Call it what it is!
Acknowledge the problem exists. Be vulnerable, accept it. Call it what it is. This is the path from adversity to strength.
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Bandaid
Have you ever felt so confused that you didn’t know which way to turn? So overwhelmed and stressed that you felt frozen, not knowing what to do first? Doubting that you have any resilience? I certainly have. So what do you do when you get there? When you feel you’ve hit rock bottom? Drink? Do …
Resilience = Respect
To be resilient today is highly respected. We admire it in those who have it. How do we obtain this elusive trait? Wait for a trauma and hope we bounce back? Put our body to the test? Both, pretty extreme. LATIN: Re:back Salire: jump, leap. A bit later it evolved to ‘springing back’. We aren’t …
Abstract
Loving yourself is like admiring a piece of great abstract art. It just works, without explanation. It always cracks me up when I am in an art gallery viewing a seemingly ‘simple’ painting and someone says “I could have done that!”. I say well do it then. This is the difference. That person created the …
Love Thyself
The season of love is before us. Flowers, chocolates, romantic dinners. To tell someone you love them people go out of their way, on that one special day. Some say it’s far too commercial, others embrace it and line up for flowers. Either way it’s the world we live in. To the men that say …
Respect
Aretha said it best. Rodney Dangerfield had fun with it.
But how annoying is it to have a teacher or boss who demands
respect but doesn’t earn it?