I don’t want my life to feel like a reset button I keep pressing out of exhaustion. I don’t want to move from one thing to the next, always cleaning up emotional debris. Always regrouping. Always telling myself, Okay, just get through this part first. It’s draining to realize how much of your energy goesContinue reading “I Don’t Want Recovery to Be My Personality”
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They Weren’t You, and That Was the Lesson
Most of our biggest disappointments with other people don’t come from what they did. They come from what we quietly assumed they would do. We assume they’ll respond the way we would. Think it through the way we would. Feel it as deeply as we would. Act with the same urgency, empathy, honesty, or careContinue reading “They Weren’t You, and That Was the Lesson”
Still Becoming
There’s a quiet sentence I keep coming back to lately, one that doesn’t shout or demand attention. It just sits there, steady and honest: The only comparison worth making You one year ago You today Not the version of someone else you see online. Not the highlight reel that shows up uninvited on your screenContinue reading “Still Becoming”
The Secret to Really Believing in Yourself
Believing in yourself means having faith in your own capabilities. It means believing that you CAN do something — that it is within your ability. When you believe in yourself, you can overcome self-doubt and have the confidence to take action and get things done. When you’re drowning in fears, doubts, and self-sabotaging behaviors, success feelsContinue reading “The Secret to Really Believing in Yourself”
The Warrior’s Destiny
A great Japanese warrior named Nobunaga was going to war with a fierce enemy with only one-tenth the number of men the opposition commanded. He knew that he could win the fight with a well planned strategy, but his soldiers were in doubt. On the way the leader stopped at a Shinto shrine and toldContinue reading “The Warrior’s Destiny”
Kenrick Vaz 