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Apartment 12
The past few months have been full of introspection. For the first time, the world seemed to slow down and allow me to bask in my thoughts. Merriam-Webster defines introspection as: "a reflective looking-inward; an examination of one's thoughts and feelings." As an empath, my feelings and the environment become a fluid interchange. I have a vital concern for others at an unbreakable depth, and yet my emotional empathy and capability to self soothe is deeply repressed due to childhood conditioning. My depression the past few months guided me into a profound transformation that changed my life for the better. I sometimes become a stranger to my own emotional experience, so I learned to use my solitude to create my own paradise to retreat into.
By Shontel Anestasia6 years ago in Motivation
2020: AN OPPORTUNITY
While some may remember 2020 for all it has taken away, I will remember 2020 for all it has given me. I am thankful for the opportunities, experiences, and time I have been given to remember who I am. To every glass seen half-empty, there is a glass seen half-full.
By Rachel K6 years ago in Motivation
How Our Past Affects Our Present....
I am going through a bunch of boxes and multiple storage containers that hold the last 20 plus years of my happily married life... Sometimes the memories feel like yesterday, sometimes they seem like they come from a whole other life time, which I guess they have. Sentimental does not even begin to describe my personality. That is both a blessing and a curse.
By Brandis Geddes6 years ago in Motivation
Redefining Success
Redefining success and happiness is one of the many results of the revolutions during the 1960's. This was a time in which social norms were challenged and many destroyed. To this day, more and more people are realizing success and happiness as the sum of our internal well-being. Whether our goal is abundant wealth, a bright career, or a healthy family, we have entered an era in which being somewhat selfish is actually necessary.
By Celine6 years ago in Motivation
Suicide Prevention
You want to kill yourself? It's 10.53pm on a Sunday night. You've already said goodnight to your parents and siblings. They think your sound asleep. Your at your desk twirling a pen in your hand. You stare at the blank piece of paper as the tears refill your eyes. You don't want to do it without a goodbye letter. You want to make sure your family knows why you did it. The tears fall on the paper and you can help the frustration as the droplets begin to ruin the paper. You crumble it up and break down even harder. You realise you can't write the letter, so you look in the mirror once more and watch as your final tears falls. Only a couple moments later your heart stops and the blood escapes your body to create a puddle on the floor. But no one is gonna care right?
By Shanice 6 years ago in Motivation
How to Breathe in Now, and Breathe out Past or Future
“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time — past and future — the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.” ― Eckhart Tolle
By I. R. Pathak6 years ago in Motivation
4 Strategies for Leading Through Crisis
I once walked off a job interview because I did not sense that the hiring manager cares enough about his employees. He was offended and sent me a horrible email that I still read to inspire me to be a better leader. Little did he know that he would apply to work for me a few years later.
By Louie Rahil6 years ago in Motivation
