Tag: love
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Friday Frankness: If I Was Who I Am Today…
I have been thinking back to who I was and who I have become. If I was who I am today, a lot of people would never have been in my life. There is a lot of nonsense I would not have entertained. There are a lot of decisions that…
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Tuesday Motivation: Appreciate the Lessons…
I remind myself of this daily, especially when I encounter disappointments. My best friend always says everything happens for a reason and it truly does. You may not like the lesson that you learned from a hurtful situation but it is God’s way of shaping and molding you into the…
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Mara Prose Monday: What Does It Hurt?
Picture courtesy of Mom’s Inspired One of my biggest pet peeves has always been ‘know-it-alls’. I used to abhor people who felt the need to tell me what to do and how to do it because their way was supposedly superior to my own. It would burn me up inside…
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Friday Frankness: SweetSexySavage Intro ‘Understand Me Better’ Lyrics by Kehlani
Don’t you just love when song lyrics speak to you and touch your soul? I decided to listen to a recommendation sent to me by Spotify. The following Intro is from the artist Kehlani’s new album, SweetSexySavage. I had never heard of her before today but I feel as if…
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Thursday Thoughts: I can’t, I don’t, I won’t (A Mara Prose Poem)…
Picture courtesy of PerfectCloud I could heal you, but I won’t I could fight for you, but I don’t I could make you love me, but I can’t Mostly because it’s unnecessary work, so save your rants Your insecurities are not my responsibility Your emotional baggage will not be my testimony…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Impress Yourself
We spend a good part of life focusing on impressing others. We are saturated with information that tells us how to make lasting first impressions in everything from dates to interviews. You then have those who like to keep up with the jones and they are all about impressions –…
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Mara Prose Monday! What You Can’t Afford…
This meme spoke volumes to me when I first saw it on my Facebook timeline. It made me think of all the things in life we truly cannot afford. Generally, we think in terms of money and materialism when we discuss what we can and cannot afford. However, there are so…
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Tuesday Thoughts: In my feelings…(A Mara Prose Poem)
I’m sitting here feeling some kind of way I’m wondering why you couldn’t stay? Does everyone want the opposite of me? Can’t we all just let things be? So I am sitting here feeling some kind of way I don’t quite recognize myself yet But most importantly, we just met…
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Tuesday Thoughts: Accepting the Temporary
Picture courtesy of Tattly I am learning how to embrace the temporary. The temporary is a learning opportunity. It is not bound to my future, but it does greatly impact it. If I am not careful, I will delegate tasks meant for the interim, to what is yet to come.…
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Friday Frankness: Dating a Man, Not a Boy: What Grown-Up Love Looks Like. by Alex Myles
I read this article today and just had to share! Enjoy! The thing about grown-up love is this—we are not going to be able to get it until we learn to be grown up ourselves! When we aren’t being grown-up, we portion the biggest amount of blame onto the other person.…
