Whenever you feel yourself dropping into the
habit of despair, remember: it’s easier to
commiserate about being broke (and broken)
than to share those uplifting moments that
can stir and embolden us all. Negative talk
is the lame way out. Seek the smarter way in.
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“I can be changed by what happens to
me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
–Maya Angelou
From THE LIFE RAFT:
Rise Above the Tides &
Rescue Your Dreams
by CJ Schepers
(to be published April 2014)