The happiest moments were those where I chose. I decided the perspective within which I would view the world around me. They say that reality is 10% what happens to you and 90% what you perceive. It was in acknowledging this adage, that I realized the extent by which we are chasing what we have within us to choose.  We can choose to be happy. Resist the urge to feel disempowered by circumstance. Happiness is less fleeting when we move with intention. Framing the world around us in a way that...

Community now extends beyond our immediate settings and into a digital, and sometimes virtual reality. How we maintain balance makes all the difference when the objective is to grow, to contribute, and to connect.

Eventually, those who came to test you will realize they misstepped by overstepping, that your boundaries were always just as valid as anyone else’s. On their own they will come to the realization their small-mindedness only impacted their view of the world and bore no influence to your placement in it… and in that moment, hopefully, will they begin to acknowledge their own weaknesses.