Thought Catalog
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You Glow Differently When You Let The Pain Go
You glow differently when you let the pain go. The pain of the past. The pain of your childhood. The pain of your breakup. The pain of your failures. You glow differently when you don’t let pain define you. When you take the lessons it taught you and turn them into wisdom, into art or… Continue reading
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There’s Beauty In Your Scars And Stories
Every scar tells a story. Every scar changes you. Every scar makes you even more beautiful. The scars in your heart tell a story of bravery and vulnerability. They remind you of all the times you fell in love and the times your heart was fluttering with happiness. The times you put someone else’s happiness… Continue reading
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You’re Not Supposed To Have Every Answer, So Stop Trying To Race To The Finish Line
Guest post. You are not supposed to know everything right now. You are not supposed to have every goal achieved and every decision made as quickly as you can. You are not meant to race to the finish line of your life. There is a pace to life that we have to honor. We cannot… Continue reading
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Healing Means The Pain No Longer Controls You Even If You Can’t Forget It
Healing is a long process and it’s a long journey. There’s no right way to heal and realistically there’s no right way to forget. You don’t have to forget your deepest pain and you shouldn’t. It scarred you but it also changed you. It wounded your soul but it also taught you the art of… Continue reading
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Despite What You’ve Been Telling Yourself, You Are Valuable
Thank God it’s friday! Today I have a guest post from Holly Riodan. It’s dangerous to assume your worth is tied to any one thing, whether that’s your career or your relationship or your friendships. If you get your validation from a single outside source, then your sense of worth is going to rise and… Continue reading
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Be Kind To Others Even If It Hurts You
After reading this, you will be so amazed how the little boy reacted to the waitress. In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. ‘How much… Continue reading
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Never Let One Failure From The Past Hold You Back In The Future
Hey guys! On the blog today is another motivational story for someone out there. We start this year with a positive vibe. As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains,… Continue reading
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Damaged Souls Still Have Worth
Happy New Year fam! Yes! we made it yet again to another year of success. This story was inspired by a true life event. A shop owner placed a sign above his door that said: ‘Puppies For Sale.’ Signs like this always have a way of attracting young children, and to no surprise, a boy… Continue reading
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Struggling will make you stronger
Once upon a time, a man found a butterfly that was starting to hatch from its cocoon. He sat down and watched the butterfly for hours as it struggled to force itself through a tiny hole. Then, it suddenly stopped making progress and looked like it was stuck. Therefore, the man decided to help the… Continue reading
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Don’t Say Something You Regret Out of Anger
“There once was a little boy who had a very bad temper. His father decided to hand him a bag of nails and said that every time the boy lost his temper, he had to hammer a nail into the fence. On the first day, the boy hammered 37 nails into that fence. The boy… Continue reading
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Stop Worrying About How Successful Your Friends Are And Focus On Your Own Path
This is a guest post from Holly Riordan. Focus on your own path because you’re going to get sidetracked if you pay too much attention to the people surrounding you. You have to pour all of your energy into your own hopes and dreams, your own goals and milestones. If you’re dwelling on how successful… Continue reading
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You Can’t Avoid Suffering, You Just Pick What You’re Willing To Suffer For
You can’t avoid suffering. You can’t avoid pain. It’s a given and life becomes so much easier when we accept that reality. The more you care about someone, the more you’ll hurt when they let you down. The more you’re passionate about something, the more heartbroken you will be when you lose it. Ironically, the… Continue reading
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Remember This When You’re Searching For Yourself
This is a guest post. The truth is, you always find yourself something missing. There is no perfect state for you to feel complete, all the time. The truth is, you always find yourself lost somewhere in the middle of nowhere. No matter how far you go, no matter how deep you went through, you… Continue reading
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Sometimes An Ending Can Be A Blessing In Disguise
Sometimes endings force you to find new beginnings. They force you to step up and fill that void but you end up finding a lot more about yourself. You end up finding something better for you. You end up wishing you had ended things a lot sooner or had the courage to walk away from… Continue reading
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Easy Exercise to Quickly Shift Your Perspective: Seperating Fact From Fiction
Our reality is directly related to our perspective. If you complain about how much you hate your job, your relationship, the weather, the economy, your life, etc… then the Universe hears you and brings you more things to complain about- a traffic jam, unexpected bills, extra work that drains you of your vital life energy.… Continue reading
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