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loving the blog, love what you guys are doing.. i’m stepping in to a similar journey..

Quote “Hope this means something to someone ”

Remember that it doesn’t matter if it means something to anyone else… no need to change other people’s illusions, just become aware of your own….

this is a tough one for lot of people but i have never worried about fitting in im proud to be an individual i do want i want and wear what i like.and i bring my kids up the same .when u talk to someone that you think may have it all ,most off the time their worse off then you trying t0 keep up with everyone else. life is stressful enough with out putting pressure on your self to fit in..its crazy…people will like you for you .enjoy who you are.

Life is difficult and you guys are inspiring. My mum has had a tough one and I am going to tell her your story, she will appreciate it. Good luck!

Hi Geoff and Besie,
I think is wonderful what your doing and I of course will love to have something belong to you.

This is monumental. this is the all time biggest question. Can someone give away all that they have worked and strived to own in the quest to be happier. We’ve been told about sacrifice, we’ve been taught about giving up material possessions but very few have been game to try it. I can’t wait to see how it all goes for you. Especially in this “me” generation that seems to surround us at the moment. when I saw you on tv , my first thought was to see what was for free. Now that I know what you are doing I am awestruck.

Thanks guys, for putting out there the question can we control our lives or is there more than that? I am not talking about being lazy.
I am living proof no matter how much we try to control life that if it’s not meant to happen it won’t. You can’t put a square peg in a round hole, so on.
I have found the hardest thing in life is to learn patience, and to stop pushing.
A little about myself, 42yrs old single mother of 2 wonderful kids.
Had abuse through-out my whole live, sexual, mental and physical starting at the beginning of life. The highest thing i also found is the way we all label things or poeple.
The big thing to me in life is love. Wow what a person can achieve with that. The love of a parent, partner, kids and friends. But how many of us really feel or find or understand that before its to late? I have worked in aged care for about 11years, LOVE is the only thing that they would talk about, not their jobs or objects, the love of their parents, partner,kids or friends.
You feel it and show it by what you guys are doing together. Good on you guys! Keep showing the love.
Keep smiling,
Kath. Ps would love to have a car that works, lol.

Hi congrats on what you are doing its so inspiring and so important that people realise that “things” are meaningless really they are!! Who we are on the inside is the more important than anything especially a pair of shoes, or the car we drive!

I have recently relocated, with my two year old daughter, and so far not so good… I am a single mum on the pension and have no family or friends up here, ( i wasn’t blessed with a functional family though ..) Anyway i have been so saddened at the people in the community i have moved to, I would have to say they are very self driven, and so unfriendly ! I have been forced to break my lease due to my neighbours nasty , aggressive behaviour towards me and my beautiful daughter. I had to phone the police as i could not take it anymore !

I am very sad and exhausted mentally, physically , financially and emotionally i only ever want peace and love for everyone and I am getting down especially now as i have a daughter and i feel so scared for her to be around such negative, nasty people …

I pray things for get better for us, and I was happy to hear of your story today on Sunrise, happy that amoungst the dirt diamonds still can be found !

So many thanks..
love Courtney xxx

I think the reason the majority strive to fit in, is that we are all conditioned to do so from birth. As children we are punished for not following the rules and ‘socialized to fit in and be “good” boys and girls. Then we get to school, where we quickly learn from our peers that being different is not a good thing socially. In addition to this, the whole school system is designed to encourage and reward conformity and obedience to rules and most work places also follow this doctrine. People are so unhappy because it really is impossible to be the same as everyone else. We struggle to achieve the impossible. As you said, we are all so different and the lie we have been fed is so counter to what we really are.
I believe in order to achieve real authentic progress for humanity, we must first begin with nurturing, respecting and loving our children according to their natural rhythms and developmental needs, not according to our own manufactured schedules and rules to fit our own dysfunctional needs. Few opportunities exist for individuals to develop their own unique and idiosyncratic characteristics in our society. The all powerful media, parenting practices, and cultural stereotypes all send a powerful message to conform. We are creatures of pure potentiality and creativity and all unique in our own way.
To conform is to be contained and restricted and what a hell of a waste of life! We all chose somewhere along the line to be tethered and we can all choose to free ourselves any time we choose. Like you say, it takes consciousness, courage and a commitment to be free but why would you want it any other way?
I have come to learn that what other people think of me is none of my business and I strive every day to break free from limitations and allow my soul to soar beyond the boundaries that are placed upon us all. My new mantra is “This above all else: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man”. – William Shakespeare.
Love and blessings
Amanda xxx

