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Live your life

So get this… everybody has dreams right? Right. But at some point in their life, young or old, rich or poor, happy or sad – everyone has, not just dreams, but a dream. A goal. A wish. An idea of how “x” would be if “y” would happen. So what did happen? What thing occurred (or didn’t occur) that caused “y” to never see the light of day. When did the dream die?

I literally cannot…

I literally cannot…

Sound familiar? “I literally cannot.” I know I’ve said it. Plenty of times, actually. It’s become quite a bit of a catch phrase when people even think about a situation that seems unreal, or have the thought of doing something that is ridiculously hard to believe or imagine. Or when a situation arises that someone…

“Me Time” Moments Don’t Just Happen – They’re Made

“Me Time” Moments Don’t Just Happen – They’re Made

It’s 8:54 p.m and I’m sipping chamomile tea, sans sugar (I’m a fake-me-out grown up these days). I just dug thru the junk drawer in the kitchen by the sink to find the lighter. The lotus flower and bamboo 3-wick soy candle hasn’t been lit in a while, but tonight is the night. It’s long overdue. Alexa is playing a Jasmine Sullivan random R&B/neo-soul-ish playlist, and the honey-gold sunlight is fading into the greyish-blue sky. I’m writing from the sofa, under a light blanket, with the floor fan oscillating on medium. I’m taking time for me. Me time. And it’s absolutely not by accident.