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11 Inventions We Can Thank Women For

Deborah Sampson, was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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As founder and CEO of WomenOne, Dayle Haddon helps women and girls around the world access to quality education. A recipient of the UN’s Humanitarian Award, Haddon says that when a girl is educated there are fewer occurrences of HIV-AIDS and violence goes down, making the world a healthier and safer place for all. “A child born to a mother who can read is 50 percent more likely to survive beyond the age of 5,” she says. Currently, the organization’s focus is on Nanyuki Kenya, where research showed that girls were most at risk. During a recent trip to a Syrian Refugee camp, WomenOne created a media and leadership workshop for Syrian refugee girls from Zaatari camp, and their recent Centers of Worth helps adolescent girls stay in school and provides social, emotional, and academic counseling, health education, and financial and digital literacy training. (Make sure you don’t miss this touching story about college students who dress up as Disney princesses to cheer up children with cancer.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=inspiring+stories+about+strong+women&biw=360&bih=251&prmd=insv&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidiYjE89naAhWr5lQKHWAnDNgQ_AUIECgA

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."—Martin Luther King, Jr.

So, how did I manage to turn those nasty rejections into strength?

Step 1: Accept Rejection

First, accept the fact that you have indeed been rejected.

Yes, it is not a pleasant feeling. But hey, isn’t life about overcoming, not giving in, not giving up? Living in denial would mean constant avoidance of problems and stagnating in life.

Step 2: Redefine Your Strategy

Secondly, take the rejection as an opportunity to expose holes in your approach. Be humble in yourself and note what it is that a company or hiring individual did not like about your presentation or strategy.

If you are certain you will not receive a job for one reason or another, take the opportunity to learn something from a critique. Being told what is lacking, odd, or confusing about your presentation of yourself gives you a chance to redefine your strategy. This can mean a whole new way of presenting you which should inspire anyone to be better at the work game.

Step 3: Turn Rejection into Higher Personal Power

Many people who have succeeded at their highest level have often been rejected early on. Their careers are often mired in one rejection after another by supposed “masters” in their type of business.

You have probably heard of Colonel Sanders, the founder of the fast food chain KFC. How did Colonel Sanders become an unbelievable success? He was born neither rich nor educated. In fact, he was 65 years old when he fulfilled his dreams. Many people laughed in his face when he went around knocking on every restaurant’s door, trying to convince them that sales could improve by using his recipe. After being rejected 1009 times over a period of 2 years, he finally succeeded.

We also have renowned leaders in the political and business arena who were like Colonel Sanders. Look at the founder of Walt Disney who was turned down 302 timesbefore he got financing for creating Disney World. In addition, the former Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill was defeated in every election for public office until he finally became the Prime Minister and fulfilled his dreams at the age of 62.

The key to success is being able to turn rejection into higher personal power. Instead of mulling over the last rejection, immediately focus on how to do things more effectively and better the next time. Let yourself improve, and show that you can evolve and improve.

Even if you are unable to get/keep the work you desire, you will have acquired a new skill for when the next opportunity arises. Life does not have just one job for each person, and being inspired to gain a new skill will inevitably help you in the future (in one form or another).

The second key to success is to believe in what you do. Many of the greatest inventors and innovators were laughed out of rooms and told their ideas made no sense. Others were given menial work because of their creativity, but their major ideas were passed on. However, rejection did not deter them. It often inspired them to continue forward in order to find a way to succeed.

With the above three pointers, let rejections inspire you to take the qualities that miss the mark, and cultivate them into full-functioning strengths in your repertoire.

Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.
Henri J.M. Nouwen

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QueenZombiee
07:48 Apr 25 2018

I will not agree with this. Everything depends on you and how your parents raised you about values in life. How you treat yourself that is how people treat you. You should be confident person. And no one can bring you down. You know who you are you know what you want so opinion of other people should not bothering you even for a second.

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Billie Jean King, the US tennis legend and the winner of 20 wimbledon titles, famously beat Bobby Riggs in 1973 for a $100,000 prize in "The Battle of the sexes" after he said to her that men were superior athletes.

