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A whole new world.
NOTE: Those suffering from existential crisis: PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Let it be known, I haven't been alive long. I suppose depending on where you live, how you live and who you know, your definition of 'adulthood' will differ from mine. However, Regardless of circumstance, cultural variance or contact portfolio, I can't help but ask... ...were you scared too? 'cause I am STILL freaking out. Whoever said that being an adult is not easy was OVER-understating the truth.
By Kallym De'Ortega6 years ago in Motivation
"Unfu*k yourself"
Life is about moments, brief and tiny moments that can fill our souls with peace or war. Can you imagine a world where you have no way to fight your emotions? A world where you have no control and are nothing but a victim of the circumstances. A world with no way out, where we are just roaming on a deep sea of feelings, memories, and past. It doesn't sound very comforting. Just the thought of you not controlling where you're going is enough to give you the chills. Imagine not being able to control what you think, how it affects you, or what you do about it. Does it sound hard?
By Eyda Ayerdi-Seibel6 years ago in Motivation
Creative Confidence and Courage.
Whilst listening to a Richard Feynman, the celebrated physicist, lecture this week I was struck by how confident and assertive he seemed. Yet, a lot of what I've read about Feynman suggests that he was quiet and introverted. Although he was one of the last century's great scientific minds, it wasn't his knowledge that gave him his confidence. He could communicate and challenge big questions with ferocious tenacity. In my opinion, one of the most essential elements of creative or design-thinking is courage—the courage to step out of what you know and assume and find a new understanding of uncertainty. Courage is one of the critical elements of both confidence and creativity.
By Charles Leon6 years ago in Motivation
When A Parrot Finds His Courage
There once was a lovely old lady, and upon her husband's passing, a close friend had given her two parrots so she would have companions to get her through each day. Excited about her new friends, the old lady enlisted the help of a man to design and carry out the construction of an aviary for her magnificent birds.
By Adrienne Huggins6 years ago in Motivation
The First Kindness
The First Kindness It’s the hardest kind, you know? For those of us with a history of trauma where we had to appease the powerful adult(s) in our lives, performative kindness is also instinctive. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. Are you okay? Let me help. Everyone is important except me, expect us. When a parent is dangerous, the only option is to perfect, to be sweet.
By Duointherain6 years ago in Motivation
Stage 3
Have you ever wondered how a cancer patient really feels? What they really go through? Over time the word "cancer "has become a word that is whispered or never spoken of. Whether it is spoken about or not the reality is those who are diagnosed with cancer can not escape it's grasp. I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and thought I would die for about 5 weeks, then after having a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery and 19 lymph nodes removed (5 testing positive for cancer) the final diagnosis was stage 3 which I was grateful that I could at least try to fight for my life. I completed 7 months of chemotherapy, 6 weeks of radiation therapy, and am 2 and a half years into hormone therapy, that I have to be on everyday for 10 years. Here is the truth, our truth. Here's my story. Before March 3rd 2017 I thought a “Breast cancer survivor" was a woman who had breast cancer and did not die from it. Boy was I wrong! The word "Survivor" doesn't give justice to what it is we really overcome. Being a Cancer Survivor means so much more then whether we live or die. Survivor is about surviving, not necessarily surviving cancer itself but more about surviving the mental abuse that the effects of cancer will put you through, have you questioning and second-guessing every decision you once were so sure of. Being a survivor is about surviving the emotional abuse that to often leave you feeling crippled, but with no crutches. Try to imagine fighting for your life while everything you once new about yourself is being taken over by an unseen impostor, that confusingly... is you. Surviving are those moments when we begin to question if it's even worth it anymore and as were crying, alone, on our bathroom floor, we find the strength to get back up in order to be a wife or a mom, because no matter what we go through we want those around us to feel normalcy within their own lives. We become survivors every time we show up for chemotherapy, radiation , and for endless surgeries, some so painful that at times you will forget how to breath, praying for it to at least lessen just enough to catch our breath, even if its just for a moment. Over time the pain does lessen while little by little strengthening the way that we will view ourselves. Eventually becoming proud to wear our permanent badge of honor. finally being able to see that we are so much more than just our scars. But that won’t happen until we overcome everything we once never thought we could, like having my breast removed, possibly having my ovaries removed and put on hormone therapy to stop the estrogen in which fuels my cancer, leaving me to ask “if you take all of that from me, than how will I ever feel like I am a woman again?" Being a survivor is the moment we are handed the pen in which our oncologist gives us and we are told to place our signature on a form (before we are given chemotherapy) stating that we understand that chemo will kill some of us. You see for me, just like so many other survivors,our fight doesn’t have anything to do with whether we will survive or not, It’s the possibility that maybe, just maybe because of the fight in which we are fighting today it will give my children and your children a greater possibility to never have to wonder whether they will lose their battle to cancer because we already fought that fight for them.
By SheIsCorean6 years ago in Motivation
5 Practical New Years Resolutions I Never Thought I’d Make
2020 was a knockout year. Really. I figure we’re all going to be in the history books our grandkids bring home from school. I have this visual of my grey-haired self pulling old dusty masks out from a drawer, explaining what it was like to live through COVID, and then showing masked selfies, pictures of the infamous “six feet apart please” stickers, and the occasional riot. It was also my second year of marriage, the year I (unknowingly) gained twenty pounds from fast food delivered by whatever service was offering promotions, and the year we adopted our second fur baby. My wife’s grandfather passed away early in the year from the virus, a week before it was even announced. I cut my hair into a bowl-cut, shaved my wife’s head, and decided I was joining the “no bra” movement. We moved into our new house and have found a way to keep ourselves occupied throughout all of this insanity, but through the good and bad of 2020, I have a few things I’d like to do differently this year. Especially since this virus doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.
By Ashleylx6 years ago in Motivation
Rising from the ashes of Despair
In the darkest times, nobody cares how good you are and how talented you are. They don't care how hard you focus for yourself, even if they know there's going to be moments when things don't necessarily go the right way. It is probable that there will be occasions when something will happen that is expected to happen but you did not expect it.
By Dion Lowrie6 years ago in Motivation
Compliments Are Contagious
When was the last time you complimented a stranger? Excluding that time you were drunk in the club bathroom and you really loved that girl's shoes. Not counting complimenting customers at work to adhere to friendly service standards. But a time when you were out in public, doing your own thing, and just complimented someone you crossed paths with. It may take you awhile to remember- prior to writing this article I realized that I am guilty of not doing this very often.
By Emilia Majerus6 years ago in Motivation
