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I Woke Up Today


I WOKE UP TODAY I DIDN’T FEEL THE SAME I FELT AS IF I WAS TRULY CONSCIOUS CONSCIOUS OF THE WORLD AROUND ME TALL TREES GREEN LEAVES THE WHOOSH OF THE BREEZE FROM THE SEA WERE ALL RELATED TO ME THIS I SEE I WOKE UP TODAY AND REALIZED THAT CHANGE AND GROWTH ARE NOT THE SAME THING THAT I AM A UNIQUE EMANATION OF GOD THAT EVERYTHING I NEED IS ALREADY HERE I HADN’T KNOWN THIS BEFORE THIS I SEE NOW I WOKE UP TODAY I FOUND THE MEANING OF LIFE IT’S NOT THE WAY WE LIVE BUT OUR REASON FOR WAKING UP IN THE MORNING HOW WE PERCEIVE THE WORLD AROUND US HOW WE CHOOSE TO LEAVE OUR PHYSICAL STATE WHEN WE DIE FOR IF I HAD NO MEANING FOR LIFE I’D HAVE NO PURPOSE TO LIVE I’D BE SPIRITUALLY LOST I WOKE UP TODAY
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