“Sometimes the fastest way to get back in the game is to expect something from yourself again”
– Brendon Burchard, Author of High Performance Habits
Author: jamal
Digging Deeper
How many times have we blamed another person for being at fault when really, on a deeper level, they are just a reflection of our soul, how we truly view ourselves?
How I’m Building Faith in Myself
Faith leads the bold into the uncharted world
leaving behind the comforted gold
told by dreamers of past
that gold is what lasts
not grasping the richness of things not passed.
– Me
Masterpiece
When he sat down to write… inspiration found him, but at what cost?
One Night in Winter
His body sprawled wildly, smelling of death and whiskey. She saunters to his bedside, hovering over his now exposed body listening to his long, heavy breaths. Her heart racing faster as her lips meet the top of his head pausing among her heated breath.
At Midnight
In the deep of night, there is silence that swallows up the air. A tight-lipped kiss of the wind breaking up the glass window. City lights peeking in through the cracks of his concrete solitude. The sound spinning around his head as vices of his dead grow louder in the utterance of his name. Pointing… Continue reading At Midnight
Anniversary: A short story
I woke up this morning with a calmness about my mind. As if something happened through the night to take me back in time. A time before the stress of love and loss; of responsibilities at cost. I dreamt of wet sands falling through the cracks of my hands, staring into darkness while standing at… Continue reading Anniversary: A short story
Be Consistent and Grow Outward
“Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency.”
– John C. Maxwell
Be Still and Go Inward
“When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.”
– Henri J. M. Nouwen
What A Year!
“If I don’t risk failure in order to grow, I will have failed to live life.”