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Two Thoughts
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Janelle Brown... These are VERY loud and VERY familiar. These thoughts sound something like this; “that is too hard”, “too much bother”, “I don’t have time”, “what’s the point”, “I am too busy”, blah blah blah… on and on for infinity.
S.T.R.I.V.E.
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The dictionary defines strive as ‘to make strenuous efforts toward any goal.’ While that is certainly what we intend to do here, I had a much different idea in mind when I conceived STRIVE with Janelle. To me, the word strive signifies a constant forward motion, never settling where you are and always working to be better. For me, S.T.R.I.V.E. means: Strength Tenacity Resilience Integrity Vision Endurance Yes, the meaning of STRIVE comes from the energy and significance of all those words. I believe in them and I am creating an interactive community where we can all share our ‘trial...
HOPE
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Someone recently asked me what I was aiming for when I started STRIVE with Janelle. Then they asked me that if I could foresee what changes, if any, would there be in the future based on these efforts. I’ve been thinking about this question for several days and I realized the answer in both cases boils down to the same thing. Hope. If you take a minute and look up the definition of hope it is both a verb and a noun. It is an action and a thing. It can be created and it can be exercised. In my...
Remembering To Nurture My Body First
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2015 was not a year I was sad to see go. It was a roller coaster of stress and hormones (I’m approaching “that age”). As I sat at my computer in early January I was at a low point. I felt my body had betrayed me. Suddenly it seemed I “found” 30 pounds I had once lost. Of course, it wasn’t all that sudden. It had been creeping back over the time I had forgotten to take care of me. To start with I was very angry with myself. I was beating myself up, telling myself I knew better and...
S Is For Strength
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The ‘S’ in STRIVE with Janelle is STRENGTH. Strength has many meanings for me and has so many degrees of intensity. It’s much more than the physical, look-at-my-biceps-strength. There’s mental strength, spiritual strength, and even emotional strength. There is strength in numbers, family, faith and friends. I see strength as moving forward, and accomplishing what you once thought was impossible. But, I also see strength in vulnerability. What can I possibly mean by that? Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. - Oprah Winfrey I dug deep a while ago, sought out support from comrades and resources I...