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She Didn't Know
“What a beautiful morning”, Shelli said to herself as she rolled over and opened her eyes. The birds chirped a melody that brought life to the rising of each morning for her. The sun spilled through her small old broken unlocked window, barely warming her face. “Thank you”, she said in a faint whisper to herself. She lay there taking in a few more moments of natural harmony. With her eyes shut she drew in a few more deep breaths, and opened her eyes.
By Alisha Bell6 years ago in Motivation
My Beginning
It wasn't like I hadn't gone through the motions before, the end of the school year was always so hectic. After wrapping up my social clubs and saying goodbye to friends for the last time, this year was somehow different . Summer started in no time and I had never felt so lost until now.
By Jozay Bigras6 years ago in Motivation
The Balance of life
Who are you? What is your purpose in life? What in the world are you doing here and why do you do the things that you do? The answer: Who the heck knows? Chances are most people go through majority of their life asking these same questions over and over again. Some people turn to religion for answers, some people drive themselves crazy wondering, and some people turn to the stars.
By Keshia Terry6 years ago in Motivation
All Things Self-Worth
Self-Love and Self-Esteem is something that people tend to brush to the side when its something that should be worked on and focused on on a daily basis. People spend their time valuing themself based on the value given to them by everyone else, but your quality of life and your happiness is based on how feel about yourself. I've learned that how you treat yourself and how you allow others to treat you is based on your Self-Esteem. When you love yourself, it shows in your actions and in your thoughts, but it takes time to get to that point and its a battle that you will be fighting for the rest of your life. As time passes by it will get easier to fight, but it is something that you have to work to maintain or else life (bad days, bad friends, bad experiences) will try to drag it down. Keeping up your self esteem up is based on different things, like mindeset (thoughts and beliefs about yourself), influence (friends and relationships) and actions (how you treat yourself).
By Hidden Creativity6 years ago in Motivation
Don’t ask the how . . . Just imagine
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By FRANCO CIANFLONE 6 years ago in Motivation
A Moral Dilemma
I feel like I’m in a spy movie! Let me see who might have just walked away from this. Oh, my Lord! This is great! I cannot imagine who would have put this down and forgotten about it. I know I should not have looked inside, but I am curious like that. Who would have imagined that this would be what I found! Where do I go from here to get this back to its owner? Oh, think for a minute…is anyone watching me? I hope no one thinks that I’m stealing this. This could make all my problems disappear.
By Cara Fears Johnson6 years ago in Motivation
The Magic of Simplicity
Recently I read the book Insanely Simple: The Obsession that drives Apple’s success by Ken Segall. He talks about how the mantra for Apple was always simplicity and gives brilliant examples of the stories that created Apple products. It made me think that its true for how we live today as well. Human lives have become more and more complicated. Social media has taken over lives of people as we see majority of us staring at our smart phone screens on some social media app or reading something interesting on social media. Pre Covid, I used to take the bus and train everyday to work and sometime I used to look up and look around, almost everyone is staring at their screens. During rush hour, some trains and buses are super crowded and people are almost in each other faces with their smartphones, its both sad and funny to me, reminds me of the movie Matrix. Most people seem to be controlled by technology and material nature of the world. The human mind is constantly engaged in some sort of activity, there is hardly any peace of mind.
By Aditya Shahi6 years ago in Motivation
Are You Inspired or Influenced?
To achieve most of our goals, we look for several things. Some of them are knowledge, learning, guidance, wisdom, motivation, and inspiration. In the process, we look up to few individuals around us to receive one or more of the above-said things.
By Ganesh Kuduva6 years ago in Motivation
My Day of Fortune
My Day of Fortune Let me tell you the story how I became 20,000 dollars richer. Now, let me warn you, this is not one of those stories when someone calls my phone threatening me, I’m running for my life, and my family is up for ransom. No, it’s not one of those, sorry to disappoint, and if you are disappointed this probably isn’t the story for you. But let me tell the story before the rest of you leave.
By Vonte Grant6 years ago in Motivation
A Rebel or a Crab?
I used to love my star sign. I'm an Aquarius. We're creative and empathetic and true rebels at heart. According to Allure magazine, we Aquarians are unconventional and radical thinkers. We have unusual hobbies and a quirky dress sense. We are great humanitarians. We value our freedom, and can be stubborn in the pursuit of higher ideals.
By SG Buckley6 years ago in Motivation
The Secret to Success
Twenty-one years old. I watch her tirelessly from the dusty floorboards beneath her bed. I hear her vacant cries about the unknown; will she find love, will her poetry ever take off, will she graduate and find a job in a city far away, will all of her twenties be spent in a global pandemic? She sits in the mirror every morning, painting her face with makeup to mask the natural beauty that beams from her aura alone. She gives herself pep-talks that she finishes with a smile at herself, but as soon as that bit is over, the emotion on her face tells you all you need to know. Life is hard and some days our mental health struggles win the battle, but I wish she knew how easily I could help her find the peace of herself she’s been lacking- confidence.
By ElenaMarie Williams6 years ago in Motivation
