Everything happens for a reason, whether it’s something you’re excited about or hate. It’s all for a purpose in the big picture. Knowing this, relax. Enjoy the process, trusting that it will somehow be used to make you stronger in the long run. Sometimes, certain events are necessary for a grander opportunity to arise. ~ […]
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To all who mourn he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. Isaiah 61:3 All of us have had some sort of emotional pain, some much worse than others. Even those who have dodged gut-wrenching and life-changing losses have certainly observed a friend’s suffering.
Do you find yourself thinking about errors in judgment that resulted in less than stellar results? Agonizing over a task left undone or emails you wish were unsent? I do. I would go so far as to say that almost everything bad that’s happened to me has been rooted in my own decisions. However, my
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Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.― Marshall McLuhan Did you know that our brains are like railroad tracks? According to relatively recent research, the neural paths are not set in stone. We don’t have to subject ourselves to the same expectations we’ve hauled around for years. I expect my experiences have been like many
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Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings My first twelve years of school I enjoyed a multitude of kind and caring and effective teachers. One of my favorite educators, Mrs. B., was quite a lady. She taught my mother in the
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