Courage Growth Meditations on Life from a Veteran Waiter So tell me something meaningful about your identity,” the interviewer asked. I blinked. It was a rainy morning and I was a wreck. My coffee spilled, and I could barely haul myself after a 2-hour-long bus ride. “Take your time,” she urged me. Finally, I found my last brain cell and obliged it to find a response. Then, I beamed and declared with gleaming eyes: “Well, I’m a waiter!” She looked at me, puzzled. This could have been a lovely response at an interview for McDonald’s. But it was an interview for a gap year program. Written by Orel Regev March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Growth Here’s How You Set Goals Goals can be reasonable. Success or failure is not the only possible outcome. Don’t be quick to dismiss quiet, ordinary, and reasonable work. Instead of being thin, set a goal to be healthy. Exercise for seven minutes five days a week. Eat at least one healthy meal per day. Encourage yourself to sleep well. It’s […] Written by Joel Mwakasege May 20, 2017May 20, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Growth This Tiny Life Habit Can Make a Big Difference in You life Have courage. Life is about choices. Cowardliness refuses choice. It says you have no choice. It says you need to tolerate. It says permission denied. It says you don’t have to speak up. It says what happens doesn’t concern you. Before you go back to sleep today, think, who got us here? What kind of […] Written by Joel Mwakasege May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Growth Winning is an Attitude: Winners do not Whine they Roar You were born to win. To be a winner. You must plan to win. Prepare to win. And expect to win. The main difference between losers and winners. Is in what they do. A winner is someone who has given his best effort. Who tried the hardest he can. Use every ounce of energy and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Growth Progress People on top worry. What will happen when they are no longer there? The rest of us worry. Will we ever get there? Why worry? Nobody cared when you were on the trenches getting those rejection letters. When you were living on one meal a day. Why worry? When you’re finally making progress. My advice, […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Growth Progress vs. Goals: Which Works Better? It’s better to make progress than to meet a goal. You will tell me, there are goals, that need to be done, to make other goals start. Let’s break this down. Goal: Buy $35 shoes to use on exercises to make progress toward living a healthy life. Wait for $35. Use that $35 to buy […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
One More Medical Treatment that Causes Infertility In Women I was 11 years old, waiting for the doctor to call me and my mom to come to see him. It was an exciting day that every relatively tall 11-year-old would experience; the day you get a glimpse into the future. They must have run a handful of tests, but I only remember finding out […] Written by Ysabeau Kloeg July 31, 2021August 10, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
When I Say I Love You I Mean It When I say I love you I mean it. I’m talking about how I feel when you open up the front door after a long day at work. The door swings open, you roll your bike into the kitchen, and a smile forms on your face. It quickly makes it way to your kind eyes […] Written by Abby Quigle July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Say I Disagree In a Smart Way One of the most troubling aspects of this new hyper-digital era is our crumbling ability to communicate with people who disagree with us. There is the sense that we are shouting across a void at one another — in completely different languages. Our rebuttals are locked and loaded as we scan tweets, posts, and articles […] Written by Kenton Klassen February 9, 2021February 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
4 Steps to Recover From Anxiety and Depression I took several steps to recover from anxiety and depression. But the moment I realized the severity of it all, I was sixteen years old. One night I had stripped down to take a shower, and before stepping in, I saw a profile of my body; I had always been a thin kid, but horror […] Written by Simon Hoffman January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What Narcissistic Fathers Do to Their Daughters and 7 Insecurities It Cause It was December. Another year had gone by and to my mom’s dismay- I was still single! I’d been dating for a while but there was no sign of “The One”. I was in a good place- my career was going great, I looked my best and had a few guys who were interested in […] Written by Anna Taylor December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Gynecologist Used Violence Against Me During My First Birth How many times have you been subjected to violence? How many times couldn’t you complain and shut up? How many times your reaction was only crying? It has been 10 months since I gave birth to my first child. I couldn’t get over the suffering and pain of childbirth yet. I have a lot of […] Written by Hadir Ramadan November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