"I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and affect all women's self esteem." - Billie Jean King (1943)

http://www.emlii.com/9146884/31-Most-Inspiring-Women-Who-Changed-The-World

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.
Judith Hill

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars. - Violeta Parra

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated. - Robert McNamara

‘Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first no. And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.’
Cher

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StazCharlieBLOOd
09:23 Apr 20 2018

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Breaking Bread
Last December, before work, I stopped at a deli and ordered an everything bagel with cream cheese. It was toasty warm, and I couldn’t wait to dig in. But as I left the store, I noticed an older indigent gentleman sitting at the bus stop. Knowing it would probably be his only warm meal of the day, I gave him the bagel. But all was not lost for me. Another customer from the deli offered me half of her bagel. I was so delighted because I realized that in one way or another, we are all looked after.
Liliana Figueroa, Phoenix, Arizona

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. — Phyllis Diller

Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.
Seán O'Casey

Self Love Lessons
Based on my personal experiences, here are some lessons that I would like to share:

1. Focus on loving yourself. It is often said that you can never truly love others until you have first learned to love yourself. It sounds cliché but wait till you have experienced this truth. You literally become a vessel of pure love flowing through you.

2. Self love is a process not a destination. It is a spiritual path that leads you home. Anyone who professes that they already love themselves may not necessarily have lived into its deeper meanings. Most certainly, self-love is a layering process that allows you to reach into yourself with increasing gentleness, compassion and acceptance.

3. Love yourself no matter what. It is important to love yourself, whether you receive love or not from others. You do not inflict yourself with unnecessary guilt, shame and blame; whatever happens.

4. Self love issues are often hidden. Projection is what happens when loved one beams your inner issues onto the screen for your awareness. The tendency is to point the fingers at him or her in blame for causing you misery. Perhaps the most demanding challenges are experienced when you are already in a committed relationship. It is possible to spend years in acts of self nurture only to have yourself fall into pieces by a look of disapproval from your partner.

Continued blame on your partner allows you to avoid taking personal responsibility. Your egos become locked in cycles of conflict. His or her critical parent archetype puts you on the defensive. Feeling victimized, your ego go into a “poor me” mantra repeatedly. Your conflict can go on and on with both of you defending your points, but without making any meaningful progress.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.evelynlim.com/self-love-story-lessons-from-the-heart/amp/

My wife is a beautiful successful confident bbw women. She's is radiant, intelligent and a empathic. I will never replace her for a skinny women.

My wife, has been my anchor for years. Keeping me on the straight path. She has stood by me through the thick and thin. We have an unconditional love that I'm blessed to have.. There's no other women i want. My all is hers.

 Unconditional love starts at home, with oneself. You know your own flaws and shortcomings better than anyone else, and better than you can ever know anyone else’s. Being able to love yourself despite this unsurpassable awareness of your own faults puts you in the position to be able to offer the same to others.Thus, you must be able to recognize, accept, and forgive your own imperfections in order to do the same for someone else. If you cannot deem yourself worthy of being loved unconditionally, you’ll never truly be able to deem yourself worthy of offering it.


Forgive those you love. Even if someone doesn't apologize, it's inherently loving to both them and yourself to let go of your anger and resentment toward them. Keep in mind Piero Ferrucci's advice that forgiving "is not something we do, but something we are." In religious terms, you’ll hear the phrase “hate the sin, love the sinner.” Loving someone unconditionally does not mean liking every action they take or choice they make; it means not letting such things interfere with your desire for the best for that person in all things.[9]If someone you love says something hurtful in anger, the loving choice is usually to let them know those words hurt you, but also to forgive their indiscretion. Help them to grow and yet know that they are loved.But don't mistake being willing to forgive for letting people walk all over you. Extricating yourself from an environment in which you are repeatedly mistreated or taken advantage of can be a loving choice for both yourself and the other person.

Unconditional love means doing what you can to make the other person happy and comfortable, but also helping them grow through their inevitable experiences of discomfort.



Unconditional love is about acceptance—about not expecting others to make you happy through their choices and how they live. You can’t control others, only yourself.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.wikihow.com/Love-Unconditionally%3famp=1

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hannahrose
14:01 Apr 19 2018

I TOTALLY AGREE

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She was a simple homely girl from a small town who had many dreams.  He was a simple guy with a successful career.  Fate brought them together, she fell in love and he accepted his feelings for her too.  She looked upon him as her everything.  He understood her more than anyone.  He wanted to provide everything that was good for her.  She wanted to do everything that can make him happy.

