Here's a short, (very) personal essay I wrote not that long ago. From the deepest depths of despair, a new light will begin to shine, and lead you down a road you never expected. Be open to all things- this is the essence of the Plastic Experience.
Recently I discovered a power so great, I wondered why it is
not being readily taught in public schools.
I may go so far as to say it is the power of kings. Oh, it’s available to you, if you want it
badly enough, and it’s not even really that difficult to attain once you know
what to do. So what is this power of
which I speak? To sum it up in one
word: confidence.
It is a common mistake to assume the
world operates as you operate. To put
one’s values and expectations on another, and then stand in bewilderment as
that person does something completely unexpected. In my instance, I believed everyone really
wanted to be a nice person, and do the right thing. In this naïve state, I considered the needs
of everyone around me, and did my best not to offend. For some reason, this would attract the
attention of those that would try to dominate and humiliate me. Why?
What I was doing was thinking of them, and yet they punished me for
this? As it turns out, the message I was
sending out was “everyone else is more important than I am”, though it would
not be until years later that I came to this conclusion.
