My heart hurts. I can feel the pain, like a dull ache in the center of my chest. It feels like a sharp stab with a dull knife after every beat. It’s only when I’m still that I can feel the sensation in my body. It’s subtle but intense. I’m not sure if this is… Continue reading what is it?
Life has turned out extremely different than what I expected growing up. I feel cheated and lied to. Manipulated might be a better word. Misled? I hate adulthood. This isn’t what I expected at all. Maybe the movies I watched growing up are to blame. Or, it could’ve been the books I submerged myself in… Continue reading Duped.
Deep within my spirit, I know that I'm not here to be this "normal" person that lives a mundane life. Within me, I FEEL there is a calling much greater than what I've been fighting my entire life to live. I'm not normal. I'm deep. I'm intuitive. I FEEL. I KNOW. I CONNECT with each… Continue reading Contemplating…
It's amazing the things we do to maintain relationships. I can look back at who I've been and see just how drastically I've altered who and what I am to appease different people. At some point, I decided that I would transform my way of being in order to fit in and be accepted. I've… Continue reading
So let's talk about set backs, failures, and undesirable circumstances. Most of my journey entails being in positions I don't WANT to be in. It wasn't until a couple years ago that I realized that those uncomfortable positions could be beneficial to my personal growth. I am the WORST when it comes to wallowing in… Continue reading Mindset+Action=Results
When I was smaller, I remember my mom saying, "If you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that gets hit always hollers." She wasn't literally talking about throwing rocks at dogs, but I understand on a deeper level, now, what she was trying to say. The rock is a word, and… Continue reading Throw a rock into a pack of dogs…
Here's what I've come to learn in my 32 years of living. Doorways close for a reason and obstacles present themselves to give us a moment of time out. When I think back to all of the hurdles I've jumped and the blocks I've crashed through to get what I wanted, and I realize that… Continue reading But is it worth your energy though?
crit·i·cism: noun the expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes. Sometimes I look at these pretty memes and quotes and they automatically click; I, most of the time, resonate with the message. Other times, like this morning, questions and previous lessons arise and say, "No ma'am. Dig deeper." The… Continue reading
And this, kids, is why I’m choosing to transform the entire way that I parent. I don’t want my children to grow up displaying the toxic traits they’ve learned from me. I want them to be able to love freely, share emotions in a healthy manner, value themselves as people that matter, and travel through… Continue reading Raising a new kind of human…
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