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ACCEPTANCE IS NOT DEFEAT

May 7, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

Accepting is NOT defeat, it’s adding layers of intimacy with the universe or higher power and getting more acquainted with them. -Kyle Higgins, Mental Health Counselor Does acceptance of something that didn’t go your way a form of defeat? This is something my counselor and I recently talked about in a grueling session. For new … Read more

WOUNDS (WHAT DO PHYSICAL WOUNDS AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDS HAVE IN COMMON?)

May 4, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

Physical wounds and emotional wounds share more in common than you may think. We can’t bury our emotional abuse and hope it goes away. It does not and that emotional abuse will surface again.

SOCIAL MEDIA – EVIL OR GOOD?

April 29, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“We don’t have a choice whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it.”
-Eric Qualman

Is social media a significant root of evil? Have we succumbed to it to a point of being a genuine hazard?

FOLLOWING YOUR INNER FASHION STATEMENT

April 27, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
-Lao Tzu

We all are swayed by it at one point or another. We all have, at least once, been allured by it, many times at a high cost. I’m talking about fashion.

DOMETIC VIOLENCE – PART 2 (MALES) – REPOST

April 22, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“…Sexual abuse is no object to age, gender or sexual orientation.”
-Journalist Justina Bakutyte

In the first part of this post, I explored some possible reasons why people who are abused stay in those relationships longer than a person looking on from the outside might think they should.

In this part, it’s my intent to explore that subject further but with one difference. This post will focus on a lesser discussed topic; males who are abused.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – PART 1 (REPOST)

April 20, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“It is better to break your own heart by leaving an abusive relationship rather than having that person break your heart every day.”
-Unknown

How many times have you either said or heard someone you know say:

“He/she hits me but really does love me.”
“That’s not him/her, that’s just the anger. It’ll get better soon”
“I should try to be a better person.”

REACTIONS “LEARNING WHAT REACTIONS MEAN IN COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS”

April 6, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN THAT CATCH US OFF GUARD. WE OBVIOUSLY WILL REACT TO THESE THINGS, EVENTS, AND UNEXPECTED EVENTS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL. WE WILL ALSO “REACT TO OTHERS” WHO SURPRISE US WITH UNEXPECTED NEWS. WE ALSO SHOW REACTIONS WHICH ARE RESPONSES WE EXPRESS WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT PROCESS BEFORE REACTING. THIS CAN BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM … Read more

CAN ATTACHMENTS CAUSE DETACHMENTS?

April 6, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

Too much of anything is almost always a detriment.

-Unknown

Can certain types of attachment become counterintuitive by causing more distance?

I’m Listening

April 1, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”
-Bernard Baruch

I’ve often felt that sometimes it’s better to let someone know you’re there for them rather than try to be their savior (unless they specifically indicate otherwise).

VULNERABILITY- IS IT A STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS?”

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

VULNERABILITY AND HOW IT APPLIES ITSELF IN A SAFE, SUCCESSFUL LOVE RELATIONSHIP

IMPRINTING “DO YOU KNOW HOW TO IMPRINT?”

March 29, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

USING A FOUR STEP PROCESS AND GUIDANCE WITH AFFIRMATIONS WILL IMPRINT YOUR DREAMS INTO REALITY.

GRATITUDE FOR THE EXPECTED

March 25, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
-Aesop

In several of my previous articles, I’ve talked about expressing gratitude for both big and little things in life. But have you ever considered being thankful for what you want or need but don’t have?

DETOURS “GETTING BACK ON TRACK AFTER UNANTICIPATED LIFE EVENTS”

March 22, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS IN LIFE IS TO SET GOALS. ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IN LIFE IS TO FOLLOW THEM WITHOUT A DETOUR OF SOME KIND. WHAT CAUSES US TO “TAKE A DETOUR” FROM REACHING OUR DREAMS AND GOALS? IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW DETOURS ARE VERY COMMON, AND WHEN THEY OCCUR, … Read more

HITTING ROCK BOTTOM

March 22, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Hitting rock bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”

-Michelle Parsons

Is there actually such a level as rock bottom? Or is it just an expression?

By definition, hitting rock bottom is losing everything possible to the extent that ascension of any kind is ostensibly impossible.

ALICE, WE SEE YA & HEAR YA!

March 18, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“There is no reality, only perception. Identify the filters through which you view the world.”

-Dr. Phil

Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting at your desk, on the phone. You want to write down a number so you reach for a pen and a piece of paper. But as you reach for your pen, it becomes smaller and smaller till you wonder if it’s even there or just a hallucination. With some struggle, you pick up the pen. You reach for a piece of paper but now that seems to messing with your mind too. The paper becomes bigger and bigger till it covers the whole room.

Are you going crazy? Relax. You’re not.

GOING TO WONDERLAND TOMORROW!

March 16, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.”

-Unknown

Today’s quote appears on every single side mirror attached to cars. Rarely, if ever, do people think about it apart from when they’re driving.

DEREALIZATION & DEPERSONALIZATION

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“We own our bodies, our dreams…whatever has been taken from us…it is and always has been our own.”
-Tianna G. Hansen

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by the surrounding environment that everything becomes a fog?

ASSUMING MAKES AN *SS…(REVISED)

March 11, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Before you ‘assume’, try this crazy method called asking.”
-Unknown

The year is 2000. I’m in high school. The bell has rung and I’m about to go from choir class to Spanish class. Spanish class has two textbooks which my teacher, Mr. Brown, uses interchangeably.

SUPERSTITIONS – (REVISED)

March 9, 2021 by NEEL TRIVEDI

“Future endeavors with superstitions attached to them have the same probability of coming to fruition that anything else does. Either they’ll come to fruition or they won’t. Had they been anything more or less, the world would be a much different place.”
-Excerpt from upcoming short story “Howl of Freedom” by Angie Verhoeven

Are you superstitious?

PIZZAZZ DO YOU HAVE IT?

March 9, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

WHAT IS PIZZAZZ? WHAT DETERMINES IF YOU HAVE IT OR DON’T? IS IT A PERSONALITY CHARICHARISTIC OR IS IT A SOMETHING A PERSON DEVELOPS? WHAT ADVANTAGES MIGHT ONE HAVE IF THEY HAVE A NATURAL PIZZAZZ OR DISADVANTAGE? BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER, LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEANING OF PIZZAZZ IN OUR WEBSTER DICTIONARY … Read more

CHARACTERS #WRITERS-HOW TO CREATE AUTHENTIC CHARACTERS IN OUR STORIES

March 9, 2021March 7, 2021 by Samantha Leboeuf-founder/daily wisdom words, LLC

MUCH EFFORT GOES INTO CREATING A CHARACTER FOR A NOVEL, PLAY, SHORT STORY OR SONG. YES, ALL OF THESE KINDS OF WRITING NEED GOOD OR BAD DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS WHEN CREATING INTEREST FROM OUR READERS INTEREST IN ANYTHING WE WRITE. THIS POST WILL GO INTO KEY EXAMPLES WHICH CREATE A GREAT CHARACTER IF YOU USE THESE … Read more