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You Must be Present to Win
I’ve been feeling a little disconnected lately. I don’t feel present in the things that I’m doing. Even when I stood outside and greeted the morning, my mind was on all the things I had to do. I try to be aware when this happens, but I realized I’ve been like this the...
5 Easy Ways to Inspire Yourself
We all have that little voice in our head that trips us up – that makes us feel insecure and unsure about who we are and what we’re doing. It’s no wonder. We are bombarded with ads and commercials that tell us we’re not good enough, smart enough, sexy enough, or...
So Beautiful. So What.
Imagine a full moon. Bright orange, heavy in the sky. It's one of those moons where you feel you can reach out and touch it. "Wow, look at the moon!" you might exclaim to the person next to you. And they glance, and kind of grunt "Yeah. So what?" Now imagine standing...
To the Student Whose Name I Forgot
In 1994, I was a graduate student at Eastern Michigan University. I was only 23 years old, and so very excited to be on my way to a Master’s Degree. My main role as the Honors' Program grad assistant was to publish the monthly newsletter and set up the annual...
I Just Want To Be
I don’t want to change the world. I don’t care about being famous or flying around the world on a private jet. I just want to be. I want a loving, healthy relationship, a happy, healthy family, to be debt-free, and I want to own my own home. I enjoy being...
Maybe the Goal in Life is….
Maybe the goal in life is not to "be happy", but to "be human". To be human is to express all our emotions - anger, sadness, love, pain, fear.... To be human is to fall, is to stumble, to fail. And to keep picking ourself up time after time after time. To be human is...