“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free”
― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Elective Affinities
I’ve been using this idea in my speeches for at least the last ten years.
It's mind over matter (if you don't mind...it don't matter). Decisions Determine Destiny. The Destiny of Choice! Break free!
On August 19th, 1990, I made a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God as I understood God. For me, if it’s not about Love, it ain’t about God, because God is Love.
Love! If you are the reason someone feels loved, you are doing God’s Work. Look for the good, you’ll find it. God is everywhere. If I decide everything is in God’s Hands, then I have dropped the rock that weighed me down. I released the ballast from my balloon and began to fly free.
One last quote. ‘The universe is simply a turtle upon a turtle upon a turtle...all the way down.’
William James, philosopher, and psychologist