happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
This time of growth
The social media was erupting with news clips of different States claiming Marshall Law and Army tanks rolling down streets. I was managing a thrift store and felt my life was going nowhere. I was certainly living my best life of lack. Lack of friends, love, money, ambition, creativity, the list goes on and on.
By Lee Naylor5 years ago in Motivation
The 30 Day Visualization Challenge
There has been a great deal of promotion and media inclusion about the Law of Attraction as of late, particularly after the arrival of the film, The Secret. There is by all accounts a great deal of feeling around this subject, both for and against. This is nothing unexpected, given that we have changed as a general public to have significantly less persistence and a diminished ability to focus. I will dive further into the entirety of this in a future article.
By Mikki Ashton5 years ago in Motivation
Falling leaves
As the tires crunch over the fallen leaves my eyes watch as more yellow orange and red leaves graceful dance along my cobblestone driveway. I knew as soon as I opened the door the cool fall air will hit my skin and I’ll be able to breath the fresh air and familiarity of being home. I click the button on my visor and the right side of the garage begin to open as I slowly pull into my sacred space. I grabbed my purse off the passenger seat and place my feet onto the cool concrete below me. As I step out of the car I look around the garage in the corner upon a platform stands my partners took bench and chest. The bright red is stark against the light grey walls and makes the red of the American flag seem even older than it is. The whole garage is neatly organized just like my husband likes it. Tools and bench in one area car cleaners and special pieces in cabinets and always freshly swept. The garage and shed outside are his domain. The shed matches our home which is light grey with blueberry blue doors and shutters. It subtle yet stands out surrounded by trees for miles. Our drive way has woods on both sides for 1/8 of a mile until it opens to our front yard and house.
By Molly Curley5 years ago in Motivation
A Ten Minute Trek
Working about ten minutes from home has always made it easy to save money on gas for my parents, so I generally leave a half an hour before i’m scheduled to start my shift. The walk there is spent calming my nerves for the long hours of customer service ahead and I’ll admit I find it difficult to reach a state of calm.
By Melany Lucas5 years ago in Motivation
The Song
The tree she leaned against was called Green Mother. Seven other trees sat along the banks of the river Eliha. They were Red Mother, Rosy Mother, Blue Mother, Golden Mother, Silver Mother, Orange Mother and Brown Mother. Ruhee could have selected any of the trees for her ritual, but from the beginning, she was pulled towards the Green Mother.
By Mallika Dhar5 years ago in Motivation
8 Things That Will Cheer You Up
Admit it, you feel like shit sometimes. It's not something you can control, really. However, you can control what you do when you're in a bad mood. I have a hard time with this, distracting myself when things get hard. Here are some things you can do when you're in a bad mood.
By Amanda Doyle5 years ago in Motivation
Gratitude
Having an attitude of gratitude is not always easy to attain. Some days, I wake up with a spring in my step and joy in my heart. Other days… not so much. It’s on those days that I hear the voice of my wise momma cutting through all my self-pitying, self-loathing, selfish noise. “It’s okay to feel that today sucks, but look at all you do have!” she states knowingly.
By Arista Atsira5 years ago in Motivation
Step in to your Senses
The steps you take are so important, in life, in relationships, and those first wobbly steps you take as a child. Learning to walk was probably difficult but yet now you walk easily now and each step you take is as important as that first one. Each step you take now, putting one foot in front of the other will help you bring harmony to your body and mind. With each step you will be focused on those things around you. Fully absorbed in the world that surrounds you, noticing the little things that you take for granted every day. This is your time; this is your walk and this is where it begins.
By Lauren Oscar5 years ago in Motivation
Do better, you have to be better!
So my initial reaction to hearing that Vocal had a contest geared towards writing, I thought let me see what’s up. Sure enough, I submitted an entry prematurely not reading all the details in its entirety. Naturally it was rejected, and naturally I was frustrated. Then I thought, well maybe I need to dig a little bit deeper and really get an understanding of the contest rules. To my surprise it involved Tik-Tok! First thing that came to mind was, oh great I can’t escape social media if I wanted to. Reading a bit further the contest was about “For you” and highlighting someone who was not popular or viral. Immediately I was sold. Now was the tricky part, who to highlight? After browsing my “For you” section tirelessly (all of 30 seconds) I realized that the person I should highlight is myself. For me.
By Prince Gray5 years ago in Motivation
Learning My Self-worth and Finding my Happiness During a Quarantine
Life since March has not been easy on any of us and it hasn't gotten any easier and for most has gotten much worse. The world is spiraling and so is my mental state, my depression hit an all-time low. I lost a lot of people after graduating from High School and let me tell you, I was a shell of a human being in my teen years. Didn't acknowledge a single good thing about myself no matter how many times my friends tried to drill into my head that I was a good person but I had very low self-esteem. I truly believed I was an unattractive human being from a very young age. But, despite all that, this was not the lowest I've ever been even because I faced even more hardship then petty drama.
By Billie-Jules5 years ago in Motivation
Which Road to Choose
Do you ever feel like your life isn’t going anywhere? Or that the choices you make are not the right ones? Well, isn’t that the way life is supposed to be? I mean we all have our problems, granted that some of us, me included, have more than others. But it is have we deal with those problem that, in the end, will define us as a person. Sometimes I feel like my life is going nowhere, nothing I do Turns out the way I had hoped, and it seems that no one really cares. Even though people tell me that it will be alright, that there is nothing to worry about, and that everything will work itself out, I still can’t help but wonder if it really will. At times I feel hopeless, at the end of my rope, like life has no meaning, and that there may be nothing left to live for. There are even times that I fell that I am a burden to everyone who knows me. My life story is not very interesting, but it has been simple for the most part. I had a fairly good childhood, and I have known some great friends along the way.
By Douglas B. Wright 5 years ago in Motivation
So safe inside
8/25/2020 So Safe Inside Written by Kathy Reed Nothing is safe unless you check it out When do you think that the best thing that you can do is to stop doing what you are doing? How many times have you decided that the path that you are on is too far from the path that you want to take? When you are reviewing your art do you think that the positive thoughts you had are what will win the race or are you sitting around, wondering if it matters at all. Before you began your artwork, I bet that fifteen minutes before was the safe as it is now. Without being said, you will gain from what you did, not the other way around.
By Kathy Reed5 years ago in Motivation
