Memento Mori

Blind loyalty has to be without a doubt one of the most self-sabotaging and detrimental behaviors currently running rampant through our people like a pandemic far deadlier and inevitably more contagious than Covid-19. And no, I’m not just talking about aligning with the appropriate colors of your political party and affiliation, but in all aspects […]

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And in the End, the Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make

Love is the most powerful force in the world, capable of burning down whole cities, destroying empires, igniting wars, facilitating a new era, fostering the growth of a nation, and conquering any demons threatening to dismantle our entities. Nothing like love can be as capable as causing so much pain and hurt, but also instilling […]

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F*ck Your Feelings

Feelings are often attributed to what makes us human in life, the sole connector to our minds, body, soul, and spirit. But emotions are flawed and fickle; they can cloud our judgment and trigger inflammatory responses and knee jerk reactions and dilute our thought process. It’s a never-ending battle that exists within us, choosing between […]

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Guilty as Charged

What’s your toxic trait? This is something I’ve been trying self reflect a lot on lately. We are always so focused on the ways in which we have been wronged and the people who have treated us poorly that we can tend to gloss over the internal conflicts causing chaos within ourselves. “Until people take […]

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Trying my Best to Eliminate Stress

Stress. One word. 6 letters. A whole bunch of reasons behind it. If you’re anything like me, you find yourself getting frazzled constantly, and often by exceptionally minute things that just tend to pile up over time. Little by little, the grains of sand start forming eclipsing dunes and you’ve made mountains out of mole […]

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Sometimes, You’re the Pigeon-Sometimes, the Statue

I really need sleep. It’s amazing how when our natural circadian rhythm or our REM cycle is off, how much less progressively we function in life. Lo and behold, I can hear someone overtly breathing in my presence with little sleep and I am likely to implode under the bottled anger pent up in my […]

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A Work in Progress

It’s been a rough week, mentally, physically, and spiritually. I really hate to complain when I feel exceptionally fortunate to be able to pursue my dreams and strive for great accomplishments, but this does not mean an overworked, burnt out feeling ever escapes me or that every day I wake up feeling ready to tackle […]

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