There is an African proverb that goes, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is something that I have had to learn, sometimes the hard way, in my own life. I was raised to be very self-sufficient. I was given responsibilities early on, some of […]
Living on the Outside
I am writing this one for all the freaks, all the outsiders, all those who are constantly being told that they are supposed to fit in to what society dictates is “normal” and “right.” I want to assure you that society does not know you, nor does it want to. Society is regulated and influenced […]
A Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep is so incredibly important to one’s health and well-being. There are numerous studies that show how sleep deprivation will adversely affect the quality of one’s life and one’s health. Yet often people will make sleep the one thing that they will deprive themselves of in order to accomplish something that really has no effect […]
Continual Improvements
As many of you already know, I have been taking guitar lessons. I began that journey last autumn. Of course, at first, I was walking away from the lessons wondering if I had learned anything at all. But my passion for learning was strong, which got me through the first semester. In the second semester […]
The Only Risk
“There are always risks in freedom. The only risk in bondage is that of breaking free.” -Gait Belling When I was a kid, my oldest sister (18 years older) was married to a man who struggled with alcoholism. That was back in the days when it was expected that, should you get pregnant out of […]
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