Step 2 in standing up straight

To make a plan. Let me explain. This morning when I was praying, I asked God to change me – please take away my control-freak nature God, it’s making me miserable because I expect others and things to happen the way I want them to. Well, if you live in the real world you’d know [...]

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Step 1 in standing up straight

One of the most important steps towards standing up straight is to be able to be comfortable with my own thoughts and decision.  It’s not straight forward for me most of the times because others’ opinions tend to shake my footing an awful lot.  On my dresser mirror I have this list of “things which makes [...]

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New year resolution 2

Another thing to remember about standing up straight is to remember this – today is a gift…. so treasure it.  Not letting people, things and circumstances grip me is one big step towards standing up straight. I have a very funny mind – it goes off tangent when things do not happen as I expect [...]

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New year resolution

I have survived the recent holiday season.  Only just.  It was a holiday I didn’t wish I had.  But with every “hardship”, it comes with its lesson. The lesson is to know how to stand up straight.  When I lean on another person, there is pressure being applied to him or her – my emotion, [...]

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