Alice Walker - Reflections on Life

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Novelist Alice Walker reflects on life, change and the need to scare yourself in order to create the life you envision.

Transcript of Alice Walker - Reflections on Life

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Wonder

The foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

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How often do you wonder?

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Our Inner Struggle

The inner struggle is extremely difficult for all of us, because we all have faults, severe

ones that we will struggle with forever.

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Have you recognized your inner struggles?

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Change

It’s a difficult thing to change the world, your neighborhood, your family, your self. We have to change if we want to survive.

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How dedicated are you to change?

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Scare Yourself

You have to go to the places that scare you so you can see: what do you really believe? Who are you really?

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Are you able to go down the road that scares you?

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Each Moment Is Incredible

Nothing really compares to understanding that you live in a place that, moment by

moment, is incredible.

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Do you realize how incredible each moment is?

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A Life Worth Living

If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.

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Are you fighting for the life you envision?

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Interview

Quotes from Yes! Magazine Fall 2012 edition, interview with Alice Walker

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Increase Your Self-Awareness

• How often do you wonder? • Have you recognized your inner

struggles? • How dedicated are you to change? • Are you able to go down the road that

scares you? • Do you realize how incredible each

moment is? • Are you fighting for the life you envision?