By: Gabriela Yareliz What happens when you realize the person you (thought you) knew the best is a completely different person than you imagined? If you have been divorced or if you are a child of divorce, you know this can happen, and happen unexpectedly. Rumor has it, Strangers is on backorder. When was theContinue reading “Strangers”
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The Tunnel
By: Gabriela Yareliz I was on the train stuck in the tunnel. I was seated by the window, and I would lean toward the glass to see the darkness ahead. I was looking for the literal light at the end of the tunnel where the train takes the bridge toward Manhattan. We passed a deceivingContinue reading “The Tunnel”
Weigh the Role
“You get to decide who gets to be a part of your story, and how much.” Brianna Wiest By: Gabriela Yareliz Every day, we decide what roles and weight people have in our lives— the ones we choose and even the ones we are surrounded by circumstantially. It can be a boss, a podcaster, aContinue reading “Weigh the Role”
Life Force
This message from Erwin McManus is fire.
A To Do List by Rainier Wylde
“Get out in it. Wander. Be lost. Eat real food. Order the steak this time instead of the salad. Or both, why choose? Drink the expensive bubbly. Don’t save it. Light a flare, hold it up for everyone to see. Get outside. Sink your feet into the mud. Touch the sky. Call the friends youContinue reading “A To Do List by Rainier Wylde”
This Week’s Favs 4.22.26
“Confidence doesn’t come from believing in yourself. It comes from having done the uncomfortable thing enough times that your nervous system stops flagging it as an emergency. Because nothing is actually hard, it’s just unfamiliar.” Layla Shaikley This message: “Maybe because my mind is always overflowing, chaotic, holding a hundred ideas and emotions at once,Continue reading “This Week’s Favs 4.22.26”
Renovations
“Renovating teaches you something life does too: the plan almost never goes as expected. But the version that happens instead is usually even better.” Danielle Bernstein
Evolving
By: Gabriela Yareliz How silly that we want to return to familiar places yet we ourselves are not the same. Maybe it’s the notion that something we loved is no longer. But I suppose we must give space to everything to grow, evolve and be reborn.
A New Prayer
By: Gabriela Yareliz Have you ever prayed, “God, show me how good life gets”? (Mantra from Alyssa Hermann) I wonder what would happen if we did pray this prayer. Thirty days, and then, we all come back here and share what happened.
An Opening
“There’s something humbling about realizing your timeline isn’t real… [it] felt like an expiration date.Now it feels like an opening.” Danielle Bernstein By: Gabriela Yareliz I always want to play a game, but we never have enough people to do so. I got this new conversation game from Wilde Paper that I wanted to open,Continue reading “An Opening”
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