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The Hidden Slavery of Needing to Be Understood

The Hidden Slavery of Needing to Be Understood The deepest form of slavery is the hunger for being understood. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Hidden Slavery of Needing to Be Understood The painkiller gives instant relief from headaches, so it never bothers you. However, the headache never left; it simply gave you a short break, only to return, sometimes even more severe. This is because the painkiller never guaranteed a cure; it only provided temporary relief. This is […]

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Becoming a Better Human

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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Quotes and Insights

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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Quotes and Insights

You Receive What You Prepare For — Not What Exists

You Receive What You Prepare For — Not What Exists

You Receive What You Prepare For — Not What Exists The universe has abundance. But if you prepare for less, you confirm less. The Universe does not give what we want; it gives us what we become ready for. It does not impose limits on its rewards; what limits them is our preparation. The reason

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Quotes and Insights

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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Guidance for Real Life

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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Quotes and Insights

The Power of Accepting Your Truth: Why Self-Acceptance Is Real Strength

The Power of Accepting Your Truth: Why Self-Acceptance Is Real Strength

The Power of Accepting Your Truth: Why Self-Acceptance Is Real Strength Imagine telling glass that its breakable.Telling a candle that it will melt.Telling stone it does not have softness.Telling mountains that they are difficult.Telling ants that they are weak.Telling a butterfly that its fragile. Does that change their ability to give what they can.Does that

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Becoming a Better Human

Punch, the Abandoned Japanese Macaque, and What His Story Reveals About the Need for Love

Punch, the Abandoned Japanese Macaque, and What His Story Reveals About the Need for Love

Punch, the abandoned Japanese Macaque, and what his Story reveals about the Need for Love What happens when love isn’t returned and why choosing yourself is the quietest form of strength. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Scrawled Stories (@scrawledstories) We don’t seek love because we are weak; we crave it because

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