Tag: happiness
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Lost Gratitude
Thanksgiving is here. Yet, given the decor, the music, the gleeful discussion, one could question if there even was a holiday between Halloween and Christmas. Few don’t notice Christmas decorations and merchandise begin invading store shelves before Halloween even comes. There was a time in my brief life thus far where November had very little…
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Balance
All in? All out? Full speed or full stop? It seems difficult to decide between the two options, as though there is only two options. My writing life has been one extreme or the other, like trying to drive a car through a crowded city with only two options: slamming one’s foot onto the gas…
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Barriers
We are our own barriers. Even the barriers in the way, we obsess over them. We choose to see them as such, allowing them to block us, to keep us from moving forward. Yes, they prevent us from one thing or another, but it is we who choose to let it stop us in our…
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Why Not Now?
This is a question that I must start asking myself: why not now? In this world where we all believe that we must reach some arbitrary point, hit some milestone, gain some of whatever before we can do what it is we want, what is it that is really stopping us? Fear. Anxiety. Procrastination. Distraction.…
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What Is Important?
There is an uncomfortable truth that many of us are confronted with when speaking about our dreams or desires: it is that what is important is what we spend our time doing. Taken another way, it means that if you aren’t taking the time to commit to actions around a dream or desire, then it…
Jeremy C Kester 