Tag: SelfDiscovery
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When the Rent Comes Due
“Don’t let people live rent free in your life.” For a long time, I thought it was just a clever line. Now I know it’s survival. Because when you let people stay without paying their share—not in money, but in value—they’ll bleed you dry before you even notice you’ve been emptied. My life isn’t a…
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Loyalty Shouldn’t Lather
Loyalty. Everyone wants it. Few deserve it. Even fewer give it back.It’s simple—until it isn’t. Most people think they’ve got it nailed down, but life twists, people change, comfort runs out—and that’s when you find out what loyalty is really made of. The word itself sounds noble. Steadfast. Pure. Defined as: ‘Giving or showing firm…
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The Ghost of Control
You think it’s gone. The power you gave, the trust you placed. You think when the scene ends, it’s over. But it isn’t. It never is. What you gave doesn’t vanish—it haunts you. It breathes with you. It marks you. And that mark never leaves. Control doesn’t die when the cuffs come off. It lingers.…
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S.O.S
S.O.S. It started as a cry from the sea.Three short. Three long. Three short.A code so simple the world couldn’t mistake it.A signal that said: I’m in danger. I need help. Answer me. But here’s the thing—not every SOS comes from a sinking ship.Sometimes it comes from a body.Sometimes it comes from a soul.Sometimes it…
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I Have Zero Talent
I have zero talent.Everything I am and everything I know—I learned the hard way.Through mistakes. Through mess. Through the school of hard knocks.I’m self-taught.I’m self-made. I’ve got a lot of its. If I have it, I worked for it.If I wanted it, I saved for it.If I want to keep it, I take care of…
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Choose Your Hard
Life’s hard. Not in the Instagram-quote kind of way. In the real way. The way that leaves marks. The way that forces you to decide which pain you’re willing to live with—because either way, you’re gonna bleed. Marriage? Hard.You’re locking in with someone who’s gonna see every flaw, every bad habit, every ugly truth you try to…
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Never Anyone Else
Every now and then, I’ve been asked, “What’s it like to be you?” And the truth is, I don’t really know. I’ve never been anyone else. There’s no point of comparison, no test run in someone else’s skin, no “before” story to measure against my own. This road—rough in some places, sharp in others—is the only one…
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Grabbin’ Biscuits
Ever heard the saying, “you gotta risk it for the biscuit”?Nobody can quite pin down where it started—some say an old newspaper headline, some say an ad campaign, maybe just street talk that stuck. Doesn’t matter. What matters is why it stuck. Because deep down, we all know the truth inside it:Life doesn’t hand out biscuits.You…
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Embracing the Beauty of Almost
It’s hard to measure almost; cause almost doesn’t count. ~Dray Orion They say close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.But “almost”—that’s a different beast. Almost is dirty. It’s frustrating. It’s the bruise you keep pressing just to remind yourself you were in the fight.Most people write it off. No win? Doesn’t matter.But almost is where…
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If I Died Last Night
If I died last night… Would you be angry you didn’t call me back?Would you remember the last thing I said to you?Would it be something worth holding on to… or something you’d wish you could change? If I died last night, you’d hear people talk about me—and they’d list the bullet points.Where I was…
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