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My Brain Exploded
My brain exploded. It was August 28, 2019 and my brain exploded. I can’t think of a better way to describe it. I was suddenly engulfed in this tidal wave of ideas, goals and plans for the future. Finally, at thirty-seven years old I knew what my life’s ambition would be, what my career goals were and what my purpose was – to change the world.
By Rae Marie Mitchell6 years ago in Motivation
Live A While
Almost 30 and still tryin to find my place in this world. Out of all the people in the world there is only one me. No duplicates no clones, just a walkin example of my upbringin. We go through life thinkin we got all the answers and then we find ourselves questionin everything we think we know...my Dad always told me, "just live. You may not understand everything now but as you get older you will look back and say now I know what my Dad was sayin." #trustory I still got a lot of thinkin and growin to do. Its only recently that I realize I got a lot of decisions to make. Sometimes the path we tread will eventually lead to a dead end and we gotta set out to find a new course. Dont beat yourself up...its not the end of the road..we all will have trials and tribulations to go through. Each of us have our own test to take...the question is will you come out on top?...I dunno maybe Im just a fool maybe I think differently then everyone, and thats ok too. We all aren’t meant to travel the same path as everyone else and you want to know the sad but true reality, Some of us plan our future and who we’re taking with us to the end of time. Sorry, there is a chance that life will have other plans for you, and this won’t happen for everyone, Some action unfortunate do you have there vision plans for the future go as according to plan. I am in no way mad or jealous or secretly pouting to myself. I am actually elated to see other individuals actually have there wishes and dreams become a reality. Now does that mean all hope is lost for me? Absolutely not, as long as you’re willing, you’re able and there is nothing that should stop you or come in the way of your goals and dreams. I had big plans and visions for my life, I have it completed everything then I envisioned all my life, but I have made the best attempts at adjusting to the unseen detours and roadblocks I didn’t plan in my life so soon. You’re probably wondering what I meant by plan so soon, well I was 26 years old well my dad died. I didn’t plan choose a parrot that early at that age, in fact I planned to be much older and my dad to be much older as well you know at that age when our parents get older in we reach that cycle of life? Yeah, but there’s no law that says that we are all promised to be old when we die there are children dying before their parents. No parent plans to bury their child we always expect the parents to go first but the truth is that’s not always the case. The loss of my dad really took the vision and drive I had for my life away for me, I thought I had lost it forever but that forever was only for six years. There was always this voice in the back of my mind still pushing me and encouraging me to still make something of myself and be the man I knew was in me to be successful and do great things. I listened to that voice, and allowed myself grieve but not to the point where I lost myself. If you have ever lost a dad, And it doesn’t matter if you were close or not, you feel that disconnect, that pain and emptiness. I could never describe in the words the feeling of nothingness, the feeling of feeling confused, and trying to except reality. I’ve put myself in that position long before it actually happened I try to make myself prepare for when I knew it was coming, but I just didn’t know when, or that it would be so soon in my life. I am fortunate at I was able to make my dad proud and hear him say the words and every son or daughter wishes to hear, “I’m proud of you.” To know that I made my dad problem, I believe it was one of the things that helped me get through. To be completely honest with you, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life after my dad passed. Everything that seemed crystal clear was now blurred and unrecognizable.
By Kevin Nelson6 years ago in Motivation
Why You Need Patience and How It Can Benefit You
We live in times where high-speed internet connectivity is the norm and everyone has their very own mobile device. From buying our necessities and luxuries, to ordering in our meals, to watching our favorite movies and shows, to connecting with friends far away. These devices, combined with the internet, allow us to do almost anything in a matter of seconds. While there can’t be any complaints about it from a convenience standpoint, one of the greatest negatives of living in this era of instant gratification is the severe lack of patience.
