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- I'm letting go of the notion that I'll achieve happiness through material wealth. I'm working hard at a job I love; I'm able to support my family and still share precious moments with them. Being with my family and enjoying life is where I find happiness...
- I'm letting go of my old self, or at least I'm trying to. I've just had this false confidence, and false pride in myself. I pretend too much, I pretend to smile, I pretend to care, I pretend to empathize, and I pretend to kind. I'm...
- I'm letting go of ...actually I've already let it go and so glad that I did! I had a great job for 17 years and planned on being there through retirement. but, funding got severely cut back and people in my age group began getting fired...
- I'm letting go of the bad people in the past. All of the negative things that have happened and just try and think of the positive things. I am letting go of the pain and the broken promises that I have been told. I am ready...
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- I'm letting go of being afraid, I've let go of being Afraid being only eight years old then, I didn't have any brothers or sisters to confide in so, I was always lonely growing up. Trisha's parents were there but they were always doing what parents...
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- What tradition do you carry on?Share a Story
- The tradition I carry on is lifeguarding. For three summers I'd walk to the YMCA in my Ohio town, climb the ladder, smear on lotion, and sit watching. Guarding felt assumed. My mother was a lifeguard and her sister and daughters had been guards. My sister...
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- Now is the time to let go of the past and focus on the present and future. What is happening around you is much more important than what happened many years ago. It is time to look towards your goals and do what you love. Do...
- Now is the time to do what has been scratching at your heart for years. You know, that little thing that pops up out of nowhere in the middle of a long conference call or drive to pick your kid up from school or when you...
- Now is the time I focus on my future, what I always wanted to do, and stop worrying about the passe. I can not control what happened yesterday but I can control what going to happen tomorrow. So if something was bothering me in the passe...
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- Now is the time as warmer weather reaches our tropical shores to celebrate the return of the sea turtles. The U S Virgin Islands has 3 species that lay their eggs on our clean sandy beaches: Leatherbacks, Green, and Hawksbills. The turtles all began their lives...
- Now is the time to give back to my community. I've wanted to start a seed lending library for a long time and now I'm retired and going forward with this project. Our local library has set aside space for catalog drawers that are filled with...
- Now is the time to wake up! We've been asleep, and not by choice. We've had our "normal" life exchanged for an "abnormal" life and some have even gotten the two mixed up. But as we wake up, we find we have choices, two paths. One...
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