“Don’t you dare shrink yourself for someone else’s comfort – Don’t become small for people who refuse to grow.” – Unknown Life never ceases to surprise me. One day it seems I have things all in order and in the next moment I am being thrown for a loop. Even though my routine is somewhat […]
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“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you go; they merely determine where you start.” – Noah Qubein I am like a little kid when it comes to traveling, especially when it comes to travel by plane. I still prefer the window seat and it has always been something about the takeoff that excites me while
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter” – Martin Luther King, Jr. For as long as I can remember I have been the type of personality that has tried to avoid conflict. Sometimes this decision worked in my favor, but unfortunately most times it had an adverse
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“Don’t judge someone just because they sin differently than you” – Unknown There is some documented literature that says it takes about thirty days to break a habit, then I read from another source it could actually be anywhere from two weeks to six months, depending on the person, the actual habit and the sheer
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“It’s not your job to love me, it’s mine” – Unknown So I grew up with three sisters. One older and two younger. For most of my life I had people telling me, “You must be spoiled”, and for years I never understood what they meant. Then as I got older, I began to understand
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“In any given moment we have two options: To step forward into growth or step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow I will never forget the journey my now eighteen year old daughter Niala took me through while first learning how to swim. Initially it was fun. There was the “daddy and me”
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“Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless when facing them.” – Rabindranath Tagore As a teacher and counselor in my former church, I was regularly helping others and giving advice to people who needed to talk or discuss their issues. Since being a giver has always been a part of
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“Freedom isn’t going through life unscathed, It’s choosing to not let what has hurt you bind you.” – Leo Christopher To finally come to an understanding that I will never stop growing has brought a sense a of peace, calm and self-acceptance to my life. When I consider who I use to be, (not that
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“Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and the thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” – Edmunds Lee Whenever I reach a milestone I tend to reflect on my future, my past and where I am today.
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“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have to enough, and more.” – Melody Beattie Today was a very different day for me. As I am writing this post I am sitting in the window seat of airplane heading back home to California from New Orleans, where I have just
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