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What are you excited to fail at? Me? Nothing! Okay, that may not be entirely true… but let’s start at the beginning. I don’t like failure. I am absolutely freaked out by the idea of failure. Yet ironically, I have become pretty familiar with the feelings associated with failure in the last few years. So …
“What would you do if you were not afraid?” This is a question that I have heard many times. If you can be able to answer it honestly, it is a very insightful question. Unfortunately, every time I think about it and want to answer, there is a voice at the back of my mind …
What If You Were Not Afraid? – 28 Day Writing Challenge Day 5 Read More »
We made it to day 4 of the challenge without skipping a day, drumrolls please! Okay, let’s talk about vulnerability and authenticity. I have been on a quest to live a wholehearted life since I read The Gifts of Imperfection a few years ago. Living wholeheartedly simply means to live authentically, owning your story and …
Vulnerability, Roosevelt’s The Man in the Arena – 28 Day Writing Challenge Day 4 Read More »
It has been 10 days since I wrote Day 2 of this writing challenge and it does not get more real than this. This is hard! But really, this is real life. Life is hard, it is challenging in more ways than we would like to accept. It is not just the big stuff that …
This is real life – 28 Day Writing Challenge Day 3 Read More »
It should be day three of this 28-day writing challenge but I did not publish anything yesterday so this is day 2. To be honest, this challenge is making me realize how many obstacles you may have to overcome in order to simply keep a promise that you have made to yourself. It is not …
“Doctor, what happens after the surgery? Are his fingers going to go back to normal?” “Ma’am, your son’s fingers were never normal. They cannot go back to normal.” The doctor answered me. It is the most heartbreaking thing I had heard from a doctor, up until that point 2 years ago. I have since heard …
So what if you are not normal? Normal is overrated Read More »
In this place, I will hold on patiently and hopefully, until I see what He sees, Wholeness and Beauty, Even in this season, I can hope, and smile, And my heart will keep singing, You are restoring me, piece by piece. Ever watched those makeover shows on TV where the real estate guys buy a …
When I was a kid, my aspirations were simple…. I used to tell people that when I grew up, I was going to be a pediatrician. Why? Because I loved being around little kids and I quickly learned that it was a pleasing answer for adults to hear… I was ambitious, though I didn’t know …
Becoming More – Inspired by Michelle Obama’s Becoming Read More »
I stepped on my bathroom scales not expecting much change. I mean, I exercised twice while away from home for a couple of weeks. What difference could that make? For a while now, I have been weighing about 160 lbs(72 kgs) so that’s where my eyes were fixated. I really don’t mind my weight, I …
So today happens to be the 15th day of a 30-day challenge that I started on February 8th on Instagram. It is basically a challenge I gave myself to share my thoughts around a word, a concept or even a phrase daily on my Instagram page. I then go ahead and share it to my …