Markemmanuel

Inspiration comes from many places.

I realized that I never lived fully in the present during my long day.  I’ve been living primarily in the past and for the future.  The past continues to haunt me.  I look forward and worry about the future. “Be here NOW!” my philosophy/religion teacher told my class at least once a week in high school.

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Somewhere between enjoying what I have and being physically sick with my life, I decided to start fresh. It’s a process of stripping away layers of grit and soot during my short life. Details of who I am slowly emerge. It’s a delicate process much like restoring a work of art.

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We forget why we’re great and beautiful people.  Our society presses us to create a list of why we don’t like ourselves. We are conditioned in American society to find what’s wrong with ourselves.  Often times, it slows our growth and development because it demoralizes us instead of aspiring us to be better people.  The list grows quickly.  We need to step back and look inwardly and remind ourselves why we are great and what we are capable of doing.   Here are seven reasons why I’m awesome.  What’s on your list?

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We tend to forget our accomplishments and focus on our failures.  People around us remind us of our failures.  Others devalue what we did.  Without reminders of our accomplishments, we turn into little balls of negative energy.  We become less productive, more bitter, and find ourselves in a vicious cycle.  I decided to write down all my accomplishments, big and small.  After a few weeks of compiling the list, I’m presenting to you my top five accomplishments.

What are your five accomplishments?

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