Mom to Paige(@pcasto20) & Cade(@cadecasto20)❤️ Wife to Todd. Fur baby Leo & Dierks☀️May Every Sunrise Hold More Promise & Every Sunset Hold More Peace🙏🏻
Shaq walks the stage to receive his master’s degree from LSU and the crowd absolutely loses it. He promised his mom he’d finish his education after leaving for the NBA early and finally fulfilled that promise 26 years later
Mental toughness is not the absence of doubt. It is the ability to recover from doubt quickly. 🎾
Fear, worry, and anxiety are part of being human. Even @DjokerNole and all of the best performers in the world experience them.
The difference is not that they avoid negative thoughts, but that they have trained themselves to return to the mindset that serves them and their mission.
Mental toughness is a skill. Like any skill, it improves with repetition.
You cannot control which thoughts enter your mind, but you can train how quickly you return to what matters.
The goal is not to never get knocked off course.
The goal is to shorten the time it takes to get back on track.
"If your peace depends on everything going right, that’s not peace, that’s control. Learning to be steady in uncertainty: that’s real growth.” ~Unknown
An emotionally immature person is defensive and often emotionally explosive. They don’t know how to process emotions like anger, so they lash out, project, and blame. They shame you for your feelings, calling you “needy” or saying “it’s always about you” because your vulnerability makes them uncomfortable.
"An hour with the wrong person can drain you for the next twenty-three. And an hour with the right person can make you feel like you’re floating. That’s how powerful your environment is. It either expands you or shrinks you. And you have to start choosing accordingly." @najwazebian
Overprotected kids become unprepared adults.
Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥
You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts.
Hard is the lesson.
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"Studying yourself is one of the most life-changing decisions you can make. When you learn why you react the way you do, what you're protecting, what you're repeating, you stop living on autopilot. Self-awareness becomes freedom.” ~Unknown
"Our elders weren’t boring; they were onto something. Turns out, slow mornings, tending to plants, getting lost in books, early home-cooked dinners, a firm mattress, deep sleep, and minding your own peaceful business is a glorious way to live.” @Vex King
Dear Democrats,
Last night was not politics.
It was a mirror.
When Iryna Zarutska’s name fell into the silence like a stone into still water, her mother’s shoulders shook. A twenty something girl, full of tomorrow, stabbed twenty times on a subway because someone who never belonged walked free. Anna sat there in the very heart of our Capitol, clutching a photo that should have been a hug.
You did not stand.
When Jacqueline Medina’s daughter was named, raped, murdered, gone, when Angel Families rose with faces carved by loss, you stayed down. Not one hand lifted. Not one voice said, “We see you.”
The marble pillars did not tremble. But something inside every watcher did.
Then came the words that should have united us. Stand if you believe the first duty of this government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.
Republicans rose like dawn.
You sat.
Arms folded. Eyes fixed. As if the question were beneath you. As if grief were optional.
And then Omar and Tlaib. Shouting, “You killed Americans.” “Lies.” Pointing fingers. Storming out. Turning the State of the Union into a street fight while heroes waited. The hockey team with gold around their necks. The ninety nine year old veteran who bled for this flag. The soldier who pulled a child from floodwaters. The little girl smiling through pain because help came.
Some of you stood for them.
But when grief entered the room, you remained seated.
We are not naive. We know lines get drawn. We know borders are hard. But last night was not a vote. It was a vow.
America is not a contract.
It is a promise. If you live here, work here, raise children here, bleed here, you are safe. That promise died on that subway. And you let it lie there.
We love this country. Not the speeches. Not the suits. The quiet things. Flags on porches at dusk. Kids riding bikes without fear. Widows who still light candles on birthdays. We love it because we know what it costs.
You showed us last night what you lack. Not ideas. Not arguments. Heart.
A mother wept in your presence.
You did not rise.
That is the image history will keep. Not your buttons. Not your signs. Not your walkouts.
Just Anna’s tears.
And the empty seat beside her.
From Americans who still rise.
For the fallen.
For the living.
For the promise we will not let die.
#Democrats #SOTU
“We need to stop glamorizing overworking. Please. The absence of sleep, good diet, exercise, relaxation, and time with friends and family isn’t something to be applauded. Too many people wear their burnout as a badge of honor, and it needs to change.” @KatyLeeson