By The Breatharian Blogger6 years ago in Motivation
Understand Me
EVERYDAY IS A BATTLE TO STAY ALIVE AND MAKE SOME SORT OF CHANGE IN SOME SORT OF WAY. THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE WORLD IS AGAINST YOU, OR NOTHING YOU DO EVER SEEMS TO BE RIGHT. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. PEOPLE HAVE WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE THINGS THAT HURT THE MOST. IN MY OPINION THE ONE THING THAT HURTS THE MOST IS WHEN ONE SHOWS LOVE AND CONCERN AND YET THEY GET TREATED AS IF IT’S NEVER GOOD ENOUGH OR THE EFFORT ONE PUTS INTO DOING SOMETHING JUST GETS CUT DOWN LIKE A TREE. I’VE SEEN ENOUGH, HEARD ENOUGH, AND FELT ENOUGH PAIN TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF HEARTACHE! YES THERE ARE TIMES THAT I JUST WANT TO FALL TO MY KNEES AND JUST CRY BECAUSE IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO HELP AT THE TIME. BUT THROUGH IT ALL, I STILL WALK WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH, JOY IN MY HEART AND MY DIGNITY. I HAVE TO BIG OF A HEART TO LET IT BE WALKED ON AND BROKEN. I’M SO TIRED OF PATCHING UP WOUNDS, WHEN THEY ARE JUST GONNA BE SCARED AGAIN. IF IT’S ONE THING I LEARNED ITS THAT I’M A HARD FIGHTING SOLDIER, AND THIS WORLD IS A BATTLEFILD. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ANYTHING BUT HAPPY, AND THAT’S JUST HOW I AM GOING TO LIVE MY LIFE. I’M TIRED…I AM SO TIRED! I AM SO GLAD THAT NO ONE PERSON HAS TO EVER GO TROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S SAME EXACT SHOES, UNLESS THEY CHOOSE TO. I NEVER WANT SOMEONE TO EVER ENDURE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE IT’S NOT FAIR, NOT FOR ANY HUMAN. I’VE WATCHED LOVED ONES PASS ON LEAVING ME BEHIND, AND I’M LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE PAIN. I THANK GOD EVERYDAY FOR LIFE, BECAUSE I DON’T SEE HOW I AM STILL STANDING. I NEVER QUESTION GOD’S WILL, BECAUSE HIS WILL BE DONE. HE HAS A PLAN FOR ME SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, AND AT THE END OF EVERY DARK ROAD THERE IS BOUND TO BE LIGHT.
By Kevin Nelson6 years ago in Motivation
Expressing Yourself
Until I started focusing on my inner qualities, my beauty never jumped out. My “canvas” has always been expressed in my hairstyle. I don’t have any tattoos, but always wanted one. I guess I live vicariously through my daughter, as she has more than ten tattoos. I have always been known as “the girl with big hair”.
By Melonie S Shelton6 years ago in Motivation
Late Night Thoughts
It's 11:54 PM and Hell's Kitchen lights up the dark room where my boyfriend and kitty sleep beside me. Here I am, now wide awake after having been exhausted only an hour ago. It just seems like there are so many thoughts flooding my head right now and they want to be heard. There are so many things that I want to achieve in my life and going to sleep right now feels like I'm giving up on those dreams. It's like my brain wants to get everything done now here tonight when that obviously will not be happening.
By Kacie6 years ago in Motivation
It's okay to care what other people think about you
You’re gonna hear a lot of people round you preaching the idea that you shouldn’t let the opinions of other people affect what you want to do in life. At face value, a normal sentiment and one that I think the majority of people would agree with. I mean for the longest time I agreed with it too. The idea that as long as we are happy and living life to the fullest why should the opinion of other people impact us. I do believe this mindset works for a number of different scenarios we experience through our lives. For example, picking a career path your parents don’t agree with, dating a person your friends don’t like or having questions about your own identity. But when you take each of these scenarios I also think it is perfectly ok to care what other people think about the decisions you’re making.
By Byran Ferrol6 years ago in Motivation
Lemons or Lemonade? You Choose!
A couple of years ago, I was looking to add some plants in my house. We didn’t really have many plants in the house and it was something I missed, previously having many plants in our old house. Sadly, we had to find them new homes when we moved across the country and then simply never got around to getting new plants for our new home.
By Mélanie Edison (aka @TheIntuitiveHG)6 years ago in Motivation
Gone with the Wind
Under the grey skies of northern England do I stand, on a cool, autumnal day. On both sides of me are two rows of terraced houses, long and drab, blocking out the wind to the best of their ability, but these gusts are crafty and resourceful, slipping through all the available openings and reaching out to me, catching the stray ends of my hair and making them dance like marionettes.
By Peter Spering6 years ago in Motivation
NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY
It is true. Well, I believe it to be true. Frankly, I wasn’t going to write about this subject, but I threw caution to the wind and decided to give it a shot. This whole thing came out of an argument I was having with a girl friend of mine. The conversation got heated at some point, but we managed to keep everything above board. We stayed civil as we always do. I guess whenever people talk about a subjective theme like happiness, passions come out and it shows how differently we feel about happiness.
By Freeman Binagana6 years ago in Motivation
