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Against the Odds . . .

ByJtoyende April 16, 2023April 16, 2023

She was 8 years old and blind when she penned these words: Oh, what a happy child I am,Although I cannot see!I am resolved that in this worldContented I will be! How many blessings I enjoyThat other people don’t!To weep or sigh because I’m blind,I cannot and I won’t. The year was 1820. She was…

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Search for Significance

ByJtoyende December 12, 2022March 19, 2023

I took pride in a completed to-do list. I always met my deadlines. I was commended for my contribution. But not anymore. My to-do list was incomplete. I was way past the deadlines. My ideas seemed to hit a stone wall. I felt really discouraged and dejected. I felt lost.