Tag Archives: Beauty
The familiarity of the Seven-Eleven convenience store only one-block away was strangely comforting in this foreign place. I grabbed a candy bar and a soda for dinner while suspiciously inspecting the sushi that sat near the register like a pack of gum. Finding a creature comfort like this wa ...
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"...We spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others—usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. This drives us to create expectations for ourselves that are impossible to meet. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someon ...
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I sat uncomfortably upright in my coach seat and geared up for the 11 hour journey from Milan to Tokyo. The prospect of going to Asia was both exciting and daunting. An unexpected surprise was about to be revealed behind a massive game show curtain, yet I was still reeling from the events of ...
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My therapist once quoted Scott Fitzgerald to me when he said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time." This amazing revelation has held sway with me on many occasions since that time, particularly when trying to understand another ...
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The mood had surreptitiously changed from genuine concern to fear for what his answer might be. His eyes darted about and he nervously racked his brain for an answer he was willing to give. Feelings of both regret and hope pervaded his countenance. "I can't tell you that," he hesitantly replied ...
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"It's something he doesn't want to discuss in detail," Soleil said under her breath after our vexing encounter with the bullet-ridden chest of a young model. I felt uneasy about the situation and pried for more information but she was guarded in her explanation of his wounds. I knew she knew mor ...
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I wasn't in "Kansas" anymore. After that night, I had pinpointed a weak spot in my naive glamorization of the modeling world. I was in uncharted territory and for a moment, my teenage sense of indestructibility was in question. Although I believed in a moral code higher than myself, I wasn' ...
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