“Believe that your best life is still yet to come, and you will live a different and better life” – Henry G. Nutt, III We live in a day an age where negative news bombards every media outlet known to man. There is simply no escaping it. I just witnessed a mother beating […]
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“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same” – Unknown It is so interesting to me how life unfolds. The twist and turns we make. The planned and unplanned events that occur. Things we never saw ourselves doing or becoming, that we are now actively engaged in, in addition to
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“I got tired of living a lie. I wish it was because I finally saw the error of ways, but honestly it was because my lie became disclosed, but now I am WHOLE and it no longer matters how, I just am.” – Henry G. Nutt, III Most of us can relate
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“I am far from what I once was, but not yet what I am going to be.” – Unknown We can all recall a time in our lives when we were preparing for a trip, whether a short one or a long one. We would pack our bags and jump in the car, bus,
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“Forgive who hurt you in the past. But never forget the lessons they taught you” – Unknown Sunday afternoon I was in a class like I am most Sundays teaching a class at church. As I was speaking with my students we stumbled on the subject of pain and it’s
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“We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public” – unknown As I approach the milestone age of fifty, I can truly appreciate the many moments I have experienced alone and the ones I have shared with others. Many of my fondest and not so fond childhood memories seem like
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“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it” – Jean de La Fontaine Being a trailblazer is often looked upon as something cool, dynamic and inspirational. The few that have set trends, established new ways of thinking and embarked on ideas that have impacted the many is something
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“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway” – Emory Austin I simply love when my favorite songs comes on the radio. As a child, my parents introduced me to R&B, jazz and a few other genres. One thing I will never forget, is how it made me feel. Listening to
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“Life is not always about trying to fix something that’s broken. Sometimes, it’s about starting over and creating something better” – Unknown Okay, so you blew it big time and you find yourself staring at the rest of your life like a deer in the headlights. You understand that quitting is not an
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“Friends are the siblings God never gave us” – Mencius As I go through my normal ritual of reflection prior to writing my weekly post, this morning I had an interesting thing occur. So I have been traveling for work for the last week and as I was having my last breakfast in the
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