”I can say with great certainty and absolute honesty that I did not know what love was until I knew what love was not.- P.T. Berkey “I can’t call it.” A term often used in my community growing up amongst family and acquaintances. We were living the best we knew how, but we were often […]
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”You didn’t come this far, to only come this far.”– Unknown I’ve said it many times and will continue to say it. Life. Is. Hard. As children we’re typically protected from it’s harshness and unforgiving roughness. We play, we eat, we sleep. Not much else is happening, at least for the average kid growing up.
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”Love is not about how much you say, I Love You, but how much you prove that it’s true.” – Unknown There’s a scripture in the Bible that I will always remember and fully agree with. That is, “tell the truth in love”. On the surface it seems simple enough, but it’s not easily conducted.
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”Before you ask yourself which way to go, remember where you’ve been.” – Unknown In my line of work, we’re constantly developing and improving our standard processes to ensure consistentcy across the various aspects of work being performed. It helps new employees adapt faster and gives current employees opportunities to easily identify areas we can
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”The world is a university and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning, you go to school.” – T.D. Jakes Like a body of water flowing down the river, life never ceases to stop. One moment we’re in one place, the next we’re somewhere else. It seems
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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it”– Confucius I wondered when it would end, the pain and pangs of yesterday’s dispointments and let downs. They always seemed to find a way to remain bigger than the life I was currently living. Reminding me that the struggle was real, filled with actual heart dropping moments, discouraging remnants and vivid distinctions of
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“Do what is right, not what is easy” – Unknown As we journey through life facing our issues, taking responsibility for them and fighting the good fight, at some point it’s important that we reset, refresh and reflect on what our next steps should look like. One essential aspect to next steps is they should
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”I am not what happened to me, but what I choose to become.” –Unknown I’ve been there, you’ve been there, we have all been there at some point in our lives. A time when we’ve been wronged, hurt or let down. Whether self inflicted, committed by someone we cared about or possibly not, the pain is still the pain. Regardless of the circumstances it’s imperative that
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”Becoming awake involves seeing our confusion more clearly” – Rumi I’m not sure if it’s an age thing, an I don’t care kind of thing or a combination of the two, but I’m learning the more I intertwine these two frame of thoughts, my life becomes simpler. Not that my problems and life issues magically
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