Category: Personal Evolution
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When You Do Everything Right and Things Don’t Work Out
The hardest thing for me is not when I fail. The hardest thing is not when I don’t get what I want. The hardest thing is not when all the things I wish for do not materialize. The hardest thing is not NOT having enough or NOT being enough. The hardest thing is not disappointment…
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I Am Enough: Gratitude for Those Who Hurt Me Deeply
There are times when I still think about one particular man and what our relationship could have been, and it still hurts. But I’m grateful that he came into my life the way he did. And, also, that he left it the way he did–with his lies and manipulations being exposed. I’m also grateful to…
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5 Things I Learned from a Shaman in Less than an Hour
I’m used to high stress situations but by Thursday night, I was thiiiiiiiiiis close to banging my head against the wall, literally. I was at that point where I’d been working 12-15 days for so long…20 hours on one particular day…that I didn’t know how much longer I could keep it up, even though…
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Be the Person You Needed When You Were Younger
One of my writer pals, M.R. Sellars, shared with me a quote that made me think twice. Okay, actually more like ten times, not just twice. “Be the person you needed when you were younger.”– Ayesha A. Siddiqi The epiphany for me was realizing that I can’t tell myself to go be that person because–to…
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No Coincidence: Everything in Its Right Time
It’s said that people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. But really, regardless of the length of time, it’s always for a reason. Sometimes a person comes into your life only for a brief period–five minutes, two weeks–not enough to qualify as a season but for a very specific…