It's hard to always be open. Keeping lines of communication available as you work to process what life is throwing at you is a lot. However, it's important. It is important in order to function within each moment of the day. We should let our inward emotions and thoughts come out (in the right ways)…
When I was younger, I remember a poster in my school classroom with a quote about the value of integrity. It was describing how integrity stands as "what you do when no one is watching." I also view integrity as valuing your actions. When we make choices to do something, are we proud of what…
I always have goals. I always see ways I feel I can improve for myself and for others. However, I oftentimes reserve those ways to be geared towards improvement for the world around me and for others. I oftentimes don't know what I truly want for myself. Beyond the basic feelings of joy, contentment, peace...…
Any time that I reflect on learning, I pull from any experience that feels relevant to what I am going through in the present moment. Yesterday, I was reflecting on my time in my college fraternity, Alpha Delta Gamma. When I first got to college, I never thought about joining a fraternity. It wasn't a…
As my birthday just passed and I turned 23 years old, I wanted to take some time to reflect on this past year of my life. All I wanted to look at from year 22 of my life was: Where did I grow?Where did I fall? Each piece of my 22nd year of life that…
Anytime we have to divert from our planned path, it comes as a frustrating and challenging time. It often doesn't make sense why we have to change what we are doing in order to reach a goal. The path is so clear! However, we experience roadblocks every single day. I don't think we would truly…
One of the greatest battles we face as humans is understanding mistakes. When we make a mistake, we have to understand the commonality of human error. We are not always on our A-game and there are millions of things going on around us that we have no control over. For myself, I have many goals…
When we look at our goals, we often think that something is "required" in order for our goals to come true. When we require ourselves to HAVE to do something, that creates a lot of pressure. Unnecessary pressure. Unnecessary pressure is something we never want, especially when we do it to ourselves. I have had…
Lately I have been realizing the importance of being still. I always feel the need to be doing something, thinking about something, listening to something. This week, especially today, I am taking the time to sit and be still. I often place my mind in places where it seems to be "escaping", but in reality…
In most days of our lives, we discover a new door of opportunity. I've found that many times, those doors have been there for a while, we just haven't been quite aware that they are there. Once that awareness comes about, why don't we just go through the door? Well, sometimes it takes some awareness…
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