly at the time. To me, marriage seemed a million miles away from dating. And so did sex — I didn’t even know what sex was.

Now that I have indulged in sex, though, it’s more difficult to forego; and it can be easy to get “involved.”

Most of us aren’t really interested in sex without intimacy; but at the same time, we’re not terribly interested in intimacy without the possibility of passionate sex. So, we’re drawn to passion, but have a tough time holding it off long enough to determine the potential for intimacy!

Still, I think there’s a case to be made for the stand-alone date or the stand-alone kiss. A kiss doesn’t have to lead to something. It doesn’t have to be part of an agenda or a serious notion to pursue a relationship. It can be enjoyed for its own sake.

Sometimes — given half a chance — passion will dissipate in the face of differences revealed with just one more date.… More

Purer Love …

There is always a lesson. And the lesson is always intended for our highest good. It is always intended to help us know and align with purer love.… More