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Bankruptsy & Forgiveness

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    Forgiveness is a quality that is both truly vital and terrifyingly unattainable without God. I’m sure all of us have good intentions at one point or another; I know that we all long to forgive because that means that the hurt is in the past, that we are solid and unmovable, that our [...]

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Desperation for God

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“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.”  Psalm 150:4 I’m excited because I’ve made a decision in my life that I feel is something I can’t run away from.  Over the last several years, the idea of becoming a yoga instructor has continually crept upon me.  I never [...]

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How to Make Your Own Decisions

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It’s in my nature to try to absorb every single bit of information that I can about something I’m ridiculously interested in.  For example, when I wanted to run, I read runners’ blogs, I read articles about running–about what clothes to wear, what shoes I should have; I looked at pictures of runners.  I read [...]

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How Changing Your Perspective Can Change Your Life

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Yesterday I wrote this post about how to overcome fear.  Well this post is similar in the sense that we’ll still be discussing overcoming fear, but this time we’re focusing on fixing our thoughts.  Yesterday I talked about how I was overwhelmed by fear and depression when I’d gotten pregnant at seventeen and had a [...]

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Where Do You Belong?

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This blog began as a sort of motivational tool to help people achieve the inner desires they have by way of encouragement.  Since the entries were hacked into and then deleted, I’ve been unable to update or reinvent it simply because I moved to Hawaii from California and didn’t have the time (or the internet!). [...]

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I’ve-Been-Holding-Back-Paralysis

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I’m reading the book, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life.”  Can I just say, Go out and buy this book immediately if not sooner?  No, really.  Stop reading this, go buy it.  Srsly–there’s a link right there, click on it.  Go buy it, then come back and [...]

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I Reach For The Stars

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I guess I’ve been successful to a degree in my adaptation to minimalism, considering I only have one entry in this blog!  Organica is the name I’ve chosen for my experiment of all things fresh and new.  It’s a play on the words “America” and “organic”, in hopes of merging the two together.  I’d like [...]

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The Experiment of Minimalism & My Limited Experience Of It

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// // If you want to know the truth, I’ve never been into the whole “organic” thing.  I thought it was for people trying to make a statement–for people who were trying to get attention.  When I became interested in all the health benefits, I’d quietly and secretly add them to my life without advertising [...]

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