In my journy of life… I find that alot of the time you find yourself in some sort of a group. Whether it be family, friends you grew up with, friends from school, work etc. I have done what the groups around me expect. You know… buy a house, buy stuff, get into debt etc. But I have since learned through my lifes experiences that all this is slightly wanky. We are in this life for only a short time, so why spend this time worrying about stuff.
Happiness is more important. I will tell you though, that when you try and break away from these groups, they will try to stop you, squash your spirit, whatever it takes. As much as many people don’t really want you to get ahead of them, they still want you around(as a part of the group)as you are part of their illusion that they are doing better than the rest. If you break away from that illusion you may be insulting them, by saying that you dont want their life, you want a more satisfying existence that doesn’t include living in the same area your whole life, having the bigger TV…the better car…the best furniture. As humans we do like to have a home, so fine, buy the house, but dont get yourself into debt, trying to keep up with the joneses. It’s not important, your journey is more important…who really wants to die saying, “I lived my whole life working hard… accumulating stuff…went on a couple of holidays…owned my own home by the age of 60…and then I died! “We have a beautiful planet to explore and interesting charactors to meet…I say “break away from the group” as they will still be there in 50years if you ever want to rejoin. Experience life, dont just live it!

Iam a aged lady on my own on a pension and have realzed its ok to recycle . to survive and hang in there,i have gone into the streets to the rubbish left out for collection, and found things that are fine and working i clean and take them to car boot sales and sell them foe a few dollers people get a bargen and toys that sell in shops for hundreds of dollers for five or two dollers .this money is shared with my daughter who has a son and is recovering from cancer she has been unable to work for some time. we have improved our life just finding things for ourselves that people take for granted like .garden chairs a basket ball hoop dvd players blankets/popcorn makers/mop buckets the list goes on .people are wasteful we need to buy a ute then we can replace lounges ect .
were there is a will there is a way make a list of what you need then head to the street it will be there waiting .

I really commend you guys attempting what you are, and I love that you are sharing it with people and also trying to make a space for inspiration, change motivation, etc.

I saw your site a few days ago – a friend linked it on Facebook – and I saw it again just now.

I have spent much of the last six months reading various life-change and inspirational workbooks and techniques in an effort to deal with my own life-changing event. I’ve previously been interested but I kind of had a lot of time on my hands and nothing else to do but try to deal with this.

After planning to spend the year volunteering in a developing country, with my boyfriend, a couple of months in he decided he didn’t love me any more, dumped me and went back to Australia. I (stupidly) thought we would always be together, that we would get married. It’s been absolutely horrific over here without him.

To make things worse, he’s moving back to the city where we lived together, at the same time as me. It’s been the worst year of my life (and I have had some other pretty horrid years, but this tops it all).

I was pretty upset this morning because I was thinking about how I will have to see him again at some places, and I just don’t know how I can go back to some semblance of my old life with him around.

Your blog’s been useful for me today. I might read over a few entries again. I find it difficult to believe that people don’t like the idea of you sharing your experiences with others. I’m grateful that you are, though, please don’t let the nasty emails and comments get you down for too long (and if it gets to be too much you can always do what http://www.dooce.com did with ‘monetizing the hate’… hehehe.

I’m also very sorry to hear about Bessie’s brother and my heart really goes out to you guys and him and the rest of your family.

tMBWvg I want to say – thank you for this!

I am so amazed at you guys for doing this. I have often thought these things that you have written.. feeling like its a role I am playing but not the existence that was meant to be followed..weighed down by responisablities, the family. the house , the bills…not that I mind – it’s all for the peopleI love.
But seeing yourselves do this and read your experiences does fortifiry my resolve to follow my dreams, if only part-time, so they are never lost – as its these grand ideas we should pass on to our children.

Hope you achieve the best of it all and the swelling of the heart as you follow it:)

Clare

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