Tag: identity
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My Only Desire…
Let me begin by addressing the question at hand..my life is certainly not what I pictured a year ago… kinda! I embarked on a trajectory of life a year ago forcibly down a familiar path to find purpose in life. I did not want to take this beaten path but felt like I had no…
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The way you are..
When I close my eyes I see you gazing back at me Those doe eyes filled with sorrow and yearning, set me free! When I wander near wild jasmine I feel you next to me Your soft silky hair so ravenously black my pillow it used to be! Huddled, cuddled we would spend the night…
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A doorway to the unknown…
Unshackled freedom is what writing embodies in my eyes.. When the pen glances the page or the keys strike, the writer is constrained only by their imagination, skill and perseverance. There is a strange romance to being able to pen your words that may not so easily be uttered, for instance to the love of…
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A Wicked Game
A surreptitious encounter unforeseen Emancipated hearts bound together in a dream Cautious though they were, now caught in Love’s scheme True Love will never die Despite how hard you try Hiding it will only make you cry Denying it a great, foolish lie! A wicked game of pain The fear of re-uniting again Separation now…
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Overcome Fear!
What fears have you overcome and how? Life can be a scary, uncertain time for many of us. I find this quote below by Sholom Aleichem describes the state of affairs rather aptly… Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.–…
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What do you treasure?
A person’s most prized possessions are the ones they treasure above all else.As a person matures in life they glean from experience that the material is ironically immaterial in the scheme of things. It is not any specific objects of desire or allure that we wish to possess, rather it is the utility, nostalgia and…
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What’s Destroying Modern Relationships?
A relationship is defined by the Collins dictionary as “a close connection between two people, especially one involving romantic or sexual feelings.” You may posit there are many contexts in which relationships exist, like a friendship, tenant-landlord or boss and employee. However, a “close connection” foreshadows that deep and intimate longing one has for their…
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Failure to Success..
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Apparent Failure.. If we were to see ourselves from outside our own bodies we would find us to be quite curious creatures. I was contemplating the notion that each of us can never observe our own face… all we can see is…
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Way to go..Ego!
I have come to realise that this three letter word has engineered the fall of many a great empires, governments, relationships and individuals! What is ego? “It is defined as your conscious mind, part of your identity that is your self.” – Vocabulary, 2023. If one’s ego is such an integral part of who we…
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What is a Patriot?
What does being patriotic mean to you? Patriotism has been, is and will probably be one aspect of life that will stir up the emotions of people. I can certainly say that I am patriotic, for it is a sense of identity that is either given to us by the country of our birth or…
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