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    In Our Selves
    In Our Selves
    In Our Selves
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    In Our Selves

    By Ken La Salle

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    Dreams make us better, happier, healthier people. They help us achieve our greatest potential. They help us become the person we want to be.

    With In Our Selves, Ken La Salle brings another collection of essays from the pages of Recovering the Self. Not only does he share his journey but he also provides the reader with tips and clues and signposts to help them along the way.

    Dreams are the best parts of all of us. We should never forget they lie not in the stars but In Our Selves...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKen La Salle
    Release dateApr 25, 2013
    ISBN9781301475148
    In Our Selves
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    Ken La Salle

    Author and Playwright, Ken La Salle grew up in Santa Ana, California and has remained in the surrounding area his entire life. He was raised with strong, blue collar roots, which have given him a progressive and environmentalist view. As a result, you'll find many of his stories touching those areas both geographically and philosophically. His plays have been seen in theaters across the country and you can find a growing number of books available online. Find out more about Ken on his website at www.kenlasalle.com.

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      In Our Selves - Ken La Salle

      In Our Selves

      Ken La Salle

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Ken La Salle

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      There Are Those Who Dream

      Giving Yourself Permission

      Canning Can’t

      Staking Your Claim

      Dreams Are Hard

      Patience

      How I Became a Best Selling Author

      Being Thankful

      Facing Forward

      When Dreams Take a Back Seat

      Dreams and Goals and in between…

      Yours alone…

      Believing in Your Dreams and Your Self

      Author’s Note

      Introduction

      "Men at some time are masters of their fates.

      The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars

      But in ourselves"

      When he wrote these words hundreds of years ago, William Shakespeare was referring to a condition common to humanity. Why can’t we be Caesar? Why can’t we achieve what others have? Why aren’t we catching the breaks instead of someone else?

      The fault, Shakespeare tells us, lies not in our stars. It isn’t controlled by the forces of heaven. It isn’t a question of luck. The fault, he says, lies in our selves. It isn’t that we can’t do it; it’s that we haven’t found it in ourselves to do it.

      Granted, Cassius was saying this to Brutus to motivate a killing – but the essential idea is not lost because a kernel of truth remains within.

      You can even turn it around and away from any negative connotations. If we can take all the credit or blame for our faults, then shouldn’t we do the same for our blessings as well? I think it works better that way. Because our blessings, dear reader, also lie not in our stars. They rest firmly within ourselves.

      After all, why shouldn’t we get some credit? Why shouldn’t we take a bow? When we pursue our dreams, we are taking an active role in our lives, creating blessings that will benefit us for untold years to come.

      So, yes. Our blessings lie in ourselves. And it is up to us to find them.

      After writing my monthly piece in Recovering the Self for an entire year – which you can find in The Worth of Dreams The Value of Dreamers – I wasn’t so sure I’d still have anything of value to say. But what I learned was that when you engage your dreams, when you make them a part of your everyday life, you find something new and valuable every day.

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