“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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“I am more than my scars” – Andrew Davidson Whenever I think of layers I tend to think of things like clothing or eating fruit and vegetables. Both are essential for obvious reasons, and both have unique reasons for being important towards our daily lives. Layers can provide protection, warmth, comfort and quite possibly
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“Love is not something we give or get; it is something we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.” – Brene Brown By nature I’m an optimist, so
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“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are” – Norman Vincent Peale As Indie
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;
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The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable, but infinitely subtle and delicate. – Daisaku Ikeda As I prepared for church on Sunday morning, I had a few topics on my mind to write about for Monday, but nothing that really stuck, so as I was in the shower I asked God to
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“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me” – Jim Valvano Sometimes, for no particular reason (that I’m aware of anyway) I find myself reflecting on the role I have as a father to my children. Whether we’re about to embark on a summer road trip
Over the years I have come to learn that I have a tendency to over think things. At times I can even become a bit of a perfectionist, or just very anal about how things should run in my life. Of course this characteristic has its advantages, but it also comes with its own set
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We’re all familiar with the quote, “you can’t unscramble eggs,” and most of us know exactly what it means or how the saying can apply to our lives at different times. And although I’ll would usually agree with this, I do believe there are times when we should, and must challenge this statement. The
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“Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.” – Kim II-sung “The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman’s finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding.” – Margaret Sanger So often when we hear any form of the word submit, it can take us
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