One of the best gifts you can give a child is to genuinely believe that they can become and achieve so much more than they currently can.
They will feel it, and they will be inspired to try harder to match the expectations, and they will find their own self-confidence along the way.
That’s impossible to do unless you are already a confident adult though; that’s why insecure adults raise anxious children instead.
You can’t believe in others unless you believe in yourself first, and self-belief comes from disciplined efforts and earned results, there’s no self-talk involved.
Let us continue to pray for peace, so that wars throughout the world may cease and diplomatic solutions to conflicts may be found. Let us remember all the victims of hostilities, especially the weakest and most defenceless: children, the elderly and the sick. May the Lord comfort those who suffer and bless the work of those who bring aid and consolation.
You can literally feel in your soul when it’s TIME .. time to move on from people, time to make a change in your life, time to get rid of unhealthy habits, time to want MORE for yourself. At some point you’ll just know..
People like you and me are quite lonely really but we still have each other, we have the secret satisfaction of being different, of rebelling, of desiring the unusual.
— Hermann Hesse
I think one of the most heartfelt experiences in life is discovering that someone genuinely enjoys your presence. Not what you provide, Not your accomplishments. Just you, your thoughts, your energy, your existence.
I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn't ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide, but I was pretty sure I played my last game. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and deicide if I still love