Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them. – Confucius Life is a funny thing. There is no road map. The best we can do is hope for a strong upbringing, surrounded by a good […]
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Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. – Toni Morrison My instructor held out a tattered jumpsuit. “Here,” he said. “Put this on. It’s about 30 degrees colder up there.” The jumpsuit
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“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu I had lost 15 pounds in 3 months. Between work, school, and an unhealthy, quasi-relationship with a man thirteen years older
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin About eight months ago, I resigned from my job as a high
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“Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.”― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power I once heard a famous, self-help guru/podcaster say, “Purpose is the thing that launches you out of bed
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When things go wrong, they really go wrong. In the span of two weeks, I lost my biggest contract job, my entire family came down with a stomach flu, my husband had to leave on a long business
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“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett. When I was 27 I almost drowned. I was caught in a rip current at an unpatrolled beach on the South Atlantic coast of Brazil and I was not
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“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Franklin Roosevelt Earlier this week I lost hours of my life. I sat down at my computer to do a little work at 8pm, and poof, when I looked at the clock
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I was never an outgoing kid. A series of unfortunate events during my high school years, whose perpetrators undoubtedly know of my longlasting distress, left me emotionally crippled. I was shy to the point of becoming unable even
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Ever since I was a child I struggled with self-doubt. That feeling that you aren’t good enough, that you can’t accomplish anything, that you’ll never be successful or happy. I wrestled with that feeling every day, trying desperately
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I recently volunteered at a charity event run by a good friend of mine who’s trying to start a non-profit. By all accounts, the event was a success and went very smoothly, but my friend felt frazzled by
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