One of the greatest internal challenges I face in my mind and soul each day is dealing with my emotions. I have always felt that my emotional connection to life and my reflective personality has made for some powerful emotional experiences, which have created a lot of wonderful learning and growth in my emotional intelligence.…
"I may win, I may lose." Reflection is such an intentional part of my life and routine. Whether it occurs in solitude, in a conversation with another, or amidst a large gathering, I enjoy the process of taking my experiences and writing, praying, thinking on them to drive an end result from the experiences I…
Any time that a time-related milestone occurs, we tend to get into two states: Reflective and Projective. We begin to reflect on the time that has passed us by, as well as the time that is to come. One of the most consistent reminders of time passing by is birthdays. With mine being tomorrow, turning…
In January 2021, I returned from a vacation trip to Seattle and stumbled across a bathroom scale that I had stowed away and thought "I haven't weighed myself in a while" and pulled it out from under the sink. I stepped on and read "204.5" - this was the most I had ever weighed and…
I turned 25 one month ago. In that month, I've spent a lot of time in reflection (as I always do) but also in self-improvement. Much deeper, specific self-improvement this time. In this month, I have found areas of my faith, my relationships, and my physical + mental health that I really care about and…
Some days it seems you feel nothing. Some days it seems you feel everything. Your body and mind begin to have to adjust quickly from these extremes, which is difficult to do. I think of it analogically as being in the "extreme sandwich". In my life, I have always been on one side or the…
As we intake our surroundings daily and see what's going on, there are constant changes. Right now in my life, there's not too much. I don't mean that I am bored or lacking in action. I am working, to my best ability, on maintaining focus in the areas I want to improve upon in my…
During times of reflection, we take a look back at how our decisions affected our day. I try not to be obsessive with "rights" and "wrongs", but hindsight is always 20/20. My mind doesn't like the feeling of ignoring the "right" and "wrongs", but I won't get anywhere being so narrow. So, as I open…
Life constantly feels like we are chasing something. Whether old or new... An opportunity, a goal... We are always running after something in hopes to obtain it for our lives. Lately, for me, I have begun to analyze those pieces that I am chasing. And I am deciding to walk for now. I feel that…
A little over a week ago, I spoke on the power of "no" and what it is doing in my life. I also spoke on the power of "yes" briefly, but noted that I hadn't found the pieces that encompass the "yes" items in my life. I had a small moment of realization this morning…
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