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Dust Being Dust How to Protect Your Kindness Without Becoming Bitter

Dust being Dust Why you should not stop being kind just because the world became harsh. I never get angry at dust, even when I find it messing up my space. It does not respect my work.It does not value my cleanliness.It does not appreciate my dedication.It does not let me rest even for a […]

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Comparison is the thief of joy: The dangerous illusion behind borrowed desires

Comparison is the thief of joy: The dangerous illusion behind borrowed desires

Comparison is the thief of joy: The dangerous illusion behind borrowed desires “Comparison is the thief of joy, and the killer of contentment.” — Theodore Roosevelt That midnight scroll on the screen and that one-second glance at the world through it suddenly makes you feel like you are missing out on something. Someone got married.

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The Most Dangerous Desire: Wanting the Next Chapter of Life Too Soon

The Most Dangerous Desire: Wanting the Next Chapter of Life Too Soon

The Most Dangerous Desire: Wanting the Next Chapter of Life Too Soon “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson I prayed the wrong way for a very long time. And I am not talking about those relaxed, peaceful prayers we make on days that arrive as

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Forgiveness: The Most Powerful Form of Love

Forgiveness: The Most Powerful Form of Love

Forgiveness: The Most Powerful Form of Love There are too many shapes of love to be counted. One of them is forgiveness. ~Yoon Ha Lee Love says, visit me again. It invites; despite leaving you distorted the last time it visited you. Love keeps making these little whispers until it starts echoing within. It reminds

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Buried Pain Kills Quietly—How One Honest Conversation Can Change Everything

One Honest Conversation Can Save a Life

Buried Pain Kills Quietly—How One Honest Conversation Can Change Everything The body suffers when it is unfed, but the soul suffers when it is unseen, unheard, and untouched. Emotional malnutrition breaks the soul silently. Some slowly become numb because of the pain buried within. The pain they found no exit from. The pain they could

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Guidance for Real Life

Comfort Is the Villain; Growth Is the Hero: A Mindset Shift for Self-Improvement

Comfort Is the Villain, Growth Is the Hero: A Mindset Shift for Self-Improvement

Comfort Is the Villain; Growth Is the Hero: A Mindset Shift for Self-Improvement Comfort is the Villain. Growth is the Hero. You are not born a hero; you grow into one through the choices you make. In the movie of life, the comfort zone appears as the villain, holding you back from becoming the hero

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You Don’t Need to Escape the Pain—Just Find the Window of Hope

You don't need to escape the Pain, only find the Window of Hope

You Don’t Need to Escape the Pain—Just Find the Window of Hope Every room of suffering has a window of Hope. The room of suffering looks like it is locked in darkness.We only see the closed door and gloomy corners.But behind those dark curtains, there is a window where hope waits for you. You don’t

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8 Normal Things That Are NOT Red Flags in a Healthy Relationship

8 Normal Things That Are NOT Red Flags in a Healthy Relationship

8 Normal Things That Are NOT Red Flags in a Healthy Relationship Social media has diluted love. Love has become more like a checklist and less like an emotion. A checklist of red flags and green flags. Today, a relationship has become a negotiation that was truly a soul journey. We are overfed with information

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Self-Love Is a Seed: The Truth About Growth, Healing, and Becoming Your Best Self

The Seed of Self-love

Self-Love Is a Seed: The Truth About Growth, Healing, and Becoming Your Best Self Self-Love is the seed that bears the sweetest fruit. Self-love is not the outcome; it’s the beginning.When you see self-love as a seed, the thought that follows isn’t the fruit it will grow into, but the process and time it will

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True Wake-Up Call: How Alarming Moments Change Your Life

True Wake-Up Call: How Alarming Moments Change Your Life

True Wake-Up Call: How Alarming Moments Change Your Life Alarms wake you from sleep. Alarming moments wake you to life. We all remain asleep in our lives until something alarming becomes our wake-up call.Just like an alarm wakes us from a night’s sleep, some dark chapters shake us to awaken in life. The alarm is

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