“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – Les Brown I’ve always been a list person. I like orderly, pigeonholed thought processes. When I read information, it automatically appears in […]
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“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell I thought I had my life planned. Since I was a junior in high
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I’ve had opportunities. I’ve tried my hand at many jobs. I did the corporate thing and worked in the academic sphere. I organized parties and I worked in fashion. I poured drinks, pushed charities and baked apple pies.
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“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom.” – Rumi It was 9:25 am ET and
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When I graduated from high school, a lot of my friends decided to wait a few months before they started college. I had been accepted into the Liberal Arts program at my mother’s Alma mater and I could
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“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked,
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I was in love once. Deep, crazy, inconceivable love. We were so much alike and completely hooked on each other from the moment we met. I was amazed I was able to find someone so perfect, thinking “this
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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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Negative emotions are like unwelcome guests. Just because they show up on our doorsteps doesn’t mean they have the right to stay. – Deepak Chopra I grew up in a large family where quiet moments were hard to
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Humans can never outrun a horse, a cheetah or even a greyhound. That’s a well-established fact. A lesser known fact is that on an extremely hot day, the human body is built to run long distances faster than
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Most of my life, I hated change. Maybe it was because we moved every year or two when I was growing up. New house, new city, new school, new friends. It’s tough to feel comfortable with no consistency.
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