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The Person Behind Every Investment

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When people think about investing, they often think about wealth. Investments usually take the form of property, stocks, businesses, and other assets that promise future returns. We devote countless hours to learning how to build financial security and create wealth, yet one of the most valuable investments is often overlooked: investing in ourselves. The truth is that every successful investment has a close relationship with personal development. We frequently prioritize external investments while neglecting the person responsible for making, managing, and sustaining them. Investing in material things while ignoring self-improvement can be a costly mistake. Over time, I have come to realize that investing in other things while neglecting oneself often leads to failure. When the rewards of our investments finally arrive, we may not be prepared for the success that comes with them. Wealth, influence and opportunity require discipline, wisdom, and emotional maturity. Without those qualit...
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Beyond the Feeling: Faith as Verity

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“Faith is a knowledge, not a feeling.”   When I first heard these words, my mind wandered—what does that even mean? Shouldn’t I feel  like things are going to work out before they do? Isn’t faith the act of believing and emotionally affirming that I am at peace in my heart, and therefore confident that what I desire will manifest?  Unfortunately, no.  That is not how faith works.  Scripture says,  “For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe with confident trust that you have received them  and they will be given to you”. Faith had always appeared distant to me, something I needed to feel.  In hindsight, that ideology was far-fetched.  When “trust”  entered the picture, everything shifted.  To trust is to possess a level of certainty about an outcome or a person’s behavior. I can confidently say I trust someone because, time and time again, they have proven faithf...
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When Ease Breeds Entitlements

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Privilege is one of the most overlooked realities of life. It often comes quietly, wrapped in comfort, and for that very reason, it dulls our awareness. Comfort has a way of shutting our senses making us less able to recognize, appreciate, or even notice the blessings we carry. Many of the things we now take for granted were once sources of worry, prayer, or effort. Yet once comfort arrives, our minds shift away from gratitude. Privilege exists regardless of our emotional state; whether we are happy or hurting, hopeful or bitter. Somehow, in every season, there is always a measure of advantage or ease present. The ability to do certain things without stress or strain can slowly make us believe that such ease is normal, that we are entitled to it. But this is a dangerous illusion. Comfort and privilege are not entitlements; they are blessings. Admittedly, for some people, privilege and comfort act as zeal, enablers, and strong motivators. In many cases, they facilitate productivity and ...
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Growth: The Unending Journey

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Growth is a word that permeates our daily lives, often without us pausing to recognize its presence. It is not merely a concept reserved for monumental milestones or dramatic transformations — it is a continuous, quiet force that moves us from one version of ourselves to the next. You need not take enormous strides to have grown. Every small shift, every subtle change, is evidence of progress. A Personal Reflection When my co-writer and I first launched this blog, we were eighteen years old. Today, we are older; chasing ambitious goals, finding our footing in pursuits we are passionate about, and navigating a world far more complex than the one we knew then.  That distance between who we were and who we are becoming is growth in its truest form. Growth arrives rapidly and in ways we often do not anticipate. It is biological, personal, cognitive, professional, emotional, social, financial, and spiritual. It does not always announce itself. I have personally lost track of several ins...
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Hold It In

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Ever feel so angry or extremely furious at someone but you just can't pinpoint why? One minute, you're so happy and calm; talking your hearts out cause he or she is a very dear friend and the next out of nowhere there's an argument. At that point in time all you want to do is get as far away from them as  possible, mainly because you're afraid of what you might say or do in order to hurt them. There are times when you actually follow that instinct you have. You end up screaming your head of or rattling out all the horrible and most hurtful words you've ever heard just to make them feel the way you feel; to impact that same amount of searing pain and if possible an even greater amount. At that moment, when every single thought you have is making sure you scar that person for life, that's the point where you must remember to breathe. That's the point where you must hold your tongue. Rage or anger is a very strong emotion. It tears you up on the inside, ripping...
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Are you motivated?

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Mental Slavery : the tragedy of society

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Once upon a time, there was this huge elephant that was caught and sent to a tour park. At the park, it was bound in the foot by a heavy shackle fastened to a thick metal bar. Considering the enormous size of this giant, it would take just a split second to pull up the bar with a single powerful strive. But anytime it tried moving, the feel of the chain on its foot kept it restraint. For years it lived in the park, until a wild fire destroyed a large portion of the grazing field, and the caretakers decided to release the animals back to the forest before they starved. The chain on the elephant's foot was removed, but for hours, the caretakers observed it still stood where it was, not moving beyond the boundaries of the territory the chain had dictated for it. It had become so accustomed to its limitations that it couldn't even feel liberation when it came its way. In many ways, most of us, youth of today, are just like this elephant in self-image. In reality, our potenti...
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