Happy New Year All! As this new year rolls over, I am making goals (not resolutions). I’ll let you know how they go! But, YES, I have written them down. The action of writing things down for me makes them more solid, it allows me to have a tangible item to read, daily, multiple times…
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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. -Helen Keller We truly are all in this together. Life has a beautiful way of allowing people to work together who never would have crossed paths otherwise. Our world is coming together to support, respect, and serve one another…
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There is no greater sadness than holding onto the words you never had the courage to speak.
YIKES, Short-Stories… Here’s the background: I have a story that has been itching to be told. I began writing it last year and simply fell flat on it. The enthusiasm was gone… SO, instead of trashing the story, I started thinking of it in a different way. What if I turned the chapters into vignettes…
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2019 is shaping up to be a BIG year! I don’t know about you, but as 2018 wound down and 2019 revved up, I felt a definite shift. So far this year has been jam-packed with incredible activities and opportunities. The Milestones that will be accomplished are: Turning 30 (wow, how time flies!) Started a…
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It’s been an eventful last year and a half! It started in the fall of 2017 when I purchased my first home (so exciting, check that off the list). The whole process was fairly easy / straightforward, but it also allowed me to reassess my life as to where I was at, where I wanted…
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You take risks, you jump at unforeseen obstacles, and you spend hours a day …working on a task for someone else… YOU are your best investment. You are the only constant in your life, utilize that gift. Yes, invest time, money, love, etc… in others, but do not deny yourself the gratification you allow others…
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WE all have one… The box of what-ifs… and buts… and maybes… and I should have said sorry… and I wish I was there… and I miss yous and I should have said I love yous and I’ll get to it laters… and I’m not good enough so I’ll stop halfway through… That box is the holding ground for all of our self-doubts. Well, you know what you should do with that box… TORCH that…
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The old saying goes… Eloquent words aren’t true. True words aren’t eloquent. When you don’t know the right thing to say, are incredibly flustered (or angry), and nothing comes to mind but words that are sharp as knives… Choose to say nothing at all… Answer them with silence. People may think you don’t care, but really you…
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Photo by Clare Angelica ©2015 People say so many words…usually without meaning. They are trying to make themselves feel better about their decisions, they are trying to prolong taking action, or they are just completely full of hot-air. Some people don’t actually want to make a change…BUT they sure love telling you about all this stuff they…
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Graphic Photographs by Clare Angelica ©2013 People break you… People make you… And you make and break others just as much as you break and make yourself. It’s all a choice. You have the choice to rise after failure …or heart break… …or sickness… …or destruction… …or loss… …or death… …or (you fill in the blank)……
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