Tag: strength
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Awareness: The First Step to Strength
Whatever we believe to be a personal or physical shortcoming or weakness may actually be a source of strength. A simple example of this: When health problems arise, we all tend to improve our actions, trying to figure out what we need to do to get better. (When I get sick, I swear I’ll never…
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Embracing Adversity: Strength Through Experience
Someone once said that the trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson. Oscar Wilde wrote: “Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes.” Aldous Huxley wrote: “Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what…
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The Power of Maybe
The word “maybe” can be empowering. Considering maybe introduces possibility flexibility and hope to any situation. “Maybe” opens the door to considering alternative perspectives, solutions or outcomes. It encourages and reminds us to openly explore different possibilities. Maybe “maybe” could help us break free from rigid thinking and patterns as we consider new approaches. The…
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Does Your Head Need Weeding?
The day this picture was taken, I was on “Tar Beach,” or in other words, a New York City rooftop, on a 98 degree hot summer day. I was wilting. Yet, there was grass in the gutter that was thriving against all odds. I’ve always been fascinated with weeds. They grow in the most…