Instead of asking yourself ...

Instead of asking yourself what everyone else\'s opinion is going to be and how your action will be perceived by others, ask yourself, \'How do I want my life to be lived?\' Then proceed to take a small risk in the direction of that new action.
Instead of asking yourself what everyone else's opinion is going to be and how your action will be perceived by others, ask yourself, 'How do I want my life to be lived?' Then proceed to take a small risk in the direction of that new action.

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If your message to the universe is gimme, gimme, gimme, the universe's response back to that kind of mentality is exactly the same. The universe will say right back to you over and over again, gimme, gimme, gimme. If you shift that and you say to the universe, to the world, how may I serve? How may I serve? The universe's response back to you is how may I serve you? How may I serve you?
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others.
I think and that is all that I am.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.