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Being Present for Real
My husband’s mother has been in and out of the hospital this past few months. This has been a journey of health challenges she has been facing for over a decade now. The last time she was ill my husband was away and so I had to go to visit with her three hours away and had to spend the night with her in the hospital. It made him happy and gave him peace, to know someone was there with her. Sometimes we take these things for granted. And in a society where we have been taught to expect opportunities and services as an entitlement, its crazy that in a few short months much of this has been stripped away. Nobody could have ever imagined that opportunities like spending time with our loved ones or supporting them and being able to connect with them physically to encourage them could be taken away. But in this era of COVID-19 that is exactly what has happened and much has changed, and many things often taken for granted has been taken away. And it has left the most vulnerable populations of the elderly, sick and recovering family members, friends and loved ones alone.
By TanYah Global6 years ago in Motivation
Never Give Up
Back in 2014, when I was 23 years old, I was struggling a lot mentally and emotionally because I had just been dumped by someone I thought I would be with for the rest of my life. The thought of being without him made me extremely depressed. I was so down that I couldn’t even find my way to get out of bed each day. I became very lonely and struggled with my self-esteem. As a result, I made some really bad choices in life that I still struggle with. I went through each day feeling numb. Every waking moment I struggled with the idea of committing suicide, because I just didn’t want to live on this planet anymore. It was a very rough process learning to love myself and understanding that I had value. It took many lonely nights, crying myself to sleep. It took a lot of prayer and introspection. But at some point, I realized that I wanted, and deserved, to live.
By Monet Reid6 years ago in Motivation
Should you pursue your dreams? Make those dreams a reality!
An honest opinion about pursuing your dreams. Each and one of us have dreams that we are continuously pursuing, questioning, might have put on halt, and others - unfortunately...gave up. It doesn't matter what kind of dreams you want to achieve, be it on a grand scale or something minimal. Keep those dreams alive because that could be a journey worth traveling. Most adults have passed down what I call the "dream life" mindset...
By JMTB6 years ago in Motivation
Love me
Id like to say I don’t have enough tattoos. Over a collection of time I’ve spent money on the work or desided to buy a 30$ tattoo gun (and do it my self.) The first tattoo I have ever done was “I’m already dead:” right on my left hand. It hurt like hell but has a depth of meaning to it. Whether past history, I’ve already been broken down to my worst; what else can you do to me? The experience of death, I’ve seen to many people die the feeling is or has become a normalization.
By C. Cappo6 years ago in Motivation
Competition
In a world were the current population is 7.8 billion souls as of september 2020 on planet Earth, there exist 7.8 infinite realities. Each individual person is living a life and creating history, determined by the choices that they make each second/millisecond/microsecond/nanosecond/picosecond. It all starts with a thought. The individual has an infinite number of possibilities each time and each possibility creates a different experience.
By Denisse Ramirez6 years ago in Motivation
7 of the Most Influential
You surround yourself with people who are positive, uplifting and have the same interests as you..... Correct? So why not, follow people on Instagram who bring the vibes, are positive from the inside and out and make it a place where you actually want to scroll. Here are 7 of my favorites in no particular order that bring the good vibes, bright lights and make me actually want to be on Instagram.
By That One Barista6 years ago in Motivation
IHope for a Cure
I have suffered from headaches since I was 7 years old. They diagnosed me with migraines that year and started me on what would be a life-long journey of taking every known headache medicine known to man. In 2004 I was working in my dream job as a nurse & began having more severe and frequent headaches, that were unable to be relieved by any kind of medicine. After a spinal tap was performed it was discovered that I had a rare disease called Idiopathic intracranial Hypertension, it is a disease where your body doesn’t absorb your spinal fluid correctly thus causing increased pressure to the brain. Intracranial Hypertension (IH) is characterized by increased pressure inside the skull. Intracranial means inside the skull and hypertension means high fluid pressure. Intracranial hypertension means that the pressure of the fluid that surrounds the brain (cerebrospinal fluid or CSF) is too high. Elevated CSF pressure can cause two problems, severe headache and visual loss. If the elevated CSF pressure remains untreated, permanent visual loss or blindness may result. Pseudotumor cerebri and benign intracranial hypertension are both former names for IH, which are now considered inaccurate. These names do not adequately describe the disorder and downplay the seriousness of IH.
By Jeanette Hughes6 years ago in Motivation
The Surprising Reason Most People Achieve Less than Their Potential
It used to bother me why most people achieve less than they have the potential for. In my class, for instance, out of 70+ students, just less than 20 percent are making waves and attracting a lot of attention from the other classes.
By Joshua Idegbere6 years ago in Motivation
Leaving a legacy.
Chadwick Boseman left a legacy of kindness. He was fighting a battle no one knew about but still continued to be a hero even off the screen. I always think to myself what can I do daily to make the world a better place. Can I write a blog post to help someone through a difficult time? Can I spread the knowledge of what I know in my podcast to let the person who needs to hear it actually hear it? I think the thing that we forget that Chadwick never forgot, is to just go through the day in hopes that it helps someone and not even thinking too much about it. He helped people, yes. But did he gloat about it? Did he wake up everyday thinking about it? No, he just did it. He was just a kind person, a helping hand and someone who never wanted credit because thats what we should all do. We should never want credit, we should just do it because we are decent humans. Decency goes a long way..
By That One Barista6 years ago in Motivation
just a “basic” tattoo
I know, I know... this looks like a “basic white girl” tattoo, right? Right. I was 21 when I got this tattoo and it was only the second mark of permanent ink my body had known. I’m not sure if every basic tattoo is fueled by someone believing that it has important meaning or not, but meaning is what what my basic tattoo was fueled by. Experience, pain, depression, & a new perspective gave my second tattoo breath.
By JP6 years ago in Motivation
