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“In everyday life, most of us are held back by our sense
that our resources are limited and that circumstances control our
destiny. Even if we are successful by society’s standards, we restrict
our options and behave as if necessity, reasonableness, feasibility, and
the givens, act as natural law, ruling our daily lives. The conventional
assumption that we must ‘face reality’ is without a doubt the greatest
single constraint on human imagination, vision, and enterprise. It is an
arbitrary, self imposed limit on beliefs, especially our belief in what
is possible. What happens when we choose a different place to stand?
What happens when we intentionally select the aspects of reality that we
want to use for our foundation?” |
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In this passage from his book What Kind of World Do
You Want?, Jim Lord shares the approach of choosing to see the
“best” as a strategy for building on our past, living in the present,
and moving into the future. Often, what we choose to see is exactly what
we find, positive or negative. According to Lord’s approach, we need to
consciously focus on the positive and find the conditions that promote
the world in which we want to live.
We invite you to join the Center for a Vital Community as we work to
strengthen Sheridan County by engaging its citizens. Your financial
backing will ensure the continued impact of CVC programming on the
Sheridan community. As Jim Lord says, we are limited only by the stretch
of our imaginations – and considering the collective talent, intellect,
and creativity here in our community, the county just east of the
Bighorns is a great place to stand. |
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