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Grounded decision-making.


"Square One is where circumstance Circumstance or circumstances can refer to:
  • Legal terms:
  • Aggravating circumstances
  • Attendant circumstance
 has placed you.... It may not be as random as it feels. It may be a place that holds gifts for you as well as problems, a place where you will find real resources for making the haphazard hap·haz·ard  
adj.
Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance. See Synonyms at chance.

n.
Mere chance; fortuity.

adv.
By chance; casually.
 journey through your life's choices....

"Sound decisions are grounded in this soil--the soil of who you really are and where you find yourself in life. This doesn't mean that you can't change anything. It simply means that this is the starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point
terminus a quo

commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the
. Your whole life is planted in a particular patch of soil--your family, your upbringing up·bring·ing  
n.
The rearing and training received during childhood.


upbringing
Noun

the education of a person during his or her formative years

Noun 1.
, your education, your likes and dislikes, your strengths and weaknesses. This soil will influence your choices in life, maybe more than you imagine. ... The main thing it contains is your potential to become the unique person you truly are, the fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 of God's dream for you, and your own deepest dream for yourself."

--Margaret Silf, Wise Choices: A Spiritual Guide to Making Life's Decisions (BlueBridge)
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Title Annotation:spirituality cafe
Author:Schlumpf, Heidi
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Date:Jun 1, 2007
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