He wanted her to grow out of shadows of in-home life and become a self-dependent.  He wanted her to learn how to face the harsh reality of society and make a career, so if anything happens to him in future, she can survive.   He was constantly guiding her and often even scolded her when she made mistakes.  He was molding her for her own good.  She was getting a success and many guys were showing interest in her.  Oh did I mention she was a beautiful too!  She had a smile that can fill anyone’s, heart.

As time passed, she became more confident and her career was reaching its peak. But he as always stood by her, always guiding her and continue to push her for more progress.  However, she was no longer liking him giving her advice.  She felt that she is more than capable of deciding what to do.  He too was always working and differences started to grow.  She never understood why he was always pushing her for more and more.  But she started quarreling with him.  It grew.  She left him saying, “I am not the one to listen to you always, I can decide what’s best for me now, I am successful, There are many guys who will be more than happy to accept me as I am, If you do not like it, go to hell.”

He felt hurt.  He who loved her since she was a simple homely girl, failed to understand why would she think in such a negative manner about him.  He who always wanted her to be self-dependent, who felt proud each time she reached the new height of success, how can she say such things.  He left her saying,

“Perhaps the ego of your success has grown in your mind that you have failed to feel my feelings for you in your heart.  I loved you when you were a simple girl without a career or a success in your life.  My intention was always to encourage you, not to make you feel anything less.  Perhaps, failure is mine that after all the time we spent together, I couldn’t make you understand what you are for me and what I wished for you.  I wished only best for you, I wished you achieve more success than me.  I wished you do not make the same mistakes which I made.  That was the only reason I always guided you and scolded you.  May you find everything you ever wished for.”

He knew that both are made for each other, no one can make them happy as much as they can make each other. But, he had no words left to say as he was truly heartbroken. She later realized it but, it was too late and had to end up living with the regret of a lifetime.

Moral:  Only those who care for you will try to show you the right path by guiding you or even being harsh occasionally – only because they want the best for you.  Think for a minute of your past and person who was part of your life then but not today, Where would you have been today if it was not for such person to be in your life?  Let go of ego and anger because eventually, it will cost us what could be the most valuable part of our life.

https://www.moralstories.org/dilemma-love-regret-lifetime/

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." - Buddha

"Take a stand and speak your truth. Realize you are worthy of being loved and don't let anyone treat you less than. It is up to you to respect and protect your spirit. This is your life and your journey, make the best of it. Don't let anyone stand in the way of your happiness." 
~ Melanie Koulouris

When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way. Kevin Gates

There’s A Bat Hospital In Australia That Takes In Abandoned Baby Bats...




If you think bats are terrifying, vampiric creatures of the night, you’ve got them all wrong. The abandoned bat pups being taken care of at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia are proof that baby bats can be just as adorable as any kitten or puppy.

The fruit bat pups at the Tolga Bat Hospital in the Atherton Tablelands are brought in when they are afflicted by tick paralysis or when their mothers have died or become too ill to feed them (often from the same disease). Volunteers at the hospital nurse the bat pups back to health and then release them into the wild. The hospital also serves as a sanctuary for bats who have retired from zoos.

https://www.boredpanda.com/abandoned-baby-bat-pup-tolga-bat-hospital/

You have found comfort in your own space, in your own world, in your own self-love. You forget that someone out there wishes to play a major part in your life. You unconsciously ignore that someone in your social circle finds you endearing.

You become so great at being self-sufficient that you’re not sure, anymore, if you want to let someone take good care of you.

But try to give them a chance.

Try to welcome them in your life, even though you’re confident that you can survive without them. Allow someone to show you how you deserve to be treated. Someone who makes you feel the kind of love that moves mountains and oceans. Someone who wants to protect you at all costs.

Allow yourself to fall in love with someone who patiently convinces you that you don’t have to face everything in this life alone. It’s okay to not be strong all the time. There’s nothing wrong to ask for help. It doesn’t make you weak to let someone take your hands and guide you.

Give someone the opportunity to prove to you that they’re different from the ones who broke your heart. They aren’t going to run away from you when they find a better option. They aren’t going to hurt you, make you cry, make you feel more alone.

They aren’t going to risk playing with your feelings because they’re afraid to lose you. They’re afraid to waste the only one chance that you’re going to give to them. They’re afraid that one day, they will regret letting you go.

