A friend of mine recently came to me with her heart broken. The man she had just spent three years of her life with suddenly decided, out of the blue, that he no longer wished to be an active member of their club made for two. By way of informing her of his decision, he …
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What did you do today? Was there anything you wanted to get done, but didn't find the time for? Is this an anomaly, or has it happened before? Is it, in fact, something of a regular occurrence? I recently had a conversation with a woman in the locker room about the benefits of working on …
Have you ever had one of those nights where you find yourself erring on the wrong side of being a hot mess, having finally stumbled your way home only to be solidly stopped by the obstacle called Door? It doesn’t make sense, I’ve done this before, could be running through your head as you continue …
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There once were three blind men walking on three separate roads, all of which ended upon at the same intersection. In the middle of the crossing sat an elephant, patiently waiting with its handler to go join into a circus which had arrived in town that very day. The first blind man who happened upon …
Continue reading What You Focus On Is What You Invite More Of
How much does something cost? When we hear that word, our automatic assumption is that we are talking about money, a numerical value, some tangible currency to use as a frame of reference. How much, say, does it cost to watch an episode of The Game of Thrones (GoT)? There are many angles we can …
The best moment of every day is the one right before you open your eyes. It is the delicate balance on needle thin wire when your mind is just letting go of sleep and on the other side the wide world beckons you in. For this one moment you are tabula rasa, pure and clean, …
I once stood upon a tall guard tower situated along the Great Wall of China, barely catching my breath with sweat dripping into my eyes, almost falling apart from the heat and the exertion it took to make it that far. Looking out from the window at the vastness all around, counting the great snaking …
Everyone remembers the stories of one kind or another that, growing up, your fed-up parents told you to get you to behave. If you don't eat your veggies, Santa Clause is not coming by the house this year. Or, the Tooth Fairy does not collect the teeth of little girls who don't brush them. The shapes …
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Author's Note: A day late on the delivery, wasn't feeling so good this week, sorry guys. As always, if you connect to what you read please Like and Share the post. Appreciate it! Don't settle. A classic piece of advice that is easy to give but a lot harder to follow. Nobody wants to believe they …
Four-eyes. Nerd. Loser. Wimp. These words may seem pretty innocuous now, even funny in the innocent nostalgia they bring up. But if you think back - wayyy back - before the internet was a thing, before the F word was just daily vocabulary, maybe back when you still had to fork up a nickel for …
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