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Tsureal Advice
I'd love to tell you how beautiful my life has been. It would make me so happy to share stories of love and loyalty... tales of success, and strength and freedom. I could spread hope wrapped in sweet little lies. Or, I could stroke the ego of imagination and watch the mind orgasm in the bliss of ignorance. But, what good would that actually do?
By Goddess Tsunami7 years ago in Motivation
Hi, I'm Weird, Nice to Meet You
For the past several years, I've been making jewelry. I started out with recycling things, but it didn't look like fashionable jewelry. Then it turned into beads, which was much more fashionable but it was cliche and boring. Then it turned into an expression of my art through jewelry, by using clay, resin, and real bugs. The recycling things and expressing myself awakened what I loved as a child. Crafting! I used to make miniature chairs out of paper, and make wall Christmas trees for the kids so we could gift each other our toys that we already had. It made me so excited. The person I thought I had lost, she was back! The more research I did on people making their own jewelry, I began to find unique things. I found that you could put almost anything in resin. My favorite thing became putting dragonflies, bumblebees, lady bugs, butterflies, and any other beautiful insect I could put into resin, to make jewelry out of it. A lot of work goes into to them, and I was thinking this is so freaking awesome! But the more I went to my venues and the more crafty things I was making, I began to get "Oh, this is very unique" "This is very different" "It's kind of weird". Like they were trying to be nice but they were like no sweety this is not were it is at.
By Doe's Crafte`7 years ago in Motivation
Pariah—Lonely Living in 2018
I can feel the uncertainty and sadness in the air. It is almost tangible and if you sit too still you can get infected yourself. I don't know if it's the way that 2018 has been. We have lost many of the legends and stable leaders in politics, music, and science from Aretha Franklin, to John McCain, to Stephen Hawking. The air feels different, our country is controlled by unstable, shady leaders who make America come off as elephants in the room. It seems that we are also becoming more hateful, more polarized, and colder as our leaders make affairs seem common, and turn the other way to climate change, and our warming weather. We have turned back time in many ways to push us back for trans rights, and walls are attempting to be built to divide us from our immigrants. We are becoming more and more isolated within our phones, within the rigor of demands from our academics to our jobs. It is hard to trust others, and we close our hearts more and more each day in frustration and hate-speech towards ourselves subconsciously. I can feel somber emotions seep into my core, and I don't know if it is my empathic feeling the sorrow of war continuing for generations, I can feel the violent hearts, I can feel the breakups, I can feel the fading friendships, and frustrations. People are feeling deep despair, and it has been ongoing for the past two years under the Trump administration.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Motivation
Why You Should Not Worry
Dear reader, if you are reading this, it is possible that you have something to worry about. It could be your future career, it could be that you're late to work every day, it could be that you know you are going to be laid off, it could be anything really. As a third child, I have learned a valuable lesson, which I believe my older siblings have missed out on. I have learned that everything will work out in the end and to not worry about things going the wrong way.
By Ada Zuba7 years ago in Motivation
Spread Love
Negativity. Hatred. Jealousy. Enviousness. Are all things that can hinder you from being who you are supposed to be. Spending all your time looking at what other people are doing and talking about them; then how can you expect to prosper. This is the kind of behaviour that will block your blessings and make your life much harder than it is supposed to be.
By Shauna Campbell7 years ago in Motivation
What's Next?
Picture this: You graduate high school in the top 10th percentile of your class. You get accepted into your top pick university and you go on to join clubs, get a work-study job, and join a Greek organization. Even become the president of it. You volunteer when you can each semester, and take as many classes as you can. You graduate with a degree that you believe will allow you to do great things in life—nay, better—you graduate with two degrees and a minor after four years of hard work in college with cum laude. What next?
By Christina B7 years ago in Motivation
Make Yourself Happy!
I keep telling myself that life gets better and everything happens for a reason, but most days I'm not so sure that is true. I have been through a lot throughout my childhood and I do believe those tragic moments in my life made me who I am today. Sometimes that is enough for me to be happy but how do you really make yourself happy?
By Angel Allsop7 years ago in Motivation
New Year Resolutions or Long Term Solutions. Top Story - December 2018.
So it’s that time of the year again. You know the drill—suddenly everyone is feeling inspired to change their life for the better by changing their habits and routines for healthier alternatives. Whether it’s starting to exercise on a regular basis, quitting smoking, going vegan—there isn’t any other time in the year when people are as willing to launch the new version of themselves into existence. Which is great, it really is. The timing also makes perfect sense, the end of one cycle and the beginning of another is the most pronounced just before New Year starts. With so many people focusing on the same thing, the gateway is indeed powerful and the energies support the magic of new beginnings. Even the fact that different calendars and certain countries celebrate New Year at different times doesn’t reduce its impact as most of the world still associates the first of January with a fresh start.
By Eva Smitte7 years ago in Motivation
What Is the Color of Strength?
This was written for my husband's uncle, who is fighting against stage four lung cancer. Being an artist, colors really speak to me and in his time of need, I wanted to write something that would brighten his day. I figured that it might be helpful for anyone else going through struggles. Even if you're not battling cancer, this is still for you.
By Hope Talbott7 years ago in Motivation