Allow someone to make you feel vulnerable again. Allow yourself to be soft, to be gentle, to be trusting. Let yourself open up to someone who’s dying to get to know you.
Give someone the permission to handle your heart with care. Someone who’s excited to discover every single piece of you. Someone who can’t get enough of you and wants to spend more time with you.

Allow yourself to fall in love with someone who wants all the best for you. Someone who wants to take the responsibility of taking good care of you because you are precious to them. You are the one who can make them smile so easily. You are the one who brings light to their lives.

Take a chance on love. Take the biggest leap. Take the riskiest option. It’s better to fail in love than not to experience love at all.
Give someone the chance to love the beautiful soul that’s living inside of you. Give yourself the chance to accept the care and affection that are being offered to you. Give the world another chance to provide you with someone you’re going to fall in love with.

You don’t have to live and explore the world on your own. You don’t have to show everyone that you’re strong all the time. Allow yourself to fall in love again.

And let yourself experience how wonderful life is, when you spend it with the person that you truly love. TC mark

Angelo Caerlang

"Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory." George S. Patton

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Audre Lorde

Physical Therapy for Mick





Boston Terrier Mick was born with a rare condition called Swimmer Puppy Syndrome which caused his legs to splay out to the side. Unable to walk, most dogs born this way or euthanized. But Mick ended up the hands of the Mia Foundation, a nonprofit rescue that specializes in animals with birth defects. They didn't believe they could help him at first, but after doing some research they started a physical therapy program. Mick took an active role in his own recovery and gained the strength and coordination to walk after only a few weeks. Sometimes you just need someone to believe in you to succeed!
Sparkpeople.com

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hannahrose
12:48 Apr 09 2018

THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO HEAR THIS.

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Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

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LORDMOGY
08:42 Apr 09 2018

Nice!

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NinaHeart
10:04 Apr 09 2018

I feel you on dat, fo sho! However, our Night Side need not be the source of our self-admonishment. In fact, I draw strength from the power of my Night Side. It is the trap of buying into the Day Side lies that really trips me up. When I stop comparing myself to others, and stop believing I am less than, just because I don’t fit into the Anglo, Barbie doll, American Dream? That is when I can be free.

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Cultwatch
10:29 Apr 09 2018

Aww thank you guys for the comment

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When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

Kelly Cutrone,

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rise and rise again until lambs become lions....
Robin Hood

“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” -- Rosa Parks, civil rights activist

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!" - Doug Larson

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hannahrose
12:52 Apr 09 2018

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. REAL FRIENDSHIP IS ONLY GENUINE WHEN UNCONDITIONAL.

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Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time. It is not enough to just say relationships are important; we must prove it by investing time in them. Words alone are worthless… Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is “T-I-M-E.” ~ Rick Warren

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
Helen Keller

“True love finds its own ways
To spread goodness, always.”
Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot Love: When A Call From The Other Side Takes Its Own Side

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SharkHybridMindy
02:44 Apr 06 2018

Thank you for all kindness you showed me. I owe you a lot.

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“True love finds its own ways
To spread goodness, always.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot Love: When A Call From The Other Side Takes Its Own Side

Back in college, I was in love with a girl who was involved with someone else. I followed her around like a lost puppy hoping that one day she will be with me instead. I really loved this girl. When she wasn't around her boyfriend, she would flirt with me. Calling me on the phone and giggling.
Each time we hang out my feelings grow for her. I know I could not have her and it made me hurt inside.
I remember one time I experienced so much jealous, when she invited me to go a ball game with her boyfriend. It was awkward.
The second time, we went to a parade and I met my wife there.
I used to believe I will be single forever because I was short. I had horrible self esteem issues and fell in love with anyone that showed me kindness. My wife my angel help me with this. It took years to improve my self esteem issues . Through love of my wife and couseling I was able to develop confidences and self love..

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hannahrose
12:54 Apr 09 2018

SO HAPPY TO HEAR THIS AND YOU ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE.

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How to deal with liking someone who’s taken...

So if you want to go the safe route and try to not be as into him as you should, follow these tips.

#1 Don’t be too hard on yourself. It’s okay to like someone who’s taken. You’re not a home wrecker! It’s perfectly fine to admire the qualities of a guy, even if he’s already in a relationship with someone else. However, you have to keep in mind that you can only admire him from a distance. He can’t be yours, or at least he can’t be yours, unless he’s suddenly single.

