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Day 92: Timing

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I know a lot about a lot of different things. It is because I know things, I understand timing is everything.

Releasing the baton in a relay race too soon might cause a delay in winning the race. Releasing your knowledge too soon might hinder the steps of the receiver along their journey. Sometimes, the best way to help is to simply say nothing at all.

Once you understand how powerful your words are, you start to understand why successful people always measure their spoken words against their target’s understanding of the topics at-hand.

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Day 91: Teachers

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The best teachers continue to operate as students even as they teach.

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Rejuvenation: The Power & Potential of a Young Mind

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I had an awesome, funny, and very telling conversation about the future of our society with my 14-year old nephew this evening. We were talking about the STAAR test he took this past Monday. He held strong opinions about the subject matter of his essay questions.

Him: They had stupid topics. It was just so frustrating.

Me: What were the topics?

Him: What is friendship? And, what is courage beyond courage?

Me: (Reserving all opinions based on my own experiences. He’s 14 and still learning these concepts.) Why are they stupid topics?

Him: “Because you have to be literal.” They don’t want you to be conceptual.

Me: (Laughing hysterically on the inside and outside, because he says what I am thinking. At 14, these concepts are so limited by age and experience.) So, what is friendship to you?

Him: Bonding and honesty. I mean, we were friends last year and we’re still friends. I play Xbox at your house sometimes and we have sleepovers.

Me: Well, at your age I imagine that is friendship. You will view it differently 15 years from now, but today, “that’s a great answer”.

Him: Why didn’t they ask about immigration or something? “That’s a real topic I could have written six paragraphs about.

Me: (So proud, he’s thinking! And, that’s more than I can say for a lot of adults.)

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Day 53: Am I Dead

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The line says, “I shall live and not die”. But, if I do not know how to live… am I not already dead?

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Day 52: Powers Differences

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I cannot, does not mean I will not. Sometimes it just means – I know I should not.

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Day 50: Bombs Away

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The best revenge is to stop thinking in the terms of winning and losing or in terms of winners or losers. The past brought you into the present and together the past and present will lead you into the future. Out of the ashes comes greatness. You cannot be great if you are constantly focused on what could’ve been or what should’ve been, if not for what was and what is.

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Day 49: This is Your Life

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No one is responsible for who I am. They are only responsible for who they are with or around me. The first step of reclaiming your life is to own what you allow in and a part of your life.

That’s why it’s called… Your life!

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Day 48: Be S.M.A.R.T.

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Buying a car without buying gas is like creating a plan without creating goals.

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Day 47: Recognizing Closure

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At some point the battle has to be over.

Even Jesus said, “It is finished!”

And, he came for whosoever.

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Day 46:We Are Creators

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Don’t like mess. Don’t be messy.

Don’t like stress. Don’t create stress.

Don’t want drama. Don’t be dramatic.

Don’t like noise. Don’t be noisy.

 

We create what we are. And, we become who we see.

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Day 44: Emotional Hostage

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Have you ever been an emotional hostage?

Would you know?

I didn’t.

 

What does one look like, you ask?

How do we identify one, you ponder?

The answer is elusive.

 

How can you be an emotional hostage if you possess no real emotions?

Where can I find one, you inquiry?

Hopelessness colored by glossy eyes, chirper ideas, and silent tears.

 

Where’s the mirror?

Whose reflection is that?

Yours declares the heart.

 

I never knew I was an emotional hostage until one day I wasn’t.

I never knew I packed away my emotions until the movers unpacked them.

I never knew the other side of me until we were free.

I never knew I just needed to make it through.

 

Then one day, I stopped speaking to prevent the reactions of others.

Then one day, I stopped living to curtail the viciousness of others.

Then one day, I stopped dressing a certain way to conform to others.

Then one day, became another day instead of someday before today.

 

I didn’t know my ability to shield had shielded my emotional prison from myself…

until speaking didn’t curtail my living.

 

I just didn’t know.

But I do now.

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Day 43: I Am Beautiful

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I am beautiful.

No really, I am beautiful.

I am not just saying, “I am beautiful”.

I meant it, I am beautiful.

 

I am not beautiful alone due to the color of my skin.

I am not beautiful alone due to the contours of my face.

I am not beautiful alone due to the hues in my eyes.

I am not beautiful alone due to the curves of my hips.

My curvatures do make me sexy, but not beautiful.

 

I am beautiful, because my heart is pure.

I am beautiful, because my soul is lithe.

I am beautiful, because my words are serene.

I am beautiful, because my thoughts are motivational.

I am beautiful, because my tongue is inspirational.

 

I am beautiful.

No really, I am beautiful.

I am not just saying, “I am beautiful”.

I meant it, I am beautiful.

 

I am not beautiful alone due to the declarations of others.

I am not beautiful alone due to the color in my cheeks.

I am not beautiful alone due to my locks of hair.

I am not beautiful alone due to the bounciness of my breasts.

The bounciness in my breasts do make me exterior more attractive, but not beautiful.

 

I am beautiful, because I monitor what I spiritually eat.

I am beautiful, because I hold no malicious intentions against anyone.

I am beautiful, because I uplift even when I need to downshift.

I am beautiful, because even in acts of defense the goal is security and not annihilation.

 

I am beautiful.

No really, I am beautiful.

I am not just saying, “I am beautiful”.

I meant it, I am beautiful.

 

Are you?

 

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Day 8: Knowing Thy Power Helps in Destroying The Obstacles

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If my words are powerful enough to create, it bears to reason my words are just as powerful to destroy. Keep talking.

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Day 7: The Duality of Boundaries

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Boundaries are designed, created, erected, or installed for one of two purposes. Boundaries either keep something out or to keep something within.

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Day 6: A Blind Target

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Operating and making decisions where the supporting witness is the infamous “they” is like being an assassin with an unknown target.

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