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29 Jul

To Know And Behold…

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HOW TWO YEARS HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED US... Sometimes I find it intriguing the meanings we attach to words or things. I read something the other day that stated, “Suffering is coming to the place where we finally feel the truth that being human is being limited.” If there is a singular thread that ran through all our existences last and this year, then it had to be the common thread of suffering. And with it, pain. In suffering, we are fully aware of our own limitation as human beings. And when we come face to face with our own limitations,…

28 Feb

Could Your ‘Ideals’ Be Holding You Back?

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“It's my choice to be beautiful. It's my choice to be ugly. And it's my choice to decide what those words actually mean.” ― Virginia Petrucci A lot of the ideals we believe in were taught to us at an early age. And we carry them with us all the way into our adult lives. But, in some cases, these ideals could be keeping us in chains. An ideal is a level of perfection that exists only in imagination. It’s the idea that something is perfect or conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence. The standards that most…

15 Oct

What happened to Wonder…

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“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” As a child, I was always in awe of the rain. Every time it rained I would curl up in a tiny ball and simply stare outside the window as those million tiny droplets of water chased each other down to feed the plants and the earth. I would close my eyes and listen to the rain in hopes that maybe I could hear a melody or a lullaby? The rain always had a story. After every rainfall, I…

10 Oct

What If You Slowed Down…

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A friend sent me an audio where the story below was being narrated. I decided to share it here. I am a huge believer in the revealing power of practicing patience with ourselves and the people around us. I am also living proof of how random acts of kindness have the power to change or completely transform someone’s life. I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car…

08 Oct

365 Feasts!(What If We Were Grateful Every Single Day Of The Year?)

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"Never let the phrase thank you stand naked and alone..." This post was written in 2020, when my dear grandmother was still alive. May her soul Rest In Peace. . The other day, my cousin randomly said "We should celebrate Thanksgiving this year Jaja. We should have a feast!" My Jaja (grandmother) looks at him, a confused expression on her face, and asks , "Thanksgiving. What's that?" So I try explaining to her that it's a tradition, a day where people celebrate, and are mindfully grateful for the good things in their lives and eat! Really eat!" "So it's Christmas?"…

01 Oct

When Life Punches You in the Face Too Many Times…

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I’ve never been physically punched in the face but let me tell you something; life has a weird way of delivering the meanest left hooks! (Did I say that right?) You never know when they’re coming (unless you made some pretty stupid decisions) or what direction they’re coming from. You totally clueless about how much it’ll hurt and when the hurt will go away. To make it worse, there’s no instruction manual out there for us to use; we certainly aren’t born with one attached to our foreheads titled “just in case life punches you too many times kid.” But…

14 Aug

Why We Need To Unlearn To Learn…

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As futurist Alvin Toffler once wrote, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” When we join a new school, a new church, a new company; we learn to do things the way others do. When we move to new place, we pay attention to its local people and unconsciously pick up their ways of saying, doing and being. We are automatically conditioned by the environment we live in and sometimes this is necessary for survival, sometimes even desirable. But just as we cannot plant…

05 Apr

Lockdown Requests…

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The whole world is facing a crisis. There is an inescapable sense of anxiety, stress, and uncertainty. We’re living in a time that will make history but we’re living in it feeling helpless. In moments of such fear, we are forgetting about connection, compassion and community. We might all be facing the same thing but we are being affected by it differently. This is my humble request. That we choose compassion. For some people, life was already tough before the pandemic. There are people who were fighting illnesses, life threatening disease, struggling with basic needs, burying loved ones, trying to…

05 Dec

It’s the Small Things in Life….

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This article was originally written in 2019, it was influenced by the greatest love of my life, my late grandmother who sadly, passed away last year. Read on, she had a lot to teach me. You might learn a thing or two. Before "I looked in the mirror today. I hadn't looked in one for a long long time. So today I looked." She swallows harshly, looking down at her hands, playing with the wrinkles surrounding her knuckles, "What I saw was...off!. I saw age. I saw a head full of white. I saw a face filled with valleys. There are lines running…

07 May

Watching Eyes..

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“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ― James Baldwin At one time or another, we’re all in a position to lead. We’re parents, teachers, coaches, an elder sibling, managers and committee leaders. As such, we know that setting a good example is an important part of leadership. But it’s not always easy. “Kid’s don’t care how many sermons you preach to them. The only sermon they’ll hear is how you live your life in front of them.” ― Bruce Van Horn You can’t force someone to be nice. You…

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