Just bear in mind that admiring him from afar is very different from squeezing yourself into his life to steal him away. You have to know that if you try to make him fall in love with you, you might end up ruining his relationship with someone. Do you really want that on your conscience?

#2 Double check if he is indeed with someone. Social media can be the bane of someone who’s in love. You may be in each other’s social networks, and that’s how you learned to fall head over heels for this guy. If you see photos of him getting cozy with someone, try to do a little more research.

Who knows, those photos might be from eons ago! He might only look like he’s taking pictures with his girlfriend, but they’re just pictures of him and a close female friend. In addition to this, if you found out that he’s taken only through hearsay, find out for sure. It may appear like you’re a little too eager to find out, but it’s better than giving up on someone simply because you THOUGHT he was taken!

#3 In proving that he is indeed taken, keep his girlfriend in your mind. Whenever you have the urge to flirt with the guy, try to picture his lady. Put yourself in her shoes for a while. If you were in her position, would you like it if there was another woman blatantly trying to flirt with your guy? We think not.

Thinking of her helps keep you in check. You wouldn’t want to make an enemy of someone you barely know. Remember that there’s a reason they’re together. You wouldn’t want to be the reason they’re torn apart, would you?

#4 Try to put some distance between you and the guy. This may be the hardest thing you’ll have to do. You may really enjoy his company, but staying in it will just make you see just what you’re missing. It might make you do something completely crazy, like suddenly kissing him when no one’s looking!

If you’re in the same social circle, try to avoid being too close to him. Have someone else sit between the two of you. If you work in the same office, try to limit your interaction to professional matters only. If you have to, you can even unfollow him on social media, just so you can stop picturing him in your mind. [Read: How to fall out of love when you see no future]

#5 Do what you can to fall out of love with the guy. Consciously falling out of love with someone isn’t as easy as falling in love. You genuinely have to put in an effort to convince yourself that you shouldn’t be in love with him. Here are a few things you can do:

– Eliminate all contact. We mentioned that you should keep your distance, but eliminating all contact takes it a step further. It means disappearing from his radar altogether. This is easy if you don’t see each other on a regular basis. All it would take is deleting him from your phone and social media sites.

If you do see each other regularly, try to do everything you can to avoid seeing him. This includes not talking to him, hanging out with other people or taking a different route around the office to avoid passing by his desk.

– Channel your feelings onto something else. Get distracted and reroute your passion for him onto something else. This can be anything from arts to sports to work. Try to push him out of your mind by getting involved in something that will keep you occupied, until your attraction for him wanes.

– Find a rebound. Though it’s not the best solution, it can be the quickest one. Go out there and be on the prowl for someone who’s single and interested in you too. It may feel like you’re using another person to get over someone, but a rebound attraction also has the potential to turn into a genuine attraction. Who knows! [Read: Why a rebound can sometimes be good for you]

– Think of what you don’t like about the guy. We know it sounds harsh, but try to nitpick at his faults and keep them in mind. He might not have a great sense of style. His fingernails might be dirty sometimes. He might not be as interested in Game of Thrones as much as you are. Whatever it is that has the potential to irk you about him, keep it in mind and use it to get rid of your attraction. [Read: How to fall out of love by hating them]

#6 If they break up, think your actions through carefully. First of all, you have to give the guy some time to recover from the breakup. You never know if this is a spur of the moment thing, where they’ll reconcile after a few days. During these times, he’d be very vulnerable, but you probably wouldn’t want to be the woman who snatches up a guy while he’s still reeling from a broken heart.

Second, show some compassion, but not affection. Be a friend to him by listening to what he has to say. He might open up to you, so it’s best to be a shoulder he can cry on. Just be there to make sure he’s okay. However, whatever you do, do not try to seduce him in his vulnerable state!



There’s a huge difference between being the girl with a crush on someone’s boyfriend and being the girl who snatches up the men in a relationship. The first one is perfectly fine. The second one has a really bad stigma that you will carry with you for as long as you’re with the guy.

Even if your heart’s screaming at you to go and get him, you have to listen to what your conscience says too!
By lovePanky

For my friend who in this situation

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.

Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum

I will be returning home to my beautiful wife and children next week. They will be meeting me at the air port on April 11, wednesday at 10 am. I can't wait.
I have met alot of well mannered people in Utah, clean air beatiful landscapes and family oriented environment. Except for a few judgmental people.
I have learned alot on my Investigatiion that people desperately want a purpose in life, something or someone to fulfill that void in their life and someone to tell them what to do. People want to fell special needed and wanted, So they join cults to give them sense of false hope and love.
The real answer to all this is to love yourself. You all have special abilities and talents that make you unique. Don't ever settle for less. Know your worth ..

I love my wife Rachel more then life itself. She has been with me through hardships and good times. I'm blessed to have her in my life.
She is the only women I have ever been with and the only women I could ever want. I am very faithful to my wife and I will never cheat on her. My eyes are only for her.

For nearly 30 years, women in Saudi Arabia have been jailed, harassed and threatened — all for demanding the right to drive.

King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s historic decree allowing women to take the wheel starting in June 2018 brings to a close a human rights campaign led by one fearless activist.

Saudi Arabia finally lets women drive

Six years ago, Manal al-Sharif, 38, made history when she filmed herself driving and posted the video to YouTube. She was arrested and spent nine days in a jail cell.

Her stunt was part of a movement called “Women2Drive,” which al-Sharif founded along with other Saudi women in hopes of ending the sexist religious ban.

The group organized a drive on June 17, 2011, following al-Sharif’s arrest, but no women were detained on that day.



“Women campaigning to end this ban have lost their freedom,” she wrote. “They have been called every deteriorating name and viciously attacked. They have lost their lives for daring to drive on the streets of Saudi Arabia.”

The computer scientist-turned-activist and author has always believed in standing up for women’s rights.

“When I see something wrong, I speak up,” she told NPR. “It should be the norm, not the exception.”

Al-Sharif was born in 1979 and became indoctrinated at an early age.

“I was brought up to follow the rules and listen to men,” she said.

Her first brush with the patriarchal society’s brutal laws was being genitally mutilated by a barber friend of her father’s when she was just a girl.

“It was shocking to me that a mother and a father can put their own daughters through so much pain just to abide by the society rules,” she said.


The brave activist started to question her upbringing as a computer science student at King Abdulaziz University in the ’90s. The first song she ever listened to was “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” by the Backstreet Boys when she was 20.

In 2009, while working as an IT security consultant for oil company Saudi Aramco, she was sent to Boston and got her first driver’s license at 30, but when she returned home, that freedom was taken away.

Al-Sharif dared to drive because she was tired of the harassment she faced while trying to find a man to take her to and from work and doctors’ appointments.

In Wednesday’s post on her website, al-Sharif, now living in Australia, wrote: “Sept. 26th, 2017 marks the date we end one of the most draconian laws in modern history,” but warned that women’s rights activists would continue their work to abolish “the male guardianship imposed on them.”

“We ask for nothing short of full equality for women,” she wrote. “The rain begins with a single drop.”

By Tamar Lapin

September 28, 2017

When Lindsay Swift was on her run one morning, a man drove by in a van singing the song “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” by Mika. This was anything but a compliment. The man was poking fun at her size and heckling her during her run. In response, she wrote this Facebook post, which completely shut him down, putting him in his place with her awesome body positivity.
https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/women-fought-body-shaming/

Whitney Kropp, Victim of Bullying Stands Up to Her Tormentors Bullying is still rampant across the country. but Whitney Kropp chose the homecoming game to stand up to those who tormented her. She had been voted onto Homecoming Court as a joke. Instead of being a no-show at the football game, she proudly sported her sash and bouquet of flowers, earning the respect and admiration of her classmates as well as other victims around the world.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. Jim Carrey

Tyler Perry had a rough childhood. He was physically and sexually abused growing up, got kicked out of high school, and tried to commit suicide twice—once as a preteen and again at 22. At 23 he moved to Atlanta and took up odd jobs as he started working on his stage career.

In 1992 he wrote, produced, and starred in his first theater production, I Know I’ve Been Changed, somewhat informed by his difficult upbringing. Perry put all his savings into the show and it failed miserably; the run lasted just one weekend and only 30 people came to watch. He kept up with the production, working more odd jobs and often slept in his car to get by. Six years later, Perry finally broke through when, on its seventh run, the show became a success. He’s since gone on to have an extremely successful career as a director, writer, and actor. In fact, Perry was named Forbes’ highest paid man in entertainment in 2011.

https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-famous-people-who-will-inspire-you-to-never-give-up

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”– Martin Luther king

People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if
there is a light from within.
– Elizabeth Kübler-Ross.

