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Still I Rise

By Christina Leave a Comment

When I woke up this morning and heard the news of Maya Angelou’s passing, my heart dropped. My mother has been reading her poetry to me since I was a young girl, and like so many others, her words had a tremendous influence on my life. I still recite her wisdom in my subconscious on […]

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Fear of Failure

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I have often read that “life is a journey”, and although I adore the sentiment I have to say that I prefer the other quote “Life is a f*&^#ing fight”.  It seems much more honest.  Life is a battle, and we need to wear our helmets at all times. We work toward a goal, and […]

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No Wrong Roads Taken

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“There are no wrong roads taken to anywhere; there are no accidents. As we go along there are course corrections that we can make, and every experience that we have in our life is there to teach us something…” — Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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The Battle

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My bed was incredibly hard to get out of this morning.  It enveloped me, comforted me, and begged me not leave.  And I wanted to stay in it. I wanted to stay in it so badly. I wanted to curl up and stay in the warmth of the covers, and allow my head to remain […]

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Vulnerability sounds like truth

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Why do we think that being vulnerable means that we will be perceived as weak?  We are infamous for repeating that dreaded sentence…. “I am fine”.  In fact, we are everything but fine.  We are overwhelmed, we are fed up, we are battling the bulge, or simply battling ourselves.  We are our own worst enemy. […]

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