Category: mindset
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You’re Not Stuck, You’re Following a Story
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Imagine living in a house filled with mirrors, but every mirror is slightly distorted. One makes you look smaller than you are. Another stretches your reflection. One dims the light, while another casts shadows that aren’t really there. Now, imagine growing up in that house. You wouldn’t question the…
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From Bottled Emotions to Healthy Expression
Sitting With My Feelings I often sit with my feelings and allow them to run their course instead of trying to ignore or suppress them. During that time, I try to peel back the layers of what I’m feeling to understand the root of it. I make an effort to separate what is actually true…
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Becoming Beyond The Bloodline
Some inherit wealth. Some inherit land. I inherited a reputation, and the invisible weight that came with it. From as early as I can remember, I knew certain behavior was simply not acceptable because of the kind of family I came from. I couldn’t get away with anything. Not even when I was nowhere near…
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Vision Dies When Everyone Gets A Vote
The Weight of Too Many Voices There’s an old fable about an old man, his son, and a donkey who set out for the market one day. As they walked along the street, annoyed neighbors criticized them for not using the donkey appropriately. “What is the use of a donkey if not to ride it?”…
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When Your Mindset Doesn’t Match Your Miracle
Story Time Toni grew up in a very poor family. They struggled to make ends meet. Being homeless was not foreign to him. At every stage of life, he learned to master being content with the little he had.One day, a distant relative who lived in the city paid the family a visit. After noticing…
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What’s Love Anyway?
The most important things on earth are not things. This may sound cliché – like something people say to cope with not having material luxuries. But is this really true? VALUE SYSTEMS The story is told of a man who took his wife and son to the circus. While waiting in line to pay for…
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Haters Are My Motivators
“I pushed to buy this house because they said I couldn’t.” “I chose a neighborhood they thought was out of my reach, then invited them over just to see the look of shame on their faces!” “I worked my tail off for this job because they didn’t think I could get it. Joke’s on them…
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What Is Your Center?
TRUE STORY Jim’s wife had been begging him to take his family on vacation for a while. He was a hardworking businessman who took his job seriously and was hardly ever absent. He would go in before everyone else and be the last to leave. While his department flourished, his wife and son were heartbroken…
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Featured Creative
HIS SONG He plays to the cold reception of an audience Who gives attention to his inharmonious tune And ignore his heartfelt lyrics because it is Written by an unpopular uncultured artiste. They dare not imitate his practised alien moves As his dance is not like they have seen before So they disapprove…
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Masterminds: Boxed In
THE MOUTH TRAP “We are?” “Limitless!”, replied about 50 percent of my students. The other 50 percent were still discussing the latest gossip, upcoming game, cheer practice, and the fact that having to go to school is by far the worst punishment to have ever been inflicted on them and they cannot understand what sins…