Everyone has gifts and everyone has dreams; sadly, too many people bury their dreams because of fear or a lack of encouragement. I remember when I heard this quote in a movie how it resonated: “Everyone dies, but not everyone lives“. How is that possible you may think, you are alive and breathing but does…
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Having a strategy or a plan is essential not only in life but also on the tennis court. While setting goals are great, if you do not have a strategy or plan of attack, your goals will never become a reality. You won’t lose weight if you do not implement a plan; you won’t own…
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Oxford Dictionary defines addiction as the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity. However, that still leaves a lot of confusion. So, taking it one step further, it is the physical and mental dependence on a particular substance or activity. Is every addiction bad? An addiction is bad when it…
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I was heading to the gym with trepidation one day, convinced that I would be unable to do half a lap in the pool. I was also equally convinced that if I was able to swim a half a lap, I was not going to be able to do my usual thirty-five laps. Somehow the…
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Thanksgiving traditionally gets the season started and many use this holiday to give thanks for family and good friends; however, it should not be the only time that we give thanks, every day that we wake up we should give thanks. Just about everyone gets excited at the prospect of Christmas. However, it is not…
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There are some things in life that you cannot change, rather than lose sleep over those things, find a way to make peace with them and accept them. Acceptance-as defined by the Oxford dictionary “is the agreement with or belief in an idea or explanation; and or a willingness to tolerate a difficult situation”. Thus,…
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