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5 Benefits We Receive Only when We Forgive Others by Michelle Donice Gillis, Ph. D.
How bad is it to hold a grudge? We tend to think it’s our business whether we forgive someone or not. After all, it’s only emotions....
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Nov 12, 20232 min read
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Wanderlust by Michelle Donice Gillis, Ph. D.
(Photo Taken San Jose Costa Rica) As someone who has always had a strong sense of wanderlust, traveling has been an integral part of my...
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Nov 3, 20233 min read
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Whose Sandcastle Are You Building?
Lately, I've been thinking about the metaphorical sandcastles we women build and I have two questions to ask you, my dear reader, how...
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Jul 26, 20233 min read
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Small Beginnings
Yesterday I invited someone to my new boutique and I said, 'I know it's not much, but come see it." Almost as soon as the words were out...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Morning Rituals
I believe strongly in morning rituals. Through the years, I've noticed that when I'm intentional about setting time aside first thing in...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Makes Me Wanna Holler
Right now I'm sitting in a diner in Savannah, Georgia and the Marvin Gaye classic "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" is playing...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Making Time for What Matters
I hate to admit it, but I have not always been a good steward of my time. I've often squandered it and acted as if I had the ability to...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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I Will Love
In the past few years, I've found myself defending being a Christian. I've had people ask me how I could be a part of a religion that has...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Moonlight
There is the kind of light that makes me reflexively bring my hand to my eyes and temporarily blinds me. It’s the light of December snow...
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Jul 26, 20234 min read
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What I Know For Sure
There is so much in life that I don't understand and there is so much of this universe that I have never seen and probably never will,...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Surviving the Rip Currents of Life
“Enlightenment for a wave is the moment that wave realizes that it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.“
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Jul 26, 20233 min read
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Losing My Zen
Y'all I almost lost my Zen this afternoon in Walmart. It wouldn't have been pretty either. You see I was waiting in the 20 Items or Less...
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Jul 26, 20233 min read
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Fat Meat is Greasy
When I was in elementary school I had a music teacher who often used the expression "Fat meat is greasy.” It took many years for me to...
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Jul 26, 20233 min read
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I Don't Eat Shit
Why do people keep giving me their shit to eat and then call me ungrateful when I tell them that I don't eat shit?
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Be a Tree
"And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;...
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Jul 26, 20234 min read
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Burning Bridges
Recently when I was at a crossroads in my life, a dear friend showed up with a gift for no apparent reason other than Spirit put it upon...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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A Right to the Divine
I don’t believe God cares whom we love as long as we remain open to the possibility of love.
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Is it Morning?
There’s a story of a master teacher who speaks to his class and asks a simple question: “How do you know when it is morning?”
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Knitted Together
How many times have you looked in the mirror and wished that someone could know you for who you really are? Someone who you don’t have to...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Do You Know How Beautiful You Are?
Do you know how beautiful you are?
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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