Boundaries are definitions – definitions of you. But when someone is trying to define you according to what they think, what do you do? How do you keep your boundaries?
Boundaries are meant to protect and guide you and not to limit you. Therefore, as you draw boundaries, keep them, know when to expand them, and expand them. … More On Keeping Boundaries
Friends have expectations of what they expect us to achieve. The society and social media has put pressure on us to ‘become’, but we can still control the effect of all this on us.
If you take the wrong step or move to ‘become’ when you are not ready, you would have yourself to blame for the consequences! … More The Pressure of Becoming in the World Today
Behold, I look into the knife,
I see my image, glistering beneath the stream of blood I had shed over the knife. At fury once again, It was me all along
Do not shift gratitude to a later time, or for a greater good. Make it a huge part of your personality. Learn to say and mean thank you, every time, every where, to everyone.
To the security guard at bank, who opens the door for you to walk through, be grateful.
To the ushers at church, be grateful.
To the maid in your home, be grateful.
To the people in your life, be grateful.
To God in whose hand is your life, be grateful. … More Let’s Talk About Gratitude
Often, the first reactions to rejection, especially if your hopes for a positive response were quite high, are shock and denial. Denial is a defense mechanism that involves a refusal to accept reality, thus blocking external events from awareness. The human mind tends to respond by refusing to acknowledge rejection or by denying that it did happen.
Except you were unjustly rejected, in which case it is necessary to take action towards rebuttal, begin to move past the feeling of denial and get to a point where you can begin to deal with the situation. … More 4 Pointers to Help You Handle Rejection
Confidence makes you appreciate your worth and you become stronger over time. Experience will be there for you cause you will have to face different encounters and it will be easy to handle rejection and emerge stronger than ever. … More How Essential is Self-confidence?
Yes, you’ve seen these people at their best and worst moments: you’ve seen them laugh and cry. You’ve seen them pull of their shirts when there’s heat. You’ve seen them confused. Maybe you’ve even seen them snore or fart!
But you should learn to ignore their weakness/humanity. Learn to respect their ingenuity, strengths, and wisdom. Learn to submit to them and get things solved.
That solution or improvement you desire in your career, relationship, spiritual growth, attitude, behavior/habit and so on may just be around you. That friend of yours whom you laugh together all the time may have the solution. Your boyfriend/girlfriend may know the way out. That lady/guy who is younger than you may know just what you need. … More The Cost of Familiarity
Your lifestyle is merely a reflection of you. It’s a mirror-image of your attitudes and values. What your lifestyle says about you is actually what you say about yourself. You can’t expect to be seen as a disciplined person when indiscipline is your way of life. … More Questions to Ask about Your Lifestyle
It is necessary to face the fear, to confront those thoughts about how easy it would be to settle into the status quo and leave things as they are. … More Delving Into the New
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