Tag: positivity
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Glimpses of Hope: (stories for when we get successful)
Everyday we fall, some harder than others. What matters is usually what we do about it, not the fall. Sometimes we don’t see the point to get up again. And sometimes, we see something positive during the fall and it sparks a need for a comeback. When you think you’re finished, and someone comes and […]
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Rewire the brain (stories for when we get successful)
Is it possible to rewire your brain? Take it from me, it IS possible.Allow me to take you back to 2011.2011, I was doing grade ten at Holy Cross High School, a brilliant school in the Eastern Cape, Mthatha. At the time I was not learned in neuroscience but I had trained my mind to […]
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Demotivated: (stories for when we get successful)
At the beginning, I was all pumped. The world was at the palm of my hand. I saw all the results already. Even people were clapping, so I started moving. The first stages had the biggest responses. From it, I got a hit of dopamine. I wanted to get it again and again. However, there’s […]
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Picture Perfect: (stories for when we get successful)
Dots are best connected looking backwards.However, knowing where you want to go helps in adjusting your behavior and aligning the best dots moving forward.Picture yourself saying, “I always knew I was going to end up here”.And as from today, you’ll act towards being able to really say those words. Nobody gave me a chance, I […]
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Keep Your Eyes to Mr Blue Sky, Always remember to smile.
Always remember to smile, she would say. As I’d sing my last breath away, always remember to smile, my choir conductor would chant. Mercy, have we not given enough?, I’d wonder, as a Grade 3 kid, learning to sing in a manner that felt way too organised with the opera singer in each of us […]
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