Take risks, be brave, and push yourself beyond your perceived limitations. Find your edges and live up against them. Know your boundaries and do not allow yourself or anyone else cross them. Do not be ashamed of who you are. Be compassionate toward others and understanding of who they are. Allow yourself to be vulnerable … Continue reading Edges And Boundaries
Win or lose, at the end of the day, you have to live with yourself. It is better to lose as the best version of yourself than to win being someone you would rather not be. In any endeavor, if you do your best, with integrity, honor, and courage, and do not leave an ounce … Continue reading Win As (And For) Yourself
Integrity alone does not guarantee happiness, but it does give us a solid foundation off of which to seek it. Lack of integrity, on the other hand, puts our emotional and psychological well-being in the hands of others. And the truth is, even the most well intended people cannot take care of us in the … Continue reading A Solid Foundation
We live in a world full of broken people, but we need not be broken by them. Some people are so unhappy that their only goal from day to day is to make others unhappy as well. They go out of their way to pull others into their misery. By intentionally causing conflict, they draw … Continue reading Drawn Into Conflict
Exhaustion makes us fragile. It makes us physically, psychologically, and emotionally weak. This is dangerous on many levels. Exhaustion causes us to think, do, and say things we otherwise would not. It drives us to make poor decisions. When we are exhausted, we more easily succumb to our baser natures, therefore becoming lesser versions of … Continue reading Exhaustion’s Price
