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Here’s a famous  Mark Twain Quote on Life, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.”

For today’s journal writing prompts I encourage you to do the following:

• Make a list of people who belittle your ambitions
• Consider how you can stay away from them, if this is really what you want, or at least turn your subject matter with this person to something else. In fact make the belittler the focus of conversation  not you (as “small” people would tend to prefer themselves as the center of attention) and simply allow them to be without judgment.
• Then get rid of this list. It’s simply for comparison and contrast.
• Now make a list of all the people that support, love, encourage and honor you.
• What is it that they support, love and honor you for.
• Appreciate this and create a list of new things you want to be supported, loved, encouraged and honored for.

Now that you have your journal writing prompts, here’s my take on this quote on life from Mark Twain:

So, I do appreciate the message here, but I would make some modifications. The term “Small people” suggests superiority over another when I feel a more “evolved” or appropriate perspective on all of life is to appreciate that we are all at a different place in our conscious awareness. I would loosely define “small people” as those that do not appreciate our own level of perspective and awareness. They are not there yet and have a limited point of view….at this moment.

I love the analogy from “Conversations with God” books which says that if you appreciate that all of life is going through school at one level or another (and age has nothing to do with it), then you would not call someone “small” if you realized that they were still in nursery school on a subject while you were in high school on the same subject. You would simply appreciate and understand their perspective and allow them their way.

We all know who the “small people” are in our lives. It is best to keep your ambitions to yourself and share them only with those that support you. Vibrationally, those that support you are in alignment with your greatest potential and assist you in maintaining your alignment. “Small people” don’t help you and send your alignment “vibrationally” in the opposite direction.

Don’t give negative attention to those in your life that you would consider “small”. This is an invitation to only offer compassion and kindness and allow them to “be right”. This way of being is much more in alignment with who you really are and who you want to be. …again:

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.”—Einstein

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Written by:
Liz Gracia
Co-Founder
Seeds of Intentions

Liz Gracia is an up and coming self help author now residing in Colorado. Her first nonfiction self help book is based on her true story of a quantum spiritual awakening that took place on the enchanting Island of Nantucket.

She is currently a contestant in the “Next Top Self Help Author” Writing Contest (Feb 2011-May 2011) where the winner will be offered a publishing contract with Conari Press, a major player in the self help publishing arena. Visit her website www.aUniqueVoice.com where you can be the first to read chapters of her book as they become available, vote for a title for the book, vote for this book to get published, read a Teaser and more!

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