Entries Categorized as 'Overcoming Challenges'
October 30, 2009
Please Note: This is a guest post by my spiritual twin, Zeenat Merchant-Syal, from Positive Provocations. Remember to subscribe (free) to her blog by Email or RSS.
“Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person. “
Warren G. Bennis
When Lisis recently wrote about her life in Nobody Trips Over Mountains, I was deeply moved to the core. Her story, and her being able to share it with the world, is simply courageous on her part. That post nudged me to become courageous too; well not as much as Lisis, but I’m trying.
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Learning and Becoming: Six Life Lessons
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October 18, 2009
Nobody trips over mountains.
It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.
Pass all the pebbles in your path,
and you will find you have crossed the mountain.
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Recently, a reader shared this passage with me, and it really got me thinking about some of the “pebbles” I’ve passed in my life. As I looked back on my story, I realized, I really have crossed a mountain. Here are just a few of the stops along the way:
I was born in Honduras, raised in Costa Rica until 6th grade, went to Middle School, High School and College in California, and grad school in Georgia.
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Inspiration: Nobody Trips Over Mountains
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September 24, 2009
Please Note: This is a guest post by my dear friend, Diggy, from Upgrade Reality. Enjoy!!!
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“Life will knock you to your knees and keep you there…if you let it.” –Rocky Balboa
Sometimes life can’t get better, you’re on top of the world, smiling from ear to ear, everything falls into place and it feels like we are invincible. It’s an awesome feeling to be high on life like that, those moments and times of peak happiness!
Other times can be less pleasant, sometimes even agonizing, and nothing seems to go right. We want to burst out in tears, come up with irrational ideas and sometimes completely abandon all hope and faith.
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When Life Knocks You Down
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