The more you talk about your new story, the more it will become a part of you. 4. Commit to living your new role in some way. Make at least one change that is in alignment with the new story. Finally, explore how your new story fits into the bigger story of your family, organization, corporation, country, and the world. If you have an original idea, don't waste your time and effort trying to make people understand. They won't. And the help you will probably get comes in the form of negative feedback. If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably still be living in the middle ages. Spend time on it. Energy does not decide something like : Hey I like this one so I will send her energy, and the other one over there I don t like so he won t get any of my energy . This is nonsense! The same counts for diseases. A disease does not choose a body to attack. How would it do it? Can you imagine a cancer saying : I don t like the way he cuts his hair, so I will attack his liver? It uses words as tools for the transmission of experience. Spiritual poetry then, is more about enlightenment than belief. Here is a classic example from the Tao Te Ching: Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. </i> I think if you keep things in perspective and don't let the success take over your life and most of all don't think your better than anyone!!!! You just have different talents and dreams. <i>Are we all selfish?</i> I do believe we are all selfish , in that everything we do or say positive for someone else is a way of feeling good about ourselves. At least, we can do something about the conditions, but the prisoners can do nothing. Life can be depressing at times. How to inspire ourselves in such conditions? Keywords: inspiration,motivation,prisoners,goals,blessings Article Body: Imagine a person in a prison. He/she has been imprisoned for life and will wait till death in the prison.