For a long time, I believed that some were just more capable than others. I believed that some were just naturally happier than others and it was all a matter of innate disposition or outer circumstance. The only thing that I was right about was the fact that happiness is innate. Everything else was erroneous […]
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I used to dread having birthday parties for my daughter. I would feel really anxious the whole week leading up to the party and even more anxious the day of. I would stress about all of the details and become really irritable with everyone because I was stressed out. It wasn’t as though we ever
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I’ve cleansed my land of the weeds that were once choking the life of any fruitful crops and now I’m at the point where I’m beginning to plant some seeds. Yesterday, I realized, though I was planting new seeds in the form of branching out in the area of sharing my authentic self with others
You Deserve to Take Up Space Read More »
“We don’t know what we’ve got ‘til it’s gone” is a popular word from the wise. A recent incident in my own life really made me appreciate this all the more and in this moment, I realized how far I’d come in my ability to take negative occurrences and transform them into something positive. Yesterday
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In Luke 2:49, Jesus responds to his parents who have finally found him after frantically searching for him in the crowds of people at the temple by stating, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” As I sit here today reading “The Wind and the Rudder” by
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This morning, I had an unexpectedly amazing conversation with a woman I worked with a few years back. I’ve been keeping in touch with her on social media and have been seeing her journey from afar after the loss of her child to drug addiction. Her journey is one of the many events that have
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The universe is always speaking to us when we are willing to listen. As I finally grew some wings and decided to move forward with investing in this project, I began having some doubts about whether it was a good idea. I questioned whether people would actually enjoy my work or whether I was attempting
Someone Has Already Done It Read More »
This morning I woke up and had the this thought ringing in my head, so like a good vessel, I felt called to bring this thought to life and allow it expression. When we run from others’ emotions, we are also running from our own. As I woke up today, this thought kept plaguing me
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Last night I was feeling really insecure about my ability to parent and I spoke to my fiance about it as we laid down in bed. However looking back I realize I was not intentional and direct in my communication. I was not clearly asking for what I needed. I explained that I felt like
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Have you ever had a day where you just feel really unaccomplished? Today was one of those days for me. I couldn’t fight my lazy bones and intense lack of motivation to get anything done despite feeling like I should be doing so. I’ve been working to organize the tasks I need to get done
I’m struggling with the individuals I work with. The culture that I work in, I have deemed to be unhealthy for my well-being. If there is anything that ruffles my feathers, it is condescension. I shouldn’t announce this, but condescension triggers my ego the way that nothing else can. I’m aware of it and therefore
Hesitation – When Life Isn’t Going Right, Go Left Read More »
Today my therapist drew my attention to the number of times I used the word “but” in our conversation. As I lay here in the tub, something strikes me about the word “but.” It is not “all or nothing thinking” as she put it. It is discounting one’s idea, dreams, beliefs, words, or inspirations. It
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When I was a child, I used to have a nightmare that it was my dance recital. In this dream, I was always somehow unaware that I had lined up with the wrong class and when the time came to get on the stage and dance, I didn’t know the moves, but was supposed to.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr. Last night my daughter decided to have a mega tantrum after being asked to put
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This morning, the universe played an interesting joke on me. My daughter’s picture day was today. We had gone out yesterday picking out her outfit and coordinating her perfectly so that she would look perfect for her school photo shoot today. This morning we got her dressed and I put extra effort into her hair
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If you read any of my recent posts, you’ll see that I’ve been working through pride. I took today off in order to use the remaining time I have on the books so that I don’t lose it at year end. You’ve got to love those “use it or lose it” policies. Anyhow, after a
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This morning as I was reading, my daughter was playing in the living room. She was acting a bit hyper and throwing herself around without a care in the world and as she thumped on the ground with her body, I kept telling her to be careful with her body because it’s the only one
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When I first started going to church in December, my pastor always made comments about a war happening between God and Satan and admittedly at first, I was a bit dim to what he was saying. I had just recently been awakened to the fact that I was “sick” and needed healing. I use the
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If you read yesterday’s blog post, you’ll note that I received a revelation about pride being at the root of some of my problems as they relate to my dissatisfaction with some of the individuals I work with. Oddly enough, as I wound down yesterday evening and chose to continue the book that I was
Yesterday while praying in my car on the way to work and listening to one of Rick Warren’s earlier sermons, I was answered with “arrogance” in respond to my request to God to point out anything in me that offends Him. I started laughing and said, “Thanks God.” They say, “ask and you shall receive”
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Journeying inward can lead us to consider dreams that we’d given up on. At this point in my life I’m waking up to realize the truth of who I am and the nature of work that I was created to do. My love of writing has been reawakened within me. Ever since I can remember,
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s the power of using your voice. I tried my best to speak the truth and shed light on the stories of people who are often brushed aside. Michelle Obama – Becoming As I read this quote, it really resonated with me. I feel at 34 years
Finding My Voice: Becoming Read More »
Usually, when I write, I come from an uplifted place of inspiration, but today I find myself struggling to find my bliss. I dropped my daughter off at school this morning and had to intentionally start saying all of the small things I was grateful for. I started recounting the many things, our health, our
Mind Over Matter, But Is This Always True? Read More »
So often in life we think we know exactly what we want, how things should go, where we want to be, how we’re going to get there, and who we must be to succeed. However, tonight as I was laying with my daughter, I realized that the best pieces of my life are pieces that
I think I finally understand how to live and it’s a matter of unraveling some of the stuff I’ve carried to this point in pursuit of what God has in store for me. I’d like to compare this process of life to a mummy. Yes, a mummy. Stay with me. We begin life with this
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3 years ago, my fiancé and I went on a “hard” hike. At the time we didn’t realize the rating of the trail we decided to undertake but took the suggestion of our waiter who was from the area to do a loop trail in NH. We thought it sounded nice, given that we wouldn’t
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I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to figure life out. Ever since I can remember, I’ve had some weird addiction to self-help books and articles. There’s been something in me that strives to figure out the “right” way to live. I’ve spent a lot of time and energy trying to make sense of