<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b3d1a144-0070-4054-8174-1a8ea152eb3e/4A5FC3C1-B57C-4A4D-816E-8421915BB150/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.illuminatedmind.net/" href="http://www.illuminatedmind.net/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.illuminatedmind.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.illuminatedmind.net/"> <P>See, we really think that these so called rules of “paying your dues” and keeping your nose to the grindstone, are requirements. <STRONG>But really, they’re <EM>agreements.</EM></STRONG></p> <P>We think that these obligations, drudgery, and boredom are just the facts of life. It’s called being practical, right?</p> <P>I’ll tell you what; being practical is the biggest, lamest, excuse ever for not doing something that liberates you and makes you come alive. What we often think of as the necessity of “just being practical” is really a big, fat assumption. Just because a lot of other people <EM>choose</EM> that template, doesn’t mean you have to choose it, too. It’s an option.</p> <P>Challenge it. I dare you.</p> <P>Your life will become so ridiculously awesome, you’ll laugh at the rigid idea of rules.</p> <P>Because in reality, there are no limits.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4A5FC3C1-B57C-4A4D-816E-8421915BB150/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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