“Time is a liar. Stop letting the calendar tell you what’s possible. It doesn’t know who you are. It has no clue what’s still alive for you. Culture measures age in years. It tells us to grow older and grow up. To be reasonable. To trade aliveness for safety. But maturity is not measured byContinue reading “Some Thursday Inspiration”
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Wandering Wonderland
“We don’t always get to choose the season.But we do get to choose how we live inside it. We get to believe that God loves us, is for us and with us in all of it.” Dr. Edie Wadsworth By: Gabriela Yareliz Wonderland was a strange place where absurdities abound, much like life. Planning hasContinue reading “Wandering Wonderland”
“Cesar Chavez is just a man.”
By: Gabriela Yareliz One woman was 13 when the abuse began. Some were 8 or 9. Horrible to let that sink in. Dolores Huerta and other women have come forward to detail the abuse they suffered at the hands of Cesar Chavez, the NYT is reporting in an explosive report. There are archives, recordings andContinue reading ““Cesar Chavez is just a man.””
Wonderwall
“And all the roads we have to walk are winding And all the lights that lead us there are blinding There are many things that I would like to say to you.” “Wonderwall,” Oasis By: Gabriela Yareliz I thought of Mr. H this week. He was my middle school math teacher, the first year IContinue reading “Wonderwall”
Overwhelmed with Darkness
By: Gabriela Yareliz Our hearts are so heavy with grief, we don’t know where to look. Spiritually, you feel the darkness. I am tired of seeing Christian children killed in worship and going to school. I am tired of seeing law-abiding citizens get killed and criminals turned loose and defended. I am tired of theContinue reading “Overwhelmed with Darkness”
The Violence of Growth
“Growth is violent like that. It doesn’t happen without endings. Without death. Without the parts of you that are clinging to control finally being ripped away. So I’ll ask you: how many times have you already died? And maybe… the next chapter of your growth is waiting for you on the other side of theContinue reading “The Violence of Growth”
Noise, Despacito
“You need to build a mausoleum in your head with big iron doors so that nobody can get in there except you. You don’t let me in there, you don’t let June in there, you don’t let your manager in there, you don’t let the record company people in there. You have to decide forContinue reading “Noise, Despacito”
Regret and the Present
By: Gabriela Yareliz Just saw an Asian guy jump the turnstile. I wanted to scream to the girl with him who paid to run fast from this cheap fool. Life is tragic when you are criminally cheap. Jordan B. Peterson talks about how we can’t twist reality and then avoid having it snap back atContinue reading “Regret and the Present”
Thought to Action
By: Gabriela Yareliz Follow every negative thought with a positive action, Erwin McManus said explaining one of his key practices. This is a key to growth and rewiring. This is how we train our brain. It will learn to expect the positive follow-up to the negative trigger. This made me wonder how our lives wouldContinue reading “Thought to Action”
Thank You, Peter Segal, et al.
By: Gabriela Yareliz In Tara Schuster’s last book, there is a scene where she sees her therapist, and she tells her therapist that she is feeling really anxious. She describes everything that has been happening, and her therapist patiently listens, and at the end, the therapist tells her, “You aren’t anxious, you are furious.” IContinue reading “Thank You, Peter Segal, et al.”
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