Roots & Hope
Soulful Reflections on Faith, Healing, and Young Adulting
Category: encouragement
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3am reminders: It is never too late to (re)commit to that goal or that vision placed inside you. It is always a good time to start somewhere and incorporate a small healthy habit into your routine: Drinking a glass of water with every meal Watching free, instructional YouTube videos to improve a skill Writing a…
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Imagine the endless ways that fear can grip you. Perhaps, you are a talented artist. You sense power in your creativity, but your mind trembles at the thought of showcasing it. Maybe, you’ve met someone who is struggling with something you’ve overcome. You feel a tug to share your story with them, but the risk…
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You don’t have to promote yourself. You don’t have to be known by everyone to matter and live an abundant life. Just by being you and loving God and others as yourself, who knows who you’ll attract? Who knows who will see something so beautiful inside you that they’ll grow curious? Who knows who will…
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Loving others has nothing to do with pleasing people and living for validation in return. And loving yourself isn’t neat. It’s messy with self-acceptance and self-betrayal. It’s learning to forgive yourself for not always abiding by your core values. It’s giving yourself time to keep exploring who you really are. It’s gratitude for always and…
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Dear Feelings, You are my soul’s response to every experience and the teacher who inspires me to make art out of life, but when you arrive, I am careful not to change my name to yours. Sentences like, “I am sad”, or “I am sorry”, are imprisoning whenever I put emphasis on the am. The adjectives…
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What if I told you this: You are not weak for walking by faith into cushioned couched offices and narrating an hour of your burdens in hunger for hope and professional help. You are not a failure to God for having a brain that works over time in a factory of worries, sometimes paid in…
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June 30, 2018 I vividly remember that relentless hot day. After living in my apartment for two years, I moved back home with my family. I made the decision partly because I was preparing to enroll in grad school full-time. My rent was also ridiculously increasing. I knew that if I renewed my lease, I…
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I am committed to Stevie Wonder’s music like Stevie Wonder is committed to his braids. Growing up, I annoyed my Mama while singing along to every song on 92.3 and 105.9, songs like “Ribbon in the Sky”, “Do I Do”, and “Overjoyed”. To this day, I dream of marveling at his talent while he performs…
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I have almost never owned a pair of properly fitting jeans. I only remember one magic pair that I had from Beyoncé’s House of Deréon line (throwback!). Besides that memory, my jeans always make the laundry list of no-no’s. They’re either: Too long that they scrunch up around my ankles Too short that said ankles are…
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I am at a bonfire for young adults at my church. Minutes before, I drove down McNichols, speaking to God as if he were somehow chilling in the passenger seat with 80 degrees of sunshine pouring on his face. I pleaded that he would help me to conquer anxiety and be myself. I am sitting…
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