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“Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

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That quote from Dr. Seuss is part of the header for NIA SPEAKS, and that is what I will be talking about starting…NOW! I’m gonna break this post down into 3 categories: CATEGORY ONE- Be who you are. CATEGORY TWO- Say what you feel. CATEGORY THREE- Figure out who matters and who doesn’t. Easy right? Okay. Let’s get started. CATEGORY ONE- Be who you are. “Be yourself. Everything else is…

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2010 just got dumped. Soooo 2011, how about those digits?

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I’m THANKING GOD for letting me make it through another year. However, I must address the whole “New Years Cliché”. Around the New Year season, almost everyone says, “This year is gonna be different than last year.” Many people expect their mistakes to be somehow erased with the coming of January 1. Let’s be serious. Not a thing will be different this year by just saying, “2011 is gonna be…

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Conformity

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“A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Conformity. The compliance with standards, rules, or laws has taken over individuals so that they can be socially accepted. Ironically, society pushes uniqueness because people are free. But when people are free to do what they please, they usually imitate each other. It is most times easier to conform and become the…

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FAILURE: When your best just isn’t good enough

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How do you deal with failure? Not the kind when you only halfheartedly did something but the failure that hurts. The failure that stings. That time when your put practically your life, your love, your all into something and STILL get unsuccessful results. That time when you spent forever and a day trying to perfect something, trying to sharpen your skill…spending SO LONG getting better at something, even spending what…

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“Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson

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WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, “Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich—yes, richer than a king, And admirably schooled in every grace:…

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Tomorrow: You’re only a day away?

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“Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow. You’re only a day away” When I was little, I always loved that song from Annie, probably my favorite one of them all. But now since I’m older and have a little bit more knowledge about how life works, I’m starting to doubt the song… We all know that there has been at least one time in life where we’ve said, “I’ll do that…

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