It’s not your job to like me, it’s mine. – Byron Katie.

Broken Wing: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
By Jim Hullihan

Some people are just doomed to be failures. That's the way some adults look at troubled kids. Maybe you've heard the saying, "A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high." I'm sure that T. J. Ware was made to feel this way almost every day in school.

By high school, T. J. was the most celebrated troublemaker in his town. Teachers literally cringed when they saw his name posted on their classroom lists for the next semester. He wasn't very talkative, didn't answer questions and got into lots of fights. He had flunked almost every class by the time he entered his senior year, yet was being passed on each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn't want to have him again the following year. T. J. was moving on, but definitely not moving up.

I met T. J. for the first time at a weekend leadership retreat. All the students at school had been invited to sign up for ACE training, a program designed to have students become more involved in their communities. T. J. was one of 405 students who signed up.

When I showed up to lead their first retreat, the community leaders gave me this overview of the attending students: "We have a total spectrum represented today, from the student body president to T. J. Ware, the boy with the longest arrest record in the history of town." Somehow, I knew that I wasn't the first to hear about T. J.'s darker side as the first words of introduction.

At the start of the retreat, T. J. was literally standing outside the circle of students, against the back wall, with that "go ahead, impress me" look on his face. He didn't readily join the discussion groups, didn't seem to have much to say. But slowly, the interactive games drew him in.

The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of positive and negative things that had occurred at school that year. T. J. had some definite thoughts on those situations. The other students in T. J.'s group welcomed his comments. All of a sudden T. J. felt like a part of the group, and before long he was being treated like a leader. He was saying things that made a lot of sense, and everyone was listening. T. J. was a smart guy, and he had some great ideas.

The next day, T. J. was very active in all the sessions. By the end of the retreat, he had joined the Homeless Project team. He knew something about poverty, hunger and hopelessness. The other students on the team were impressed with his passionate concern and ideas. They elected T. J. co-chairman of the team. The student council president would be taking his instruction from T. J. Ware.

When T. J. showed up at school on Monday morning, he arrived to a firestorm. A group of teachers were protesting to the school principal about his being elected co-chairman. The very first communitywide service project was to be a giant food drive, organized by the Homeless Project team. These teachers couldn't believe that the principal would allow this crucial beginning to a prestigious, three-year action plan to stay in the incapable hands of T. J. Ware.

They reminded the principal, "He has an arrest record as long as your arm. He'll probably steal half the food." Mr. Coggshall reminded them that the purpose of the ACE program was to uncover any positive passion that a student had and reinforce its practice until true change can take place. The teachers left the meeting shaking their heads in disgust, firmly convinced that failure was imminent.

Two weeks later, T. J. and his friends led a group of 70 students in a drive to collect food. They collected a school record: 2,854 cans of food in just two hours. It was enough to fill the empty shelves in two neighborhood centers, and the food took care of needy families in the area for 75 days.

The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day. That newspaper story was posted on the main bulletin board at school, where everyone could see it. T. J.'s picture was up there for doing something great, for leading a record-setting food drive. Every day he was reminded about what he did. He was being acknowledged as leadership material.

T. J. started showing up at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project, collecting 300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter. The event he started now yields 9,000 cans of food in one day, taking care of 70 percent of the need for food for one year.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has healed, it can fly higher than the rest. T. J. got a job. He became productive. He is flying quite nicely these days.

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This is for the women who seek relentless joy the women who know their worth, plant their feet and roar in their brilliance.” 


Janne Robinson

Happy Easter everyone

Ethel L. Payne did not care what people thought of her, and she followed her dream regardless of who she pissed off. She became the first female African American commentator on national network to be hired by CBS. Oh she got the haters and complainers who wanted more for her to quit. Instead of listening to them and giving up or becoming emotional over it, She continued.
So if anyone tells you are worthless or to quit. Ignore them and continue.

You must learn to love yourself unconditionally before you can love someone unconditionally. How you treat yourself is how you will treat others.

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I couldn't agree more! Happy Easter.

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