Actually, I will not be sticking to it.

31 Dec
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Reverb10: Core Story.  What central story is at the core of you, and how do you share it with the world? (Bonus: Consider your reflections from this month. Look through them to discover a thread you may not have noticed until today.)  (Author: Molly O’Neill)

My core story tells me that I am resilient enough to get through anything.  While that is an important part of my story, it leaves out so much.  I need a story that will tell me I can build anything, that I am the one who will shape my life, that I will thrive instead of merely surviving.  A big part of 2011 will be restructuring my core story.

Meanwhile, some people have such an incredible core story that it inspires me to make mine equally marvelous:

Any others I should read?  Inspire me.

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