{"id":143659,"date":"2019-05-17T13:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T20:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=143659"},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T20:18:30","slug":"form-or-be-formed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/17\/form-or-be-formed\/","title":{"rendered":"Form, or Be Formed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you desire to become formed, or do you desire to do the forming?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Passive <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To be passively formed means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You consume culture and hope that the external culture \u00e2\u20ac\u0153forms\u00e2\u20ac\u009d you into something greater. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Active<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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An active way to think about this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I desire to self-form myself into my own ideal vision of myself. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So in your life \u00e2\u20ac\u201d ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do I wish to sit back and follow trends and pursue \u00e2\u20ac\u0153culture\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for the sake of being formed? Or am I taking in all this knowledge to DO the forming?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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