When the Body Asks for Something Different There comes a time when the body begins asking us to pay attention in ways we may have ignored when we were younger. For much of life, we are encouraged to keep moving, push harder, accomplish more, and somehow find the energy to do it all again tomorrow.
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What It Means to Be Mentally Free “No one is free whose mind is not like a door with a double-hinge swinging outward to release their own ideas, and inward to receive the worthy thoughts of others.” — Ralph M. Lewis gives us a powerful definition of freedom that goes far beyond politics, laws, or
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What I Mean When I Talk About Attraction I have come to understand the law of attraction less as magic and more as a way of thinking about attention, intention, and behavior. The phrase “like attracts like” sounds simple, but life is more complicated than wishing for something and waiting for the universe to deliver
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Why a Strong First Interview Can Still Go Nowhere Sometimes you walk out of an interview knowing you did well and still never get invited back. That can leave you confused because you replay the conversation and cannot identify anything that went terribly wrong. You answered the questions, connected with the interviewer, explained your experience,
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Something About This Does Not Sit Right With Me I will never completely understand how a company can announce record profits and almost in the same breath tell thousands of employees they have to go. Maybe I understand the business explanation, but understanding the mathematics does not mean I have to like the human consequences.
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History Has a Way of Making Me Uneasy When I look at the political climate today, I keep finding myself pulled backward into American history. The name that keeps coming to mind is Andrew Johnson. Johnson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865. At the time, millions of formerly enslaved Black people
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Life Does Not Wait in Line One of the biggest misconceptions about adulthood is believing life will patiently happen in sequence. Many people believe they can handle life one step at a time—first school, then a career, money, relationships, family, and health. Spirituality often gets pushed to the end, as something to think about later.
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When a Mother Sees Something Greater I came across an argument that Tupac Shakur and Jesus can be understood through a similar archetype, and at first that comparison sounded almost too heavy to touch. I am not saying Tupac was Jesus, divine, or some modern-day Messiah. I am talking about the recurring human story of
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When Access Changes Your Standards I remember having wealthy friends who would invite me into places I probably would not have entered on my own. These were the kind of rooms where everything felt elevated, from the service to the atmosphere to the way people moved through the space. The food was different, the attention
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More Than a Simple Love Song When I listen to Tupac’s “Dear Mama,” I hear more than a son simply telling his mother that he loves her. I hear gratitude, pain, memory, loyalty, disappointment, and forgiveness all moving through the same song. That is what makes it feel so much deeper than an ordinary tribute.
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