philosophy – GABRIELA YARELIZ

Getting Yourself Back

“It turns out that when you stop trying to fix something that was never yours to fix, you get yourself back.” Tara Schuster

Wisdom and words by Andy Frisella: “FAIR WAS NEVER PART OF THE DEAL. WHO EVER TOLD YOU THAT LIED. SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE IT EASIER. SOME WILL START AHEAD. YOU’LL BE TEMPTED TO THINK: “THEY GOT LUCKY” NO, YOU GOT LUCKY. BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEARNED TO FIGHT. THEY’VE NEVER FELT REAL HUNGER. THEY NEVER HADContinue reading “Wisdom from AF”

“A Line in the Sand” by Erwin McManus

“God will silence your accusers.”

Friday Gratitude

By: Gabriela Yareliz This morning, the bridge looked metallic silver in the bright sunshine. A good Friday morning to you! The train is quiet aside from gentle sniffles and the train conductor who sounds completely unhinged, but it’s not his fault— it’s the intercom. Most people’s eyes are closed. We made it. Even the girlContinue reading “Friday Gratitude”

Wisdom from Martha Graeff

Words and advice by Martha Graeff: “1. Not everyone who loves you knows how to show up for you; 2. Peace is more valuable than being understood; 3. Boundaries will cost you relationships and then save you; 4. You can’t heal in the same environment that hurt you; 5. Being strong for too long teachesContinue reading “Wisdom from Martha Graeff”

Sarah Dessen is Back

By: Gabriela Yareliz I saw a guy with the tip of his hair flicked up with hair gel. It was such a 2003 moment. Speaking of 2003– I was thinking about the two writers who had many of us (me specifically) in a chokehold during the early 2000s. One was Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, writer ofContinue reading “Sarah Dessen is Back”

Welcome, March!

By: Gabriela Yareliz Happy March! We enter the month that invites an unstable spring into our lives. It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. -Charles Dickens It’s the season of spring break andContinue reading “Welcome, March!”

Thoughts and Favs from this Week 2.27.26

By: Gabriela Yareliz The snow piles remain. Winter has us all about to fling ourselves on the snow piles in resignation. “Just leave me here,” we want to say. But “onward,” as someone who does nothing at work typically says to those doing the heavy lifting. Onward, indeed. Today, I heard a clown horn (youContinue reading “Thoughts and Favs from this Week 2.27.26”

Wisdom on Winning by Andy Frisella

Words by Andy Frisella: “ASK YOURSELF… HOW CAN YOU INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF WINNERS IF THEY DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT WINNING LOOKS LIKE? THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THE REAL WINNERS DONT SHOW THEIR LIVES OR TELL THEIR STORIES BECAUSE THEY GET SO MUCH STATIC ABOUT IT. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUTContinue reading “Wisdom on Winning by Andy Frisella”

Keeping the Garden

By: Gabriela Yareliz Spring arrives on March 20. I love spring. It always arrives right on time— when winter has beat us up and left us in a heaping pile like the inches of snow dropped on us. Friday was exhausting. It was exacerbated by the anxiety that loomed over me when I realized IContinue reading “Keeping the Garden”