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Apr 26

The Guest House

"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an...

Christina Grivea

Mar 25

Resilience...

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” W. Churchill The world has turned upside down...

Christina Grivea

Feb 13

The storm

“And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the...

Christina Grivea

Jan 21

Don't Quit

"When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low but the debts are...

Christina Grivea

Jan 2

Make yourself proud...

"You have this one life. How do you want to spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Dieting? Running after...

Christina Grivea

Dec 14, 2020

Keep moving forward

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up" - D. Karnazes It was never meant to be an easy journey,...

Christina Grivea

Nov 29, 2020

Make someone smile...

Our actions can change someone's day. “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new...

Christina Grivea

Nov 15, 2020

What path are you on?

When we don't like the path that we are on... Let's get off it and start paving a new one. No matter how rough things are looking you can...

Christina Grivea

Nov 13, 2020

Thought of the Day...

Inhale your future... Exhale your past...

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