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Do Not Sink, Start Swimming
Depression is no laughing matter. Personally speaking, I have had my fair share of depressed days, rage out moments, and times where I felt my world was coming to an end. Life is what you make of it, so what do you do when you feel like life has no meaning? You make lemonade, what I mean is that you get up and you do not just pop a pill and think that your bad day or life for that matter will just disappear. Get up and get moving. Push yourself to work out, find a hobby to do, get with a support group if you do not have family that will be understanding. Go to therapy not just to see a psychiatrist but an actual therapist. When life gives you lemons you make lemonade. Get up, throw away the shackles of the pity party you are throwing for yourself and look in the mirror and say I am stronger than the problems that I am facing. My life has to mean something greater than what I can only see. My purpose may be unknown to me right now but I will find it as I keep involving myself in positive things, skill sets, and align myself with good people. The saying that you are who you hang around is so true. I have had some bad people I used to call friends in my life and they took from me until I felt like I had nothing left to myself. I got to the point where I cut off so many people I was the only person left in my circle. I felt paranoid like trusting people was something very difficult to do even though I had done it so many times in the past with ease. I had felt like I was spent and I could not give any more compassion from my heart.
Stanley OdujolePublished 6 years ago in MotivationDirty Thirty
So. I turn 30 this year. Although if most people ask, I stopped aging at 25 like a vampire from Twilight (never mind that reference alone ages me); I stay that age forever.
Mel DobsonPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThe Achilles Heart
So a lot of us have heard the story about the Achilles heel, but very few get what it actually may mean. I considered myself to be an aspiring writer until I finally decided to get off my butt and start writing a book. It began with me getting into research as far as what the heck do I need to know to start writing my first book. I started with a number of sources, but one in particular, I felt, did me the most justice: How to Read Literature Like an English Professor by Thomas E. Foster.
Davon J. T.Published 6 years ago in MotivationLiving Off-the-Cuff
With the many self-help books out there, no one can imagine the millions of perspectives out there, including my own. Until you see all the viewpoints in different writings, then you are bombarded with which direction to go. Even the different religious books state in one way or the other, theirs is the one and only to read. Not saying that you shouldn’t read your preferred books, by no means. These writings all give you an outline, of the day in the life of the one writing it, of course. The author’s point of view or experience is what they write from, that may or may not help you at the time. We essentially do know (or should know) what is right and wrong for us.
Shawn C MacePublished 6 years ago in MotivationInside a Chocolate Wrapper
I really got hooked to this one when I read it inside the wrapper of a chocolate I had the other day. It goes like this: “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, bring your own sunshine.”
Thoughts about life And other stuffPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThe Unwritten Journey of a Young Woman
Have you ever imagined what your calling in life truly is? Do you know what it is you really wanna do but you have family members and friends telling you otherwise? or Maybe you have supportive Family Members and Friends who truly know you better than yourself, but have you taken the time to get to know yourself and discover your true talents? That's the state of mind that I'm at right now. I'm a 22 year old Community College Student that's almost done with her Associates degree in Biology and I have no idea what I want to do with my life at the moment. I'm currently a Substitute Teacher and I'm about to get fired from one of the districts I sub for just because the Education System is messy and they have nothing else better to do with themselves besides setting up good teachers so they can fire them at a instant. Now of course, I still have my other Substitute Job and I have a couple of business ventures I'm doing as well so I'll be fine financially which isn't the problem. The problem I have as something to do my spiritual being and mental being, it's much bigger than what i see in front of me. My problem is I have a long work history of multiple jobs that I've worked at but none of those jobs resemble my true passion of work. Now, you ask well what is your passion of work? What do you really want to do with your life? And that question has yet to be answered consistently. My life starts out 22 years ago when I was born in San Antonio,TX to a Single mother who gave birth to me when she was 6 months pregnant. I was born prematurely at 1 lb. 4 oz. Most doctors back in the 90's thought I was gonna die within my first few months of life but i beat those odds all because I had a mother who wouldn't give up on me and who prayed to God for my health consistently. Now, most of you will see this story and will be like "OMG, That's so awesome. Your a miracle baby!!!" which is what i expect people to say but Honestly I'm blessed to be alive today and I knew my purpose in life was to make a difference in the world but How was I gonna do that? So, I don't know if you believe in God or not but I'm a firm believer in God and what he can do. So i prayed to God one night and I asked what I should be doing with my life because I have no idea and of course he didn't answer back right away but soon after God began to show signs to me of what I love to do which is Dance. God puts people in your life for a reason so in my case, he put my mom in my path to show me that Dance is what I should be doing because it's a natural gift of mine its just not everyone sees it. Now this semester in college has been really fun because I'm in Ballet Class and I recently joined the Dance Club at my school so I'm gonna be performing in the Spring Showcase :) I'm really excited for what God has in store for me. My advice for all the women out there who are trying to follow their dreams or trying to figure out what to do with their lives is listen to the people around you that are trying to be a positive light in your life and go with it. Don't take that with a grain of salt, Let life flow and see where it takes you and listen for God's voice because life and God go hand and hand if you really think about it. Life and God take you down some crazy paths, it's up to you on whether or not you decide to run with what he has in store and have a truly fulfilled life. The choice is yours. What do you decide? That's my story, I want to know your story. Whats your passion and will you follow it?
