Category: life lessons
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An Open Letter to Those I Have Judged…
“Unconsciousness, dysfunctional egoic behavior, can never be defeated by attacking it. Even if you defeat your opponent, the unconsciousness will simply have moved into you, or the opponent reappears in a new disguise. Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.” -Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose p. 75…
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Discovering the Meaning of Love
“My negativity was as destructive to me as alcohol is to the alcoholic. I was an artist finding my own jugular. It was as though I was addicted to my own pain.” -Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love p. 9 Coming from a divorced home, it is not uncommon to have problems with intimate relationships. If there…
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How I See Myself Reflects My World
Photo Credit: Rachael Wolff “The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” -Sonya Friedman When I was young, I went to a private school in New England. No, my parents weren’t loaded. My mom worked for the school and made an agreement in order for my sister and I to attend. My experience at…
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10 Positive Lessons I Learned From my Parents
“When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don’t belong.” -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh p. 41 1. Life is not always a family-friendly T.V. show. I grew up in a time where all families on T.V. looked perfect. They handled problems with ease,…
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Embrace the Breakdown
When I was 17, I struggled with severe depression. I could send myself into a tailspin within seconds. It got so bad that I agreed to be admitted into a hospital to get help. I used to believe that it was only going to get worse, and that there was no hope in my future.…
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Tearing Down Walls Isn’t Enough
“If the house is crooked and crumbling, and the land on which it sits uneven, is it possible to make anything lie straight?” -Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers p. 254 I have made countless attempts to re-build my metaphoric house. I would tear it all down in my head and start re-building. I noticed the…
From A Loving Place 