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My Resolution: To Write More
There's a commonly held belief that you can only be good at maths and sciences or the arts and the humanities. If linear algebra is your jam, then say bye to decently worded emails. Yet, these are simply stereotypes that ignore many of history's greatest artists and scientists. Artists like Leonardo Da Vinci were also ingenious scientists. Robert Morse, the inventor of single wire telegraphs and the Morse Code, was a well-known painter in his time.
By Oliver Huang6 years ago in Motivation
Random Acts of Kindness
I was driving down the street to make my weekly grocery run contemplating how I'm going to make $160 dollars in food stamps last me all month. I had recently lost my job because my employer demanded that I work while sick and contagious. This was at a restaurant so I declined. I was trying to make ends meet until I found another job and decided I would apply for food stamps, which I never thought I would have to do. As I'm walking up to the door of the store a lady approaches me and asked if I could spare any change. I started digging to see if I had any and managed to find 2 quarters. She said "please anything, I've have been out here all day". At that point I looked at her and could see the pain and truth in her eyes. I truly believe other people walked by and ignored because she wasn't dressed to well, and her hair was a mess. She said "I have been out here all day and only managed to come up with 5 dollars. I have 7 kids at home that I need to feed." After hearing this my problems seemed so minor. I was trying to figure out how to just keep myself feed, and I couldn't imagine what it would be like to try and keep 7 kids plus myself feed. I remembered I had 7 dollars in cash on me so I decided to give her that. I explained that was all I had an I wished I could give her more. She thanked me and we parted ways. By the third week of my budget I had finally found a job but I wouldn't get my first check for another 2 weeks. I had my aunt, my roommate and her two kids with me on my next trip to the store. We split ways and proceeded to shop. We all met back up and went to go check out together. This is about 10 o'clock at night and there is only one lane open to check out on the far right of the store. We turn the corner and our favorite cashier is working. Who without fault manages to mess something up every single time we use her register. My aunt and roommate check out first and get through the line no problem. I'm thinking to myself this might be a good night. The cashier begins to check me out and I told her I would be paying with food stamps and whatever is left I would use debit card. She said ok and asked me how much was left on the card. I told her 50. So the nice lady begins to enter the amount and tells me the balance. Now I'm standing there questioning what I got as she tells me the balance. I told her I would not have enough and that I would have to put some things back. She took a deep breathe and we both looked back at the line of about 5 more people. My roommates kids are crying and ready to go. I start going through the things to put back as the cashier is waiting for the manager to come to help her with a void. At this point I'm embarrassed, not only am I paying with food stamps but now I cant afford everything to last me two weeks. It had been a good amount of time and the lady's behind me started to get impatient. One of them spoke up and said "I'm in a hurry and have to go, can you just add her balance to mine and I will pay for it." I apologized for holding the line and she said "no worries", paid and left. The manager finally arrived at this point and after explaining what just happened figured out that the cashier had typed in only .50 cents. This was a 70 dollar purchase. Now I would be able to make it for the next 2 weeks. Do good and good will follow.
By Michelle McNabb6 years ago in Motivation
It Pays to do the Right Thing
A thick fog cascades over the distance one night in Chicago. The streets are vibrant with activity despite the unwelcoming fog. Lucas a divorced ex-cop now cab driver had been driving diligently all day and night for the past two weeks. Due to his recent divorce and being fired by the police department for reporting his partner for taking bribes from criminals he had been working overtime to get caught up on bills. He had driven at least fifty different people this day alone and was beginning to feel exhausted. He knew he was a little short of his goal today but he didn’t want to risk getting in a car accident from being too tired so he decided he should head home. Just as he was about to turn off his taxi light he heard a knock on his window.
By Moses Moseley6 years ago in Motivation
Law Of Attraction Success Story From a Family Member
"My PC had an infection and I didn't have a clue what to do – I was unable to try and run hostile to infection programming. So I loose and requested direction… It was intriguing that in spite of the fact that I'm mindful of the Law of Fascination lessons that when it came to something which I utilize such a lot of not working, I didn't feel extremely cheerful about a fast arrangement. I began attempting to sort out some way to fix it and found on the web posts of others who had a comparative issue and everything looked exceptionally convoluted to determine. I chose to turn the PC off and to disappear and reflect. Subsequent to ruminating I contemplated how this event caused me to feel and I understood it was an inclination of being enduring an onslaught. I pondered what the contrary feeling was and thought of feeling adored and took care of. I started to do a Zeroing in Cycle on the sensation of being cherished and cared for. In the wake of finishing this I got back to my PC and was guided to do a pursuit on the most proficient method to determine the issue. I found a YouTube cut with clear guidelines and I followed them and my PC was wonderful once more. I love the way anything can be changed when our contemplations and sentiments change."