Taeja WilliamsPublished 6 years ago in MotivationRoots
"Do you want to be liked or do you want to be loved?" That’s a hard question, right? For some, it would be easier to answer, and for others, it can be troublesome. But what does the research say? "The Secret to Happiness: Feeling Good or Feeling Right" talks about just that. The article begins with a depicted comparison of Aristotle and Contemporary Research. In his early findings, Aristotle was one of the many founders of theory in the world of psychology. He primarily focused on the psyche, a word used to describe both the mind and soul, to develop a rough framework of human behavior, reasoning, and impulses. Aristotle also believed that the more we process how we truly feel, the happier we are. The article state that “such emotions are not necessary pleasant emotions and may even be unpleasant, like anger or fear. Indeed, Aristotle held that the absence of unpleasant emotions was not an indicator of happiness. Instead, happiness is linked to feeling unpleasant emotions when they are appropriate and goal conducive” (Tamir, Schwartz, Oishi, & Kim, 2017).
Yvonne ColemanPublished 6 years ago in MotivationSuccess for Shy People
There are two kinds of ways to live a great life: there is economic success and there is social success. Economic success is when you have a job and you're able to buy things you need like food, transportation, and shelter, and social success is your ability to talk to people and make friends—something that is a lot more personal.
Eli SanzaPublished 6 years ago in MotivationHow to: Just Start
After being married for only six months, my wife and I decided to start a business. Now over a year later, we have over 8k true, organic followers on Instagram and close to 500 pre-signed up clients! This is without any paid marketing efforts, no Facebook ads, Craigslist ads, or anything of that sort. So, how in the world did we end up with such a following? I'll get to that...
Brian P AlvarezPublished 6 years ago in MotivationTrying Something Newish...
I have erased and retyped this sentence more times than I can count. I am a little stuck on how exactly to start this blog. How awful is it that I am already stuck, and this is my first one yet? I guess I will start it like this. My name is Ayana and this is my blog. I am hoping to start of light ya know? Something that shows me. In every form that she comes. To start off, I would like to give you a little background on why exactly I'm attempting this again. Oh yes you saw the word again. This isn't my first go around. When I was younger I used to write. Not like those "I hate Becky for stealing my boyfriend" type of writing but the type that moved you if you read it. It's the type where you stop and ask, did you really write this or did you steal it from somewhere? No I didn't steal it from anywhere, it was me who wrote it obviously. I am not the type of lady who toots her own horn because quite frankly there isn't a horn to toot. Although I was an excellent writer, and it makes me feel weird that I ever stopped. I am not sure what happened; let's just say that I lost my creativeness? I am not even sure if that's a word but lets just go with it.
Ayana RamirezPublished 6 years ago in MotivationWow! You're So Close to Being Bountiful
Part 3. Exercise 1. Putting It Into Your "Dream Machine" Grab a pen and piece of paper and jot down the following: Your number 1 goal for tomorrow. What would make it amazing for you? (Make this goal somewhat audacious yet somewhat realistically achievable.)
Paige KostyniukPublished 6 years ago in MotivationMy Mistakes Make Me Who I Am but They Don’t Define Me
If I fall into a spiral of regret all the time, my life would be shit. Complete shit. I have made a buttload of mistakes and uh-oh’s and "oh fuck what the hell was I thinking" kind of mistakes.
Lauren JeanPublished 6 years ago in Motivation