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Thankfully Thankful
This year has been a hard one. Not just for employment reasons but for personal reasons, as well. I started the year feeling hopeful for what was to come, planning on growing my business, and maybe being able to write and publish full-time. I had a pretty good part-time job as a housekeeper for a vacation rental company, which enabled me to work on my business.
By Ethan H. Gaines6 years ago in Motivation
THANKFUL
I know that when 2020 started we were all excited about a new decade. I don't think any of us knew that the start of the decade would be like this. It all seemed ok then one day we woke up and the world was chaotic, when we entered any grocery store the shelfs were almost bare, we just couldn't believe it. Little did we know that was only the start, That in the days and months to come we would lose loved one's to this virus, and our lives as we new it would be over. This year has been hard on all of us, we all hope that this new normal will end soon. As we head back into lock down again we all wonder how long it will go on.
By Evelyn Shell6 years ago in Motivation
FEAR IS STUPID
In 2014 I was part of a band called Air Dubai. We were pretty much on top of the world. Touring on Vans Warped Tour, Signed to a record label, Our music was being played on MTV and in Movies but suddenly - coming home from our Warped Tour experience, I decided to leave the band.
By Kid Astronaut6 years ago in Motivation
Thankful
During these times of pandemic stress and fear, there is so much to be thankful for. As a mix raced Latina, one of the most common medical issues the Latino race is so kindly bestowed, has now been handed down to me. On top of that, a medical issue that shows no providing evidence and most doctors believe as a hoax, has also generated. Generated by giving me a life with chronic pain, IBS, anxiety, and depression. Therefore, leaving doctors to say it’s a mental disorder, while others say it is a central nervous issue. A medical issue with no evidence of where it begins, only leaving an invisible force of pain with the fear to be active due to the consequences of tomorrow. These medical conditions leave me thankful for every breathe I am granted to take. Thankful for every beat in which the valves can pump blood to and through the heart, even with its murmur.
By Deborah Portillo6 years ago in Motivation
10 Things to do When Unemployed to Have a Happy and Meaningful Life
Having negative moods is a common condition when a person is unemployed. But time passes and does not come back, so don't waste your time on useless things. Join Hoorayy to find out what to do to make your life more meaningful.
By Rose bella6 years ago in Motivation
Crazy 2020, but a lot to be thankful for
Crazier than 2020 I started my year in my senior year of college in New Orleans. Stressed with with what I thought to be my final semester, I spent much of my time hitting my dab pen then hitting the books. I got a night job at a local gas station right as Mardi Gras rolled around. Showing up to work drunk every day ensured that I got fired within 2 weeks of starting. The party didn’t stop when Mardi Gras came to an end, and I stumbled back to my dorm at 3am for many nights afterwards. Becoming increasingly disillusioned, the school ended up sending me to University Medical Center for a psychological assessment. My discharge paperwork listed: “Schizoaffective Disorder, Alcohol abuse, THC use disorder, Current every day smoker, Psychosis, and Disorganized Schizophrenia”.
By ɔɐɾdɐlℲ6 years ago in Motivation
I Am Not Longer Asking Myself for Permission
I am writing this article here only because I know that I have a chance to get it well-received. I have already been very successful in other topics, especially the topic of programming, blogging on Medium and other platforms.
By Louis Petrik6 years ago in Motivation
The night I saw the devil himself!!
