Failed relationships can be discouraging. Often, you feel like your time was wasted. Maybe you gave it your all, but your effort wasn’t reciprocated. Maybe it was really toxic. Maybe it just didn’t work out because it wasn’t meant to be. It doesn’t matter how or why it ended; it can still be discouraging. We …
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Constants and Variables: God’s Love Never Fails
Life is crazy sometimes. College students across the world currently feel like the world is about four seconds from crashing down on top of them. Maybe you have a million meetings to make it to this week. Maybe you have four papers and three exams this week. Maybe you’re really stressed about your relationship or …
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Cold Blooded Murder: How Complaining Kills Your Happiness
Have you ever met somebody that’s such a Debby Downer that you dread having to be around them? They make it seem like everything that could go wrong for them does, in fact, go wrong. They spend a lot of time focusing on and talking about the negative aspects of their life and rarely …
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You Are Worthy of Time and Space
Anxious feelings are tough to deal with. They can present themselves in numerous forms and can stem from a multitude of causes. One specific issue I personally deal with is the fear of taking up too much time and space. This causes me to rush from place to place, in fear of walking too slowly …
One Smile at a Time: How You Impact the World Around You
I don’t know if you’ve ever realized it, but you have a big impact on the world around you. You may feel small. You may feel unimportant. You may feel forgotten, but the world around you wouldn’t be the same if you weren’t here. You don’t have to be making waves in society to have …
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Self-Care Isn’t Just About Bath Bombs and Candles
Self-care is so important. After a crazy day or a crazy week, it’s important to take some time for yourself. It’s important to find ways to relax and unwind because it helps keep your mind fresh and clear. Not all self-care looks the same, though. When we think self-care, we tend to think about long, …
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Irrelevant Expectations: How to Know When the World is Asking for Too Much
This world has all kinds of things to say about you. You’re supposed to be this, or you’re supposed to be like that. You’re supposed to do this. You’re supposed to act like this. It’s kind of hard to navigate the world when society is placing so many pressures on your back. What makes matters …
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Love: The Biggest Four-Lettered Word
It’s weird that a word as enormous as love can be conveyed in only four letters. Then again, the English language is really strange. I played Scrabble with some friends tonight and realized that if you add the letter “c” to the front of the word “loser”, it becomes “closer”. Think about that for a …
What We Can Learn From Bob Ross
If you ask anyone who knows me well who I admire most, they’ll tell you in a heartbeat… I admire Bob Ross. Yes, the former military sergeant turned painting extraordinaire and public television host best known for his show The Joy of Painting. You’d be surprised at how much random trivia I know about Bob …
Complex World, Simple Mindset 