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How The Gym Helped Me
There are many different hobbies and activities that help people relieve stress and that help them find happiness or peace in their life. What helped me find that inner peace and relieve stress was the gym. I never had a healthy diet nor did I ever include the idea of a simple exercise in my daily life. I always felt tired, I always felt bad about myself, my image, and I despised the way that I looked. I never liked taking pictures of myself, nor with anyone else, that being friends, family, or anyone else at all. My self esteem was so low that all I would put my focus on was work and school, nothing else, not even myself. I didn’t know how to love myself, how to put myself first and give myself the time and love that I needed to make myself feel better about myself. One day, I came across this girls Instagram page. She was all about fitness and helping women feel good about themselves no matter what size. I had followed her for so long until I finally decided to take a chance and ask her to be my fitness coach. That’s when, thanks to her, I realized that my love and passion for the gym is what I needed to help me learn how to love myself.
By Andrea Minjarez6 years ago in Motivation
A Whole Year
An entire year of living a completely different way than any of us were used to has gone by, somehow to quickly and not fast enough. Things are beginning to genuinely look up, but that doesn’t take away from the devastation we have all faced.
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa6 years ago in Motivation
Its All In the Lips
“Don’t eat salt. Salt is the enemy.” This is one of the many gems of advice that Mrs. Keyshia Ka’oir Davis offers if you want to get and keep your waistline snatched. Seriously, if you haven’t seen a picture of her waist look it up. One of the main things she is known for is her barely there waistline.
By Conner M 6 years ago in Motivation
Black Dragon
How do you hatch a dragon egg? Yes, a dragon egg. As in the mythical, monstrous lizard-like creatures that are often winged, breathe fire and have been the subject of everything from children’s nightmares to scientific study from ancient China to Europe for as long as stories have been told. Well, the answer to that question depends on which origin myth you’re going with and as any true comic book fan will tell you, origin stories are everything because they explain a lot about the eventual outcomes of a character. Going back to the dragon question, for example, if you read the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini, you’ll discover that the way a dragon egg is hatched or comes into the world is when it comes in physical contact with its eventual rider. The hatchling inside the egg chooses a worthy rider and then hatches for it and will hatch for nothing less than a human or elf rider that it deems worthy. Perhaps my favourite dragon origin myth, however, is from George R.R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and in the television adaption of the story, there is an epic scene where a grieving Daenerys Targaryen sets the body of her dead husband alight with three dragon eggs on the funeral pyre and they hatch due to a combination of the heat and magic. In many ways, Vusi Thembekwayo can be said to have hatched due to a combination of the heat of circumstance and the magic of time and chance.
By Stephen Bhasera6 years ago in Motivation
Robert L. Johnson
Enamored with television and the potential power it held, Robert Louis Johnson envisioned a network all his own. That channel would one day be Black Entertainment Television or B.E.T. After graduating from Princeton University, he realized his vision and built what would become the first black-founded company to appear on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2002, when he sold BET for $3 billion, he became the first black billionaire in American history.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Motivation
It's Not The Winning. It's The Taking Part.. Top Story - March 2021.
We all grew up with those phrases: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.You're rubber and I'm glue, what you say bounces off me and sticks to you.And of course my personal favourite, it's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts.
By Bessie Burns6 years ago in Motivation
From Lost Black Boy To Found Black Man
Inspiration is an understatement, when it comes to this BLACK KING! My biggest inspiration, is a 28 year old African American who goes by Yusuf Abraham Kamara. Most call him “Minds”. From living in Africa most of his life, to single handedly building a clothing brand bigger than he could have ever imagined, within the past 7 years (in California). He has impacted many artists around the world with his clothing brand “Affiliated Minds”. As a lost boy/artist, he always felt as if he was always trying to create a home for himself. Needless did he know he created a home for himself and thousands of others through his brand! He has sponsored over 3000 people throughout these past 7 years, even when his bank accounts were in the negatives. The most astonishing thing about him, is that the majority of his 60,000 followers have no idea who he is! It’s extremely rare these days, to see someone THIS PASSIONATE about what they’ve built. I’ve never seen anyone deny money as much as him. A true giver indeed. He once told me, that he sees things in people way before they see it in themselves, which is why he’s sponsored so many underrated artists, to give them something to believe in and keep going. To give them a place to always call home.
By Affiliated Minds6 years ago in Motivation
I Had a Bone Infection in my Face and Didn't Know it.
I had been practicing as a Massage Therapist for 5 years and business was booming. I decided to build a practice on my own so that I had as much freedom as I wanted. It was a lot of work but it was paying off. I was teaching anatomy at a local Massage College, teaching infant massage classes to new moms and dads to promote bonding with their babies, and helping pregnant women as a Doula (birth coach). I was incredibly busy. But busy doesn’t mean happy. I was sick. All. The. Time. Throat, eye, mouth, lung, bladder infections. Scrapes took forever to heal. Pain…. all over the place. I always had something. But every time I went to the doctor or a specialist I was deemed healthier than average. I just assumed that I was weak. Besides feeling like crap all the time I didn’t have a particular reason to be unhappy. I had a wonderful family, great boyfriend, we recently bought an apartment, I had gotten a new car a couple of years before and had just gotten back from a trip to Holland to visit extended family. It felt like I had all of this great stuff but I didn’t really want any of it. I would tell someone about things I was up to and they’d they would say “Wow! That’s so great”. All I would think was “Is it? I guess so…”
By Liana Hilland6 years ago in Motivation
4 WAYS TO ESCAPE THE ILLUSION OF THE MIND PRISON
Upon awakening, it can be hard not to overthink what we are experiencing and receiving from research, spiritual experiences, others' energies, and what is currently taking place on our planet.
By Jen - Headmistress at RISE Innerversity6 years ago in Motivation
Become A Writer
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King I have always loved this quote. Not only is Stephen King one of my absolute favorite authors, but he is also a master storyteller. I aspired to be like Stephen King from a rather young age. Then I didn’t write. I didn’t write, and I didn’t grow as a writer. I would ask myself, “Why am I not making it as a writer?” But then I’d hear Stephen Kings voice telling me that if I want to be a writer I need to write, and to read. Not only was I not writing, but I pretty much quit reading. This is the worst kind of failure; the one that is in the realm of self-sabotage. I wasn’t making mistakes and learning from them. I was literally looking my dreams in the eyes and saying, not right now.
By Jason White6 years ago in Motivation
Power In Words We Hear
I woke up this morning and decided to write on Vocal. Not exactly sure of what I wanted to write about or even what the title would be, but I took the plunge, logged in, hoping that once I started the ideas will flow. But I just don't want to write about...scratch that. I have decided this new year to be more positive minded and focus more on the things I want, or like, and the things I expect, than to focus on things I hate, dislike or don't want. So I'm going to try to talk about good things.
By Nini Wordiva 6 years ago in Motivation
How To Stay Powerful In A World That Says You’re Too Sensitive
In a world that rewards those who are the toughest and don’t take no for an answer, it can sometimes seem like a curse rather than a blessing to live with a sensitive soul. But take a moment to step back and look at things from a unique perspective, you’ll see that there is a power in being a sensitive person. There is a beautiful strength to experiencing your emotions deeper than most, and you should be proud of that.
By K. Doe6 years ago in Motivation