I’ve always wondered why I was born in a world so dark and cold, survival seems to be all one ever known. An innocent child brought into a world surrounded by violence and hatred and little love for her is usually destined to fail, but not me, even as an infant for some reason I refused to give up!! Failure was never an option for me, I was determined to survive!! At just thirteen years old I had been through more than any young girl my age should’ve ever had to experience, being molested daily by my own brothers while my mother was working, yes the brothers who were supposed to be protecting me were amongst the very ones destroying me mentally and abusing me physically, but it don’t stop there, that wasn’t even the beginning. As a child I’d been molested so many times by there age of thirteen until that was all I knew, it was normal for me, but it never say right with me. Life was so dark and cold and lonely for me, but what was I to do? My dad was absent from my life and my mother was drunk when she wasn’t working, so I had no one to protect me, I was surviving a life that no child should ever have to imagine. Then one night as I was sleeping in bed, I had another nightmare, they were common to me, I had them all the time and would wake up screaming. My mother said I had nightmares because I was so mean and evil but it wasn’t until a few years ago that I realized my nightmares were generated from all the trauma I had faced in my life, being molested all your life but not just by your brothers, but your uncle, brothers friends and of course your mother’s boyfriend are all the more reason for you to be afraid your entire life and only is definitely a great recipe for nightmares. Well this particular night was different, I woke up in my dream, I shared a room with my sister and we had separate beds across from one another, she had to have been no more than five years old at the time and sound asleep. This night I was awakened by a tugging on my blanket, and when I opened my eyes I was scared stiff for a moment, I saw a man’s dark figure standing next to my bed and he had a gold hoop like ring that he was trying to pull up over my body, this ring started at my feet and he was pulling it up towards my head, it was almost at my knees. Suddenly I was able to breathe and I tried to scream, but this figure of a man put his hand over my mouth and said....ssssshhhh you have to be quiet, but I couldn’t, I didn’t know what was going on but I knew it wasn’t good, so I started kicking to get that ring from around my legs and feet and add I kicked he had to move his hands from my mouth, and I started to scream but he instantly covered my mouth again, he looked in my eyes with his red scary eyes and told me that he wanted me for himself and that I was his. I started crying so hard and kicking as hard as I could because I knew he couldn’t hold my mouth and pull that ring up on me and finally I was able to kick it off my feet and I plunged for my little sister’s bed, but this demon wasn’t giving up so easy, he tried to pull me back but I had grabbed a hold of my sister and he yelled, let her go!! I can’t take her she’s too young!! But I couldn’t let her go because I knew that to let her go would mean for him to take me, so I held on with all the strength I had and I screamed to the top of my voice, finally my mother heard me from downstairs and I could hear her running up the stairs to my room, he must’ve heard her too because he instantly went out the window. When my mother got to our room and turned on the light, I was in bed with my sister cuddled so close to her and pulling her so close to me that she had began to cry, my mother asked me what’s wrong and she saw me trembling with fear and pried my hands and arms from around my sister, when I told her what happened she didn’t believe me, once again she said...” you’re just having nightmares because you’re so mean and evil “, but I told her no, look at my window, she looked and it was opened and the curtains blowing from the night wind. My mother asked how the window got opened because she had locked it before we went to bed and I told her, it wasn’ta dream it was real, the devil went out the window when she started up the stairs. That was the night my mother gave me my own Bible and told me whenever I had a bad dream or nightmare to call out Jesus name in my dream. Needless to say, I’ve had a lot, more than my share of nights I’ve had to call out Jesus’s name as I dreamt. But this was only the beginning!!
By Shattered Never Broken (Ms Riley)6 years ago in Motivation
So Thankful That Habits Can Be Changed
I am feeling particularly thankful right now. For the past few weeks, I have met people who are intentional about the lifestyle they have adopted. This is great considering I do not always dot my Is and cross my Ts. Today I get it right and tomorrow I fall somewhat short.
By Nkeonye Judith IZUKA6 years ago in Motivation
Thankful for COVID-19
Before you get all feisty with me on how COVID-19 has taken away the lives of many and ruined even more of them... Let me remind you that I'm writing what COVID-19 meant for me and only for me. Am I selfish for doing that? Probably. However, if this year taught me anything it is to be selfish. Again, don't start talking to me about wearing masks and washing your hands, I do all that and I'm not talking about ignoring the virus. I'm talking about being selfish in life and always putting myself first. This year taught me self care and appreciation for little things. This year taught me that it's okay to switch off my phone and unplug from the world. It's okay not to pay attention to the world's biggest issues and the whole of humanity falling apart just because it's simply too much to take in. What's most important, thanks to the COVID-19 I took a deep breath, looked inside my soul and realized how much wasted potential there is within me. And I couldn't take it anymore.
By Martyna Dearing6 years ago in Motivation
