Tag: inspiration
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Tell your stories to connect and dicover: no shame, no blame!
I attended City Speaks, a storytelling event, last night in Pompano Beach, Florida, which reminds me, back in the days in my homeland Haiti, when my dad used to gather us together, just to tell us stories. Sometimes, they were folktales of Bouki and Malis, the villain and the smart; and other times it was just […]
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware, an author who worked in palliative care, wrote “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.” They are: 1.- I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2.- I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. 3.- I wish I had the courage […]
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Tiger Woods is back to the top. How his ladder climbing out of a slump can help you climb your own ladder?
I don’t play Golf. I even don’t understand the game in its entirety. If I had to explain it, I would say- and correct me if I am wrong- this is a game played by affluent people who have time, money, and prestige on large pristine green grass open-air courses where they discuss business, politics […]
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Build confidence, destroy fear, and live the life you want. No regrets!
The following notes are from The Magic of Thinking Big, an outstanding self-development book, published by Dr. David Schwartz. Fear is real. Fear is psychological. It’s success enemy No 1. Fear stops people from capitalizing on opportunity; fear wears down physical vitality; fear actually makes people sick, causes organic difficulties, shortens life; fear closes your mouth […]
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My understanding of Christian Spirituality based on the reading of “Guiding principles for a Christian Spirituality” by Michael Downey.
I understand Spirituality as a human quest to discover where we, human beings, are from, where we are going, our connection with each other, and in a large extent, our relationship with a Higher Power greater than ourselves. Therefore, Christian Spirituality is the global experience through time and space of this quest for meaning to […]
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Tennis Player Victoria Duval is back on the court and shared a life leadership lesson about her dreams, struggle, victory
I just read that story penned by tennis player Victoria Duval announcing her return to the court after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I was happy to hear she is now cancer free after she underwent chemotherapy and treatment. I feel inspired by her story. I know her parents. I went to the same school with his […]
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