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Originally Posted by Nell
The thing about having a plan...it's just a plan. You may never need it. But it helps you to think things through and know there is a path forward.
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I'll repeat something I said earlier, with this in view. When you are 5, you're not supposed to have a plan. Just listen to Mom & Dad, and obey. When you are 15, same. But as you move into your 20s, learn to think, learn to listen, don't be reflexive. You've been heavily programmed by the LC experience. Slowly allow yourself to question. Don't panic and run around in circles. Just allow yourself to be exposed to other points of view, other methodologies. College is a great opportunity. Spread your wings, not to drunken squalor and sloth but to people who think, who feel, who live and work around you. Borrow their successes and you will build your own.
But take your time. It is not easy, transitioning from childhood to adulthood. In the LC they don't give you any tools. You have to carefully search, and get your own. But they are there, if you look. And the 'plan' will emerge. It's funny how it happens.
In the Navy Seals they have a saying, "slow is smooth. Smooth is fast". Go slow, take it easy, don't go backwards. Just slowly build something that can last, and at some point you may be surprised at how well the transition goes. Panic doesn't work. Terror doesn't build. Anger doesn't last. But peace lasts. And love is real. So find what is real, and do your best to stay there.
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Originally Posted by Nell
The point is to meet people and not the way people meet.
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Yes, that's what Jesus did. He built something that has lasted. Look, here we all are.