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When you’re not feeling like yourself
Very few things in the day-to-day can be as uncomfortable, even draining, as not feeling like yourself, especially when you’re typically the cheerleader. It’s a different kind of ache watching your inner light go off. The good news is that it is temporary. But in the meantime, what do you do? I’m guilty of saying things like, “do the things you love when not feeling like yourself and you’ll come right back.” But I’m realizing that it takes a little more work than that. It takes awareness, it takes patience, it takes acceptance. The circumstances and your surroundings can either help or intensify that feeling, so being aware of where…
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Doubts and Sadness Walk Into a Bar
And by the time doubts and sadness came back out, you had your groove back. It’s all about the spirits you pour in it. Here’s the thing, I’m an emotional star. My light is bright and bright it shines, even when enfolded in doubts. It’s a contradiction how I find solace in solitude. Or so I swear by. Nobody but myself can put me together. Drop me in the desert and I’ll survive. Though some days I’ll cry out for company, I know I’ll survive. Sometimes I’m just mad that everything stays but nothing lasts. Or is it sad that I am? Mad and sad; sad and mad. Don’t try…
