healing
How to heal fully and properly.
Thir3 Times a Charm!
After about 12 years of heavy active addiction, and almost 3 years on the mend from that addiction, I really felt my life was coming back into focus. It felt like I was finally on a roll, and headed for good things in my life, after a life thus far filled with turmoil. Once again life would teach me to never put all my eggs into one basket, one more time life would show me that I'm really not in control here!
By Daux Dunnit5 years ago in Motivation
2020
It's like staring an unknown abyss right in the eyes, and never sending any light or color. Where time becomes still, and your life is a revolving loading screen waiting for a moment to press play. How did we get here? It seemed like the world was on the pathway to great exploration and then BOOM...nothing. Unemployment thriving for seven months, Covid positive in July, limitations on travel and negligence all tangled together to create this "experience". Religious leaders become more suspect and you now must turn to learning on your own instead of entrusting that their intentions are pure.
By Travae Jones5 years ago in Motivation
Home Not-So-Alone
As I lay (sit? I'm propped up on pillows, so neither really apply) in bed with my ancient Macbook wheezing away at an acute angle on my knees so I can see the keys, I have to wonder what on Earth happened to this year and how I got into this position. I know that a large proportion of the global populace is wondering exactly the same things in this year of hell that 2020 has become, but bear with me and I'll explain what this means to me personally.
By Kerry Harbord Francis5 years ago in Motivation
I AM...
Thoughts. Beliefs. Attitude. Reality. I am a deep thinker, and if you know me, you will know that I am always thinking about something; and I will admit that a lot of times, I do overthink. But through my road of healing and learning who Breanna is, I realized that if I wasn’t careful, my thoughts quickly became my beliefs, my beliefs became my attitude, and my attitude became my reality. This concept became even more personal when I realized this was true about how I viewed myself. To this day, I have to continually battle with what I think and say to myself because it’s easier to give up and accept defeat. It’s easier to beat myself up than to praise myself.
By Breanna Williams5 years ago in Motivation
Let's All Erase 2020 From Our Memory
If there was a restart option, I would definitely use it for 2020. I can remember the excitement when we brought in 2000, with 2020 there was even more excitement only to start the year with the death of David Stern, the NBA Commissioner until 2014 when he retired after 30 years. David changed the NBA into the powerhouse entity that it is today from a league that was in DEEP financial trouble.
By Toni Cunningham5 years ago in Motivation
The Miscommunication Situation
We all have a point to make, we have something of virtue and value to express to another. We all don't know how our conversations start, and think "well maybe if I said the last part in the first place, then they wouldn't have made that remark about me that isn't true."
By Samantha Parrish5 years ago in Motivation
2020: A Year We Never Thought We'd Be A Part Of
This year didn't start off very well for anyone. People were dying, people were tired, working to keep others stable in the hospital, the government officials aging before our eyes because they were feeling the stress of trying to keep their people informed and protected. The pandemic of 2020 was something that the common people never saw coming. To start with, the world isn't all lollipops and unicorns, and as humans, when we have people in our lives that we care for, we can't get rid of the worrying feeling of when they get sick, or they go out for a night on the town with their friends in the car for the first time, or they have a sleepover with their best friend for the first time. It's ingrained in us to worry when we're away from our loved ones, and covid-19 really put that human instinct in overdrive. All you want to do is be there with them, and it was difficult to admit that the only way to keep them safe is to keep space between you and them. Thank goodness we live in an age where technology is accessible to so many people that we could talk on the phone and hear each others' voices, we can video call and see the excitement of grandchildren seeing their beloved grandparents after months of being apart. Every generation has its challenges during this trying time. The younger children were missing their social time with others their age because the schools were closed for part of the year and now, many students are doing virtual classes. It's a great option to keep the kids home, but no kid should be on the computer for that many hours at a time, although the teachers really are doing a great job of acclimating everyone and making online school more enjoyable for the kids. The kids have probably lost some of their structure of normal life with being in the classroom and having a bedtime, but we aren't in old normal times anymore. Then, we've got the parents. The parents who have to work have to worry about being in the office and possibly bringing something home, and those with small children had to take time off work to be home with them. The seniors, those in homes were prone to the sickness because of their immune system, a lot of them don't even know how to use technology to communicate with loved ones if there wasn't someone there to help them.
By AMANDA B5 years ago in Motivation
Pay Attention
Who are you paying attention to? Often, we pay attention to the wrong things in life. This can and will be a problem if you are not careful. Knowing the difference when you allow yourself to pay attention to little things going on around, you can save you a lot of hurt and pain in the long run. Often, it can even save your life. Who we pay attention to is important because we tend to entertain the wrong people, places, and things then wonder why we can’t get our lives back on track. Now I do understand that the world is a big place to live in. Simultaneously, as humans, we have to be mindful of things that could pull us in the wrong direction if we succeed in life.
By Theresa Evans5 years ago in Motivation
Live fast die young
By the time I was in my late teens, I despised the idea of “serious relationships” or the so-called “normal life.” I was a classic case of film industry conditioning, growing up on stories that screamed of live fast die young mentality, raging hormones, and purposely immoral behaviors. It was late nineties, but in Eastern Europe we still hung on to the Hollywood 80-s films where the most popular characters were rebellious teenagers, social outcasts, charismatic serial killers and prostitutes, while the MTV stuffed our heads with outright degrading or extremely dark entertainment products that glorified self-destruction, depression, promiscuity, and rage.
By Tirathiel5 years ago in Motivation
Coming Out
Hey everyone! I am Juliana. I grew up in a dysfunctional family. Would you guys like to hear about them? Haha! My dad suffers from depression. He had a difficult time at work in the civil service due to vicious office politics. He was passed over for promotion multiple times and felt empty. And I CAN UNDERSTAND how someone in that circumstance can feel empty.
By Juliana Heng5 years ago in Motivation
