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I want to apologize to you. I did not handle last night very well. I definitely said things that were on my mind, but could have chosen a better time and way to express my thoughts and feelings. When I left last night we agreed to table the break up until we have the chance to talk Thursday night. I am glad that we decided to do this, but I want you to know where I am coming from and what it is that I need. When I am face to face with you I tend to clam up and stop talking. Unless I get…

IMPORTANT: Please read every word in this letter very carefully. Do not skip over any of the words. To start, I do believe every word you said to me in your letter. I know you love me and miss me now. I understand you are trying to change, not only for me but for yourself. However, that does not mean you will not hurt me again. I have noticed that you have your good days and your bad days, just like any person. But on your bad days, you seem to just say anything that comes to your mind. In…

Whether you have a small business, work inside of a corporation, or are retired and starting round two, chances are you’ve struggled to to feel successful at one point or another. Maybe your big ideas and confidence gave way to the reality that it’s harder than you thought or harder than others made it seem (from the outside looking in). With my client’s permission, I wanted to share a part of her journey in the hope that you may see an echo of your own. Jenny wanted to create a business and do…

Results Interview 1: The 65 years male Doctor What is Motivation and how has your past experience play a role in what you are doing? He answered “Motivation is something that comes from within and pushes you to pursue things and achieve those things. I was born in a very poor neighborhood, both of my parents worked long hours so that my sisters and I can have clothes on our back and food on the table. They didn’t want us to lack anything. At a very young age, I knew I didn’t want to live like…

First thing I hear in the morning is my mom yelling "Aracely lla levantate floja [wake up lazy] and hurry up if you want to eat breakfast". Yeah I have Mexican parents but I was born here in the U.S. I find it funny when they speak Spanish and English in the same sentence. "Okay ma" I yell back. I check my phone for the time its 7:05 "shiz" I jump out of bed literally but I fall on my butt because the blankets were wrapped around my legs. "ow" Well at least I 'm not the only one that has this…

“Immigrants are the lifeblood of this country- we are a nation of immigrants…” Within The Tortilla Curtain” written by T.C. Boyle, and “Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden” written by E.L. Doctorow, many examples of social commentary can be found. The above quote is only one example provided by Boyle of the hypocrisy that goes on within the book. The reason the quote would be identified as hypocrisy is because Delaney, the character who said the quote, later goes on to terrorize an immigrant and…

“How much further until the finish line?” During a Cross Country meet you will find yourself asking this question quite a bit. You may think that a 5k is simple work, you’ve never run up and down hills for 30 minutes straight. Though these things may try and keep you down, you just keep pushing ahead until the next mile point. While running you seem to be in a whole new state of mind and determination. All thoughts disappear and all you can do is run. First I will explain how a Cross Country…

There came a time in my life when I experienced an event that made me realize what death really meant. When I found myself asking, why do people have to die? What does it mean to live? What happens when you die? When the man who was always there for me and taught me almost everything I know died, I realized what death was and what it meant to live. My family was told by the doctors that he only had a few hours to live because the surgery failed. I was in shock by the news. Why? This surgery was…

Tattered By Divorce I walked down the hall looking around at my house. It was still slightly dark outside only being 6am. The scent of coffee still lingered in the kitchen from even earlier that morning when my dad left for work. I had the last cup of the warm delicious coffee on my way to the office. I slowly made my way down the stairs that creaked with each step being careful not to wake anyone. I sat down at the old dusty computer desk to print my homework for school. I turned on the…

Some people call it a bucket list, others simply say this is what I want to do before I die. Some people set goals and others simply say they are just going to grab life by the bootstraps and go for it. Everyone tends to make plans for what they are going to do in their lives, but do they really ever consider what they might miss out on if they were too die right now. Everyone has goals they want to reach and things they want to do and that is why the set up a bucket list. I personally only have…