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� All the days of my life,
kindly intentioned people have been giving me advice
on how to live my life. �

They are well-meaning individuals
who wish to help me live my life as they live theirs,
and I love them for it,
and their advice is just perfect for their lives--
and for what they would do if they were in my place. �

BUT
they are not in my place,
therefore their advice
is all wrong for me, and for my life. �

In fact,
it is darkness to me.

Only that inner voice can possibly guide me
in my mission in life--
and only that voice can truly guide you
to reach and fulfill your highest destiny,
be that destiny what it may.

� From the book Ye Are Gods by Annalee Skarin, 1952.