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In The Mirror
Today I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize the face staring back at me. Eyes that once were bright, we’re bleak—vacant of the liveliness they once held. The smile lines I once complained about, had almost disappeared; not from fillers or treatments—but, because along the way I had forgotten how to smile...how to laugh. Long gone was the girl I used to be—fun, silly, energetic, playful. That girl was gone. In her place stood a body whose light had faded. A mere corpse. A shell of a human. A soul filled with hate. A body that burned with an anger so strong—it burned everything and everyone in its path; left behind were the ashes of those she loved most.
By Zaylee Riddle6 years ago in Motivation
Advancing In Life
When you are trying to advance in life, you are going to have many roadblocks. There are going to be lots of people who doubt you can make it, who think you are being delusional, and those doubts can affect your mindset and thus your motivation to succeed.
By Omz The Root6 years ago in Motivation
Just Before Peering Into the Void
He had only just started writing the title for his novel when he realized that not only did he not have a title to write, but he barely had a novel to write. The desire was there, along with a clump of tangentially related concepts but nothing concrete. Yet he pressed on anyways, knowing that stopping then would prevent the progress that he so desired.
By Chris Kitzmiller6 years ago in Motivation
How Dumping My Car Changed My Life
I dumped my car. It was one of the hardest and best decisions of my life. He was really cute, a little Honda Civic Coupe in a bright shade of blue. I named him Azraq, after the Arabic word for blue that I had learned from my friends while playing Uno. He fit two just perfectly, four in a pinch. I gave him a nice "tramp stamp" bumper sticker of the Wonder Woman logo. It made people smile.
By Kaelin Priger6 years ago in Motivation
Lost in the Crowd
I feel heavy yet empty at the same time. The world that I once knew around me has frozen in time, the silence, deafening, the numbness seeping in. I felt okay for a long time. Like that I could get through this and that I could occupy my time and make it out alive on the other side.
By Noa Donvan6 years ago in Motivation
It Starts with "Eye"
March 16th, 2020; this date marks the last day I would physically go into the office. I didn't know it then but I had just begun an amazing journey; one that has started to reshape my life. I’m sure most could say that their life has been changed by the events of the last several months, but personally I would experience a true “tower moment” (for those of you who know something about tarot); total upheaval.
By Megan Suda6 years ago in Motivation
The Miseducation of Self-awareness
Is anyone like me, where you’re always in a headspace of self-awareness or are you normal? I can take several moments of the day in a daze dissecting my character, my behaviours, and every associating situation and environment I find myself in. I’m literally always being challenged by my reality, which causes me to never completely be living in the present. My mantra has always been to
By essamey6 years ago in Motivation
A Dragon & A Girl
PART 1 I tell myself this will be short & simple, but I am only ever one of those things. Nothing I say, think or feel is ever simple. It’s all or nothing with me, which is maybe a fault of mine, but it is who I am anyway. I could say it’s wrong, but I’m not convinced that’s right.
By Alysha Whitted6 years ago in Motivation
Freedom
What does Freedom mean to you? To me it's the flag waving proudly next to my porch. My porch to the home where I bought a few years back. Freedom is working hard to get to a place, where my parents never got, no matter how many jobs they both worked. Freedom is showing pride in the work that we do, to get the things that we want.
By Lee Naylor6 years ago in Motivation
5 Ways to Get Your Sh*! Together During A Pandemic
I think we all know adulting can be difficult on a regular day, but now sprinkle in a little COVID-19 and we've all got our hands and brains at maximum capacity. The idea of acting as any good adult should can be quite daunting. That's okay! I've got some simple ideas for you that will enhance your life and start you on a path towards kickin' peach without sending you into complete stress ball mode.
By Shea Givens6 years ago in Motivation
Ten wonderful things the lockdown has taught us.....
India confirmed the first case on Corona Virus... on 30th January in Kerala's Thrissur district in a student who had returned home for a vacation from Wuhan University in China. Next cases on February 2nd and 3rd in the same state. i.e. Kerala from people returning from Wuhan. Cases started reporting from people returning from abroad and India government declared a lockdown in the country from 25th of March,2020. By then the number of confirmed cases reported was 618.
By Junita Chatterjee6 years ago in Motivation
