I work from a brown, wooden desk. On my left, a succulent plant with a name I can’t recall stands still as a scarecrow on a cornfield. A few paces to the right, and you’ll find a scented candle set apart by the lavender-colored coaster it rests on. There’s not much to see here, really. …
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Someone once asked me, “Can self-love be taught?” It was one of those questions that made you second guess everything you thought you knew about the subject. The more obvious answer to that would be, “It can be learned.” But can you actually teach someone to love themselves? What seemed like a simple question then …
The advice older people give to us young’uns is “know your place.” You don’t butt in on a conversation you’re not a part of. You keep away from things that aren’t yours, and you never bury your nose in someone else’s business. These are tried and tested golden nuggets of advice, and they’ve been around …
Imagine talking yourself into jumping out of a moving vehicle? It sounds idiotically funny. Maybe it passes for slightly adventurous. But it was one of the many soon-to-come dumb things I had talked myself into doing, and I have two permanent bumps on my skull to prove it. In this article, we’ll talk about the …
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“We write about the brokenness, but there is pain in being whole. In the desire to be more than that which we already are, and in realizing how sometimes our whole is quite lacking.” What role does self-love play in personal growth? My ten-year-old brother loves plants as much as he loves fried chicken. He …
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