Month: September 2022
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Post#9: Loving Someone Else Should Never Come at the Expense of Your Soul
We look to those… that we love to reflect our true selves back to us. We readily accept these declarations as truth. As a result, we give them the power to either fill us up or effectively crush us within the span of a few seconds. We call that love. I had let what others…
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Post #8: Feeling Good About Yourself Is Written All Over Your Face
As most people will tell you… there are parts of their bodies or appearance that they would love to change if they ever had the chance to do cosmetic surgery. I have a few body parts of my own that I would love to fine tune. I’ve since made peace with most of them, but…
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Post #7: The Relationship That You Have with Yourself is The Bridge to Connection with Others
When I was growing up… we had a lot of gatherings with extended family. I remember feeling immersed and enveloped within this sea of invisible connecting currents. That all changed when I was around nine or ten years old. I began to notice the difference between me and my cousins. They were told by many…
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Post #6: Anger Will Not Be Ignored
I had acknowledged my pain and… unhappiness with his declaration, but I did not know that I was holding on to anger and resentment as well. However, my body did. As I laid out in post number four, the harms of holding on to past hurts can wreak havoc on your body, mind, and spirit.…
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Post #5: Deja Vu
I chose neither. Instead, I chose to stay on the battlefield and let myself be slain over and over and over again. I sacrificed myself, stepped onto the pyre unaided, laid myself down, and waited to feel something other than pain.