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Dreams, Struggles, and Breakthroughs
The dream showed up uninvited at 2 a.m. on a Thursday. I was wiping down tables at Rico's Diner, the same tables I'd been cleaning for seven years, when I caught my reflection in the window. Thirty-four years old, smelling like french fries and burnt coffee, with a notebook of unpublished stories shoved in my locker and a life that looked nothing like what I'd imagined at twenty-two.
By Fazal Hadi2 months ago in Motivation
I Stayed Quiet So Long, I Forgot My Real Voice
I didn’t decide to go silent one day. There was no clear moment, no dramatic turning point where I chose quiet over sound. It happened slowly—so slowly that I didn’t notice when my voice stopped sounding like mine.
By Imran Ali Shah2 months ago in Motivation
Why Failure Is Feedback, Not Defeat
Failure is one of the most misunderstood experiences in life. For many people, the word itself carries a heavy emotional weight—shame, disappointment, fear, and self-doubt. From an early age, failure is often framed as something to avoid at all costs. Exams are failed, goals are failed, expectations are failed, and each failure can feel like a personal verdict on ability or worth. However, when viewed through a healthier and more productive lens, failure is not defeat. It is feedback- information that guides growth, learning, and eventual success.
By Emma Ade2 months ago in Motivation
Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
The way people think about their abilities has a powerful influence on how they live, learn, and respond to challenges. Two contrasting ways of thinking- growth mindset and fixed mindset- shape how individuals approach success, failure, effort, and personal development. Understanding the difference between these mindsets can help people unlock their potential, improve resilience, and achieve long-term growth in many areas of life.
By Emma Ade2 months ago in Motivation
We Are Cats.
We are cats. Yes, we are. We are like cats in subtle, sometimes surprising ways. We wander through the world with a mixture of curiosity and caution, always watching, always observing, noticing details that others might miss. A flicker of movement, a change in tone, the way the sunlight falls across a room—these are things that draw our attention, just as a cat’s eyes follow a drifting leaf or a shadow on the wall. We approach life carefully, testing boundaries, gauging our surroundings before we leap. And yet, despite this caution, there is an undeniable boldness within us—a willingness to explore, to chase after what interests us, even when it carries risk.
By Lucious2 months ago in Motivation
You Don’t Need a “New You” in the Dead of Winter
I’ve been fairly preoccupied with pressing personal matters this holiday season (plus a family emergency for extra fun), because the universe’s timing is perfect as always with this stuff. But from the looks of my social media feeds, society still woke up [on January 1st] and decided it’s time for everyone’s yearly dose of intensity porn.
By Shannon Hilson2 months ago in Motivation
How to Live Your Truth
Recently, I watched a television show in which first-graders were discussing their truth. They were saying unbelievable things about discovering and recognizing their truth. They also emphasized what their truth was. The six-year-old boys and girls seemed confident about what they were saying. They were talking about the same things that are heard in adult conversations about their orientation.
By Margaret Minnicks2 months ago in Motivation
For 2026 — Success & Failure Live In You — Read The Life Manual
People tell you and show you their life through the manual of how they live. — Annelise Lords “I can’t do this anymore, Diane,” Joseph complains at their regular company meeting. “We are losing control. Nothing we do works.”
By Annelise Lords 2 months ago in Motivation
How to Identify and Deal with Emotional Triggers
Have you ever been having a good day, and you get a telephone call and someone mentions something that upsets you? Have you seen a person who reminds you of someone who caused you pain in the past? Have you ever heard a song that reminded you of something you would rather forget?
By Margaret Minnicks2 months ago in Motivation
What's Next If Changing Does Not Work?
We are taught a simple formula for progress: if something isn’t working, change it. The advice sounds practical, empowering, and modern. Change jobs, change habits, change strategies, change relationships. Movement is framed as growth, and stagnation as failure. But life has a way of complicating this neat equation. Sometimes we change everything—our methods, our mindset, even ourselves—and still nothing works. When change fails, what comes next?
By Fred Bradford2 months ago in Motivation
