DROPPED OUT

It's amazing, looking back into my past, and seeing why things are the way they are now, every choice I've made has lead me to where I am at this moment, whether good or bad does not matter, I'm beginning to connect the dots. This blog site is all about the higher truths, it's also about honesty, and yes, I am a high school drop out, I didn't even make it through my freshman year, and yet I've built a solid foundation of good character, through tough times and emotional breakdowns. I've achieved a greatness no education institution could give me, School for me was fun during my elementary years, I loved to learn, art, was my favorite subject due to the creating aspect of it all, there was so much interaction with the student and teacher, and because of this learning was a positive and enjoyable experience. When I entered middle school the enthusiasm began to wane, I began to feel a dis-connection from what was being taught to me, and by my ninth grade year, I decided there were better things to do than sit in school for eight hours a day, I dis-liked high school and everything it stood for, so, I just stopped going as I craved my freedom over learning. At the time, in 1979, morals were different, people didn't stay in school because they REALLY wanted to, they stayed in school because they HAD to, or they would have to leave home by parental rules, or, so they were told, could not get a good job to support their family, manage money, and compete in a growing world economy, it was a time of the REAL status quo, school was mandatory to success, any other way they would tell us, led to failure, remember be cool and stay in school? While a good education is helpful in accomplishing goals, it could be possible that our education system has been teaching us conformity rather than choosing our own paths, teaching us how things are rather than how we would prefer them to be, another example of the broken ''old'' system is that most high school and college students that graduate, are finding it harder and harder to find decent paying jobs, most are working for minimum wage and the price?, finishing school and going to college! Looking back on all of this I can see why I dropped out, even though the education system was in a little better shape then, but in a strange way this feels like it was a part of my life path, I needed to experience things in a different way, though very scary and unpleasant, they've built great strength and character that school would have never taught me. Some of the most amazing and successful people in our history didn't stay in school, they invented their own ways of doing things, going outside of the box! Going to school, having a job, is to me, like being a robot!, gone are these ways of thinking and conforming to the status quo, does school teach us that we are spiritual beings in a human body?, does school teach us that we have the gift of co-creation, and that we can be, do, and have anything we choose?, does school teach us that there is no competition or lack, and that the Universe IS abundant?, none of the above! We are all the same but we are also very unique individually, we each have a special gift and talent that can benefit humanity as a whole, and a purpose as well, I mean why have a COPY when you can have the original in your hands. I am no advocate of dropping out of school, there are successful people that have finished school and accomplished great things as well as those who didn't stay in school, but what I've learned from my own personal experience no school could ever have taught me, and I'm beginning to see how it has shaped me into who I am now. Learning things the hard way, without school, has given me strength and character, and yes, achieve great success in all areas of my life, physically and spiritually, and had I stayed in school, I possibly wouldn't be writing this post right now, and I believe I'll ponder on this one! Until again.