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So What Does Living Big Mean Anyway?

"Living Big isn't about making lots of money or having a Texas-sized house.  It's about having an intoxicating vision, about daring to look at the miracle of life without shrinking back.  Living Big means having the nerve to find your own drum beat, sing your own song.

Unfortunately, many of us still march to the same high school fight song we learned decades ago.  Or we sing the same old jingle that Madison Avenue invented to keep us buying their products.  In case you hadn't noticed, there are an awful lot of forces out there striving to keep us in line.

Living Big means getting out of line.  It means dancing the jig when others are waltzing.  It means saying you care when you're not sure how the other person feels.  It means leaping out of the limited, soul-numbing boxes we've all been squeezed into.

Living Big is being brave enough to claim your own truth, being bold enough to read the poem that's stamped across your heart.  Out loud so everybody can hear.

All of us have the responsibility to find that passion that makes us want to get up on the table and dance (Grout, 2001, p. 4).  "

Reference:  Grout, P. (2001).  Living big: embrace your passion and leap into an extraordinary life.  New York:  MJF Books.

Are you living big?

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Created: 2008-04-02, Updated: 2009-02-16