By Self help development6 years ago in Motivation
New year, new me? News to me.
I wanted to have some serious fight and grit to me rolling into 2021, but I am still waiting to find it for myself. On the 14th day of December 2020, I was fired from what used to be my dream job. Not so much a dream job, but more of a dream paycheck kind of job. I was earning enough to handle the house, new car and then some, but I was as unhappy as I could be. I have always dreamt of being a career person, doing big things, making things happen for myself and others who supported me. But having a small college experience and the resume of a person that displays signs of a personality disorder, I am finding out the hard way that being a career person might not have been my true mental focus. My mental focus as I tell myself is to have financial success. If anyone out there tells you differently they are already rich and their chase for success is over so they are seeking love or friendships or some other kind of reward that is not money driven. I just want to earn enough to pay for what I need to live, and retire comfortably.
By HEATHER CLARIDGE6 years ago in Motivation
A Good Deed Done
I’m in love with the world but scared of it too. Tell me if any of this is true? To be a doer or a person that makes things happen is it not moral to complete this duty with a full heart? A complete full heart where its hard to lose focus on the projective you're attempting to fulfill. This type of fulfillment is extraordinare.
By Keanna Barry 6 years ago in Motivation
Top 1% Realtor Krista Mashore Created an Eight-Figure Business Model in Less Than Three Years. Now She’s Helping Other Realtors and Entrepreneurs Do The Same.
Imagine going from zero to eight figures in just 35 months. Yes, we’re talking dollars. That’s the incredible story of top 1% Realtor and business coach Krista Mashore, who earned $10 million in just 35 months teaching other real estate agents and entrepreneurs how to grow their companies through digital marketing. Drawing from her own experience selling 69 homes in her first year as a real estate agent, Mashore has helped her coaching clients achieve sky’s-the-limit victories like selling 13 times as many houses than they did the previous year and earning a 500% return on investment in as little as four months.
By Victoria Kennedy6 years ago in Motivation
Why Later?
Time goes by and all they heard were my silent cries. I lost my youth from dying inside. Let me tell you its not poetic or heroic. Its the raw truth of what i'm going through. To be a person... not just any person but a person who personally does not fit in well with others. A person scared of not being under the covers. A person who spent their life hiding. Hiding away so she may not face defeat all too soon. The point of it was to never but realistically speaking i still did and it was not a fun time. Nor ideal for me or anybody else to go and live through. The proper commotions file as a bunch located in one streak. Know what i mean? The issues concerning our hearts twist and pull at our peace making it hard to live at ease.
By Keanna Barry 6 years ago in Motivation
We Stayed Alive, More than Staying Strong.
Life gives us a lot of options. For some of us it does not give us that many options even if it seems so. Being an international student in the US has its ups and downs, I use this lingo in every sense of the word. There are ups when you find friends or acquaintances of like minds, it feels goods. People from similar cultures and those who understand what you are going through can be a breath of fresh air, literally. I had come here in 2016 to study for a master’s degree, I ended studying for 2. Funny how that sounds, it is not funny because I ended up in debt and not with my dream job. Funny but extremely sad. As 2020 March came along, the pandemic had other plans for us international students, I never thought that such an unexpected situation would affect the world the way it did. Being someone from the persevering culture, I persevered while encouraging others like me to keep the faith and hope for some good news. Most of us were stranded, from not knowing how to take the next step to being stuck in one place unable to move, and when I mean stuck, I mean stuck. No travelling, no work, no money, no shelter, no food, etc. most of all, no human connection because we could not even go home to family.
By Chika6 years ago in Motivation
How To Help My Extrovert Friends During the Pandemic
The pandemic has defined this year in nearly every way. The world has been witness to a most challenging time, punctuated by illness and loss, as well as economic distress. One of the most difficult aspects of 2020 and going into 2021, that has impacted us all, has been the dismantling of our social life. As social creatures, it has been hard to accept the strict limitations placed on our movements. While the concept of distancing is logical knowing how viruses transmit, it still doesn’t make it any easier to accept.
By Elevation Behavioral Health6 years ago in Motivation
