Do you believe that we are what we think we are or that we have power in our words when we speak concerning ourselves?

We have the power to influence who and what we are. No matter how hard I flap my arms, I'm not going to fly without help of some mechanical device. There are limits.

Thank you for the Bestie!

We gravitate to what we think about in millions of small ways. I said to a relative that Id grade a haul road for free because the mine was having trouble with it. Turns out that the forman of the company that contracted to haul from their pit was crazy and on dope. He just handed me the grader and let me grade the road. I'd never ran a grader in my life. I did pretty good with it. I scrapped a lot of the 100 K worth of gravel off the burms along the road and buttered the road with it. More experienced operators were worthless because the didn't give a shit. The company got none of there expertise they half assessed itvand even slept in the company's grader. I fixed it with a 70s grader that overheated every day at noon. All of that I litteraly spoke into being with an off hand comment.

If we accept that it’s perception that defines our individual reality, then yes - within reason

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When you know who you are, you will no longer be you.
When you no longer know who you are, you will be you.