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Back to School: Dreaming of a Clean Slate

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Back to School: Dreaming of a Clean Slate

I love that expression: “A clean slate.” Maybe, I’d think each new school year, maybe this year would be new. So new that it would make me anew. Or at least make a new story: Frantically gathering food for the day as I rushed to be in time for the bus, stuffing my paper-bag lunch into my backpack. By mid-day, the yogurt would break open and soak into my homework & textbooks. Maybe this would be the year the yogurt stopped breaking? Desperately wishing I’d started my homework earlier. Loathing and the self-loathing Sunday-night realization that I wasn’t prepared for Monday. Maybe this would be the year……
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Four Hard Truths About Today that Will Make You Stronger Tomorrow

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Four Hard Truths About Today that Will Make You Stronger Tomorrow

“Life keeps leading us on journeys we would never go on if it were up to us.  Don’t be afraid.  Have faith.  Find the lessons.  Trust the journey today. We are all beautiful human beings, just trying to find our way.  Today and every day we seek to better understand the meaning of our lives.  We long to discover our gifts and release them fully into the world, and we hope to find happiness, peace, and strength along the way.  For some of us, the key to these desires rings loud and clear, driving what we do and how we……
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What was the last note you wrote to you?

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What was the last note you wrote to you?

“You need to do hard things to be happy in life.  The things most people avoid, such as those that make you uncomfortable, that are far easier to hide from, that others can’t do for you, that make you second-guess yourself and question how you’re going to find the strength to push forward. The hard things ultimately build you up and change your life.  They make the difference between existing and living, between knowing the path and walking it, between a lifetime of empty promises and one filled with progress and fulfillment.” We distract ourselves.  We procrastinate.  We make excuses. ……
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Your story has already been written.

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Your story has already been written.

Know your label. You are not a markdown. You are a one-off … a designer’s original, fearfully and wonderfully made. Two hundred to six hundred million sperm fought to see who would become you!     Your eyes can see 10 million shades of color. Your ears can hear 20 – 20,000 Hertz. Your body can withstand 60 degrees Celsius. Your tongue can taste 100,000 flavors. Your nose can smell 1 Trillion scents. You have a unique thumbprint, a unique heartbeat, and unique tongue print. Know your label. You are not a markdown. You are a one-off. You have no……
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On the other side of through … finally.

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On the other side of through ... finally.

I wrote these words after I learned that revelation comes in retrospect.  May you find promise in the process… life is a journey, not an event. BEFORE WE WERE STRANGERS We finished each other’s sentences. We called holding hands “quality time”. Our silence was a loving pregnancy. We started and ended our days with cuddles. We saw each other in each other’s eyes. We sang in harmony. We fought for equality and justice. We fought for joy and hope. We fought for us. And then we didn’t. I did not know how to spell goodbye. I did not know I could live beyond……
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How do you spell H A P P I N E S S?

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How do you spell H A P P I N E S S?

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design into the present.  Happy people do a lot of things.  They spend time expressing gratitude, cultivating optimism, practicing kindness, nurturing loving relationships, committing to meaningful goals, savoring life’s little pleasures, and so on and so forth. But they NEVER… Mind other people’s business. Forget about what others are doing.  Stop looking at where they are and what they have.  Nobody is doing better than you because nobody can do better than you.  YOU are walking your own path. Seek validation of self-worth from others. When you……
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Are you a closet “creative”?

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Are you a closet "creative"?

Elizabeth Gilbert’s name is synonymous with her fantastically bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love. Eat Pray Love was borne of a moment of total collapse in her life. And you can call it “chick lit,” but it’s inspired millions to move forward with their lives, differently. Through the disorienting process of becoming a global celebrity, Elizabeth Gilbert has reflected deeply on the gift and challenge of creativity. She defines creativity, in life as in art, as choosing the path of curiosity over the path of fear. This has resonance for our common life too. And, she says, it’s not to be confused with……
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