There’s a kind of strength you only understand after life has tested you. You go through something that changes you. Maybe it’s losing someone. Maybe it’s a failed relationship, a difficult year at work, money problems, disappointment, rejection, or simply watching a plan you cared about fall apart. When you’re in the middle of it,Continue reading “Let Hard Things Make You Gentle”
Author Archives: Kenrick Vaz
You Get What You Give Yourself
People give you what they are capable of giving. Some people will show up with kindness. Some will give you patience, respect, honesty, and a genuine effort to understand you. Others will give you distance, criticism, inconsistency, or silence. That says something about them. It doesn’t always say something about you. We spend a lotContinue reading “You Get What You Give Yourself”
The Chanel Bag Theory – Your Worth Was Never Up for a Vote
There’s a strange habit many of us pick up without realizing it. We start measuring our worth by how easily other people choose us. A client doesn’t respond, and we wonder whether our work wasn’t good enough. Someone chooses another person for an opportunity, and we question what we were missing. A relationship doesn’t workContinue reading “The Chanel Bag Theory – Your Worth Was Never Up for a Vote”
The Good Things You Notice
Came across this quote recently on Instagram, “The amount of good things in your life depends on your ability to notice them.” Since then, I can’t see it any other way. It made me think about how often we decide whether life is going well by looking at the big stuff. The promotion. The newContinue reading “The Good Things You Notice”
Maybe Your Best Life Is Already Happening
We spend a lot of time waiting for life to get better. We tell ourselves we will slow down after the next deadline. We will take that trip when work settles down. We will spend more time with family when things become less busy. We will finally enjoy ourselves when we have more money, moreContinue reading “Maybe Your Best Life Is Already Happening”
The People Who Feel Like Home
Stay close to the people who celebrate your good news like it belongs to them. The ones who are happy when you get the promotion, even when they have their own struggles. The friend who calls when something good happens and says, “I knew you could do it.” The person who remembers the little winsContinue reading “The People Who Feel Like Home”
The World Looks Different From Your Side
The most dangerous kind of blindness has nothing to do with your eyes. It happens when you become so convinced that your view of the world is the world. You see an argument from your side. You know what you meant. You remember what happened. You can explain every decision you made. From where youContinue reading “The World Looks Different From Your Side”
Too Much of a Good Thing
My wife told me that I killed a plant by watering it too much. I thought I was taking care of it. The leaves started looking a little tired, so I gave it more water. A few days later, it still looked unhappy, so I watered it again. I kept thinking I was helping. ThenContinue reading “Too Much of a Good Thing”
Peace Looks Good
There comes a point when you stop asking yourself what looks impressive and start asking what feels peaceful. Maybe that shift happens after years of being busy. After too many rushed mornings, conversations that left you drained, plans you said yes to when you wanted to stay home, and relationships where you spent more timeContinue reading “Peace Looks Good”
Leave a Little Love
Life moves fast. We rush through mornings, answer messages between meetings, sit in traffic, pick up groceries, make dinner, get the kids ready for bed, and wonder where the day went. Somewhere in all that movement, we cross paths with dozens of people. The person who holds the door when your hands are full. TheContinue reading “Leave a Little Love”
