When I started my master’s degree course work in May 2008, I hadn’t been in an academic program for several decades. I dove in with the enthusiasm and determination born of pursuing education as a calling rather than an obligation. I finished my master’s course work in April 2011, passed my oral ... Views: 1865
Upon visiting my dentist during my college years, he said he was concerned about one of my teeth, “Looks like you may need a root canal.” It was not a good time for me so I ignored him as well as the little voice inside my head that nagged at me, “There’s something wrong with your ... Views: 1305
I’m not exactly sure when it started, but there came a point in my life when I had a growing sense of purpose. There was something I was supposed to be doing, something the world needed from me. I envisioned it as a pair of shoes that were custom made to fit me and only me and they were waiting ... Views: 1320
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” This little rhyme was one I used many times as a child when someone was taunting or teasing me or calling me names. I was trying to keep myself safe from the words of another, but the truth is, their words did hurt me. I could ... Views: 2671
Have you ever watched children play and envied the focus they bring to everything they do? Children live entirely in the moment, unburdened by the past or worry about the future. In early childhood, we are naturally assertive in standing up for ourselves and speaking the truth and there is a ... Views: 3279
I sat there frustrated, disillusioned and diminished by someone I was absolutely sure I didn’t want to be with. He said, “I could never be with anyone else” and a week after I broke up with him he was indeed, dating someone else. I asked myself, “Why do I care so much?” while at the same time, I ... Views: 1546