Be wary of people who expect you to change your life for them but don't even hesitate to change their life for you. Be wary of people who mock or belittle your truth yet expect complete understanding of them. Be wary of situations and spaces that require you to make yourself small. Be grateful for… Continue reading Be.
Author: J Tyes
Grow beyond traditions
I have just finished reading "Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories" by Shirley Jackson, and something occurred to me. This novel was a collection of published and unpublished short stories that Shirley Jackson's family found and allowed to be published. One thing that stuck out to me was the nature of the situations and common… Continue reading Grow beyond traditions
Recalibrate Your Vision
Have you ever heard the saying, “It broke my heart but fixed my vision”? There are some situations and people we come across that fundamentally changes us and challenges our way of thinking, feeling and being. We sometimes allow ourselves to be wrapped up in something that we should pull away from only to find… Continue reading Recalibrate Your Vision
Manifesting Life
If you read my posts from two/three years ago, you would notice the expression of a severe personal struggle. I was stuck on the "Why" of what was going on in my life because it was difficult and upsetting to accept reality. Being weighed down by "why" kept me in the past and it kept… Continue reading Manifesting Life
Be a product
I noticed I started saying people were “a product of their environment” more often and it got me thinking. There are people who believe that early programming is so engrained in them that there is no other way to live. I met people who, when I ask them about what they want in life, they… Continue reading Be a product
The Living Dead
I fell in love with zombies when I watched George A. Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead. There something strange yet familiar about the dead waking up to feed off the living. Within my love of zombies, I talk about my readiness for a zombie apocalypse. I know the zombies we watch are products… Continue reading The Living Dead