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20 Good Years...
20 good years... That’s about all I have left I guess ... I HOPE!! That means 60 have gone by already in a bloody blink of an eye. It is actually scary how quickly it passes. My dad always told me “you’ll feel the same inside as you always did..” he was not wrong...
By Gillian Lesley Scott6 years ago in Motivation
Taking a step back now is a step forward in the future.
Have you ever felt trapped in a conversation or within your inner thoughts? Like, always trying to find someone or something to blame for your sadness or anger… It can be quite a difficult situation to untangle yourself from, and sometimes everything just seems so bleak and hopeless. But instead of accusing and blaming others or even yourself, I have found that it would also be more helpful to shift my focus from the “why” to the “what”, in other words, to let go of the past and focus on the present. That is no easy task and takes a lot of courage and humbleness to observe your inner self.
By Random Chattering6 years ago in Motivation
Unstopping The Phenomenal in You
Unstopping The Phenomenal in You by Acknowledging the Phenomenal in Someone Else. I start this post first with a challenge. That challenge is to celebrate the brilliance of someone else’s mind. There was a man by the name of Elisha that followed another brilliant man, Elijah, learning from his insights. Eventually surpassing the prowess that refined him. This man did twice as many miracles as Elijah demonstrated. I say all this to say, Don’t be so linear in limiting who you can gleen insights from. Finding out how to unlock the greatness in you sometimes takes the giftings of another that inspires you.
By Calvin Smith6 years ago in Motivation
Ahead Of My Time
Have you ever felt like you were ahead of your time? Or like you just know things that most people aren’t aware of? Or like you kind of have the key to life? Or like you’re just different? Futuristic? And you can’t pinpoint it? And you really can’t explain it to people? All you really know is... you just know shit. Have you ever wondered if you’re the only one? Are there other people who think like you?
By A. Soul6 years ago in Motivation
Have an Honest Conversation with the Person in the Mirror
Let’s Start Here, Shall We? I am sure that most who read this will think that the title of this post is, in some way, a metaphor; it’s not. We are going to be talking in literal terms; actually, talking to the person you see looking back at you in the mirror. Yes, if you do this out loud, like you should, then, well; you are going to feel a little silly. Despite that uncomfortable and silly feeling, you will find that it helps.
By Timothy A Rowland6 years ago in Motivation
How to Create Positive Affirmations
Understanding Affirmations and How They Work Affirmations are suggestions and thoughts that you give to yourself and can be either positive or negative. As you give yourself these suggestions, you are feeding them into your subconscious mind, which is what ultimately helps to determine your mental attitude.
By ISMAEL ORTIZ6 years ago in Motivation
A BRIGHTER FUTURE
Today is Tuesday October the 16, 2020 and I have decided to finish my book by the 16th so I am giving myself a deadline finally and a goal. It has been very difficult trying to do these things while constantly being shuffled around or harassed in one way or another however I am proud of myself that during all over the turmoil I have still managed to stay strong and not get into any bad habits that would potentially ruin me. I have been tested many times within the last year ever since I had my hand injury and at first I was very defensive. Going to church really helped me a lot because it seemed I felt abandoned by my sister and x which was extremely hurtful. Then I went through all the harassment by police swat teams among other strange unexplainable situations to finding a place on Hero Way and Ronald Reagan Blvd in Leander. I felt this was a good place for me at the time because I joined the VFW Auxiliary there and continued with a new therapist and continued going to church. Then I felt uneasy when I realized my roommate's wife had cameras on me while they were in India and I moved to Kemah to be closer to my grandmother, mother and father. I don't regret going there because I was able to spend time with my grandmother who turned 100 years old this year and my mom. I do regret moving to the area next to an old friend from 20 years ago who has become an alcoholic. I also regret confiding in her about the disagreements between my sister and I because I feel like she used it to make me look bad or "crazy" as she was telling others. Even though I kept to myself there were rumors being spread about me the whole time I lived there that I wasn't aware of until it stared to affect me personally. I started having issues getting my mail, prescriptions, prices were inflated at the stores. I started being followed every time I left my condo. I wasn't able to call my mom or friends because the phone would go to voicemail and they couldn't call me either. Then one night I went out I was drugged and ended up getting arrested for DWI then held against my will for a week in jail. I was stripped naked, drugged again, then mentally tormented about my son and father. Then while I was in alone in a cell naked and hallucinating a woman came up and asked me if I had any jewelry or anything of value to help me post bail I said no. Then I went into another holding cell and a lady in there told me that she heard me asking for a Doctor and if I felt like I had been drugged. I told her yes and she looked at another lady as if to say it was her. Then I went to the nurse and she took my blood and told me I wasn't "pregnant' which was very strange because I hadn't had sex in over a year. Then I was held for a week in a pod with these women who were mocking me and keeping me awake all night talking about all sorts of gross things like drugs and other things that I would rather not remember because they made me very uncomfortable. My constitutional rights were violated and I was treated inhumane and falsely accused of a DWI even though I wasn't drinking or driving. Then when I got out my apartment had been ransacked and land documents missing along with my passport and medication. My cats were left without the air conditioner on and with no water, food or litter box. Also when I went to jail I had my contacts on and when I got out I had my glasses on and I didn't have my house keys but had to get them from a suspicious tow truck driver that charged me $500 to get my car out from some place called "Dash Towing" that was owned by some lady in New York.
By Irene Rose Johnson6 years ago in Motivation
Accepting Your Dark Side
In Chinese Philosophy, Yin and Yang represent the concept that all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites. According to Chinese mythology, Yin and Yang were born from chaos when the universe was created and are believed to live in harmony at the center of the Earth.
By Kaylyn Pollard6 years ago in Motivation
Lessons of life
10 important life lessons we are often taught too lateLadders Contributor Life is a continuous learning experience. Throughout our lives we keep rising and falling, picking up important lessons along the way. Some of these lessons come from experience, yet there are others that we learn watching others or reading in books for example. No matter how much we learn from the books there is a significant difference between practical and theoretical experience. Furthermore, there are many life lessons that we simply cannot learn until we face certain situations in our life. Most people would say that there are some lessons that come too late, catching us off-guard and unprepared.
By charu kalra6 years ago in Motivation
Break the chains with your past.
We all have traumas and pain that have been hurting us all of our lives, bringing us down with self destruction. When we heal through forgiveness we break our selves from past traumas and pains that have kept us as prisoners, we remove the power we gave missery without our permission.
By Tivisay Munguia 6 years ago in Motivation
