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Todays prompt: by Buster Benson

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

The world is powered by passionate people, powerful ideas, and fearless action. What’s one strong belief you possess that isn’t shared by your closest friends or family? What inspires this belief, and what have you done to actively live it?

I believe that history is fiction, and that mythology is closer to the truth. By this I don’t mean to say that I think mythology is closer to the “real facts”, but that thinking in a mythological way will lead to a deeper understanding of the interior reality of any situation.

To think in mythological way, or perhaps I should say, to mythologize, is to look at situations in life, both past and current situations, as metaphors, as if they contain hidden messages put there especially for you. Also, to mythologize is to accept the Mystery as it confronts us at every turn. Myths speak to us in a mysterious way, they communicate with our souls at a very deep, non-conscious level. If we approach history, and the events that are happening around us as if they were myths, it would open the door to the Mystery just a bit more, and allow us to see truth that the moment is presenting to us.

This post is part of my commitment to #Trust30, “an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself”, being run by The Domino Project in conjunction with a new edition of Self-Reliance.

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