<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Cláudia Sofia]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://claudiasofia.pt]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Claudia Sofia]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://claudiasofia.pt/author/sophiaspotlight/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Urge!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Woke up with an urge&#8230;<br />
A strong urge to write!<br />
Write something special&#8230;<br />
So special that might change the world.<br />
Spent all day at home feeling that urge being scattered by a huge lack of words.<br />
Had nothing to say, really!<br />
That lack of words was making me feel useless.<br />
It looked like, deep down inside, I had something to say but wasn&#8217;t able to hear what my inner self had for me.<br />
Felt desperate!<br />
Felt useless!<br />
Felt drained out!<br />
Came outside to the terrace.<br />
Sat there between my neighboor&#8217;s trees and the noise from the road nearby.<br />
Listen to the birds singing, the trees moving and the cars rushing up and down the street.<br />
Can&#8217;t remember what brought me to that question&#8230;<br />
I had the computer in front of me, connected, with a text page open waiting to be filled with a special world changing message.<br />
I was there waiting for the first words that might make some sense!<br />
Nothing!<br />
Nothing<br />
And more nothing!<br />
Why? &#8211; I thought.<br />
Why do I need so much to write?<br />
Why do I write?<br />
What drives me to write?<br />
Why?<br />
Well, clearly I don&#8217;t need to write.<br />
I write because I want to.<br />
That urge wasn&#8217;t a need.<br />
Or maybe it was. I don&#8217;t know.<br />
What I know is that writing brings me back to myself.<br />
Writing is the path to my inner self.<br />
Writing is connecting with myself.<br />
And today I felt an urge to write something special that might change the world.<br />
What is to be special?<br />
What world?<br />
What kind of change? What is change?<br />
Special?!<br />
Everything is special in its unique way.<br />
The most simple word, phrase, text, image is special.<br />
Doesn&#8217;t have to have any kind of characteristics to be special. It is special only by existing. It only depends on the eyes that sees it.<br />
World?<br />
Was I thinking about my inner world or the world around me or the bigger and wider world?<br />
Are they all the same?<br />
Certaintly!<br />
Change?<br />
What is to change something?<br />
Was I thinking about material change, spiritual change, emotional change, mental change?<br />
It sounds like an utopia, doesn&#8217;t it?<br />
Is it?<br />
To change is to discover the unknown.<br />
To change is to unveil the hidden wisdom.<br />
To change is to connect to the Universal energy that makes us alive.<br />
Can I change the world with words?<br />
Words are windows.<br />
Windows that give us a glimpse to that special treasure behind the walls of fear and shame.<br />
So, yes! We can change the world with words.<br />
Do my words have that power to change the entire world?<br />
Most certainly!<br />
My words have the power to change my inner world, thus the entire world, as they are the same!<br />
We are full of words&#8230;<br />
Our thoughts, our emotions, our feelings, our wishes, our beliefs&#8230;<br />
They are all words!<br />
Words that might inprison us or set us free!<br />
We just have to be aware of our inner words and change them if necessary.<br />
Changing our words, we can change our life; we can change the world.<br />
Please, be aware of the words that make you who you are.<br />
Change them if you want to change yourself and light up the world, because the world needs you!</p>
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