Through Mother Shyra's Eyes

Who Am I Without My Addiction?

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*******Boredom…Loneliness…Emptiness.  Food…alcohol…nicotine…porn–the minute you quit, you start to try figure out who you really are and/or who you used to be before you delved into the dark caverns of your addiction.  You twiddle your thumbs, rock back and forth, jump at every noise and pace your well-worn floors hoping for a “good-enough” alternative.  Is there one?  Maybe there’s more than one.  What if you find the next best thing?  Will it turn into another addiction, or will it be that one thing that fills you so completely you have no need to turn to past habits and will replace them with newer “healthier” ones?  The yawn-inspiring boredom can be filled with exciting new-found activities.  The loneliness can be eliminated with friends and family you may have cut out to nurture your “friendly” addiction.  The empty void can be filled with things that soar your spirits to heights past and unknown such as music, laughter, art, books, nature, cars, photography and like-minded groups.  Yes, it is tough discovering who you are without your addiction(s), but aren’t you worth discovering you happiness and worth?  Yes, you are.  Cheers to you and the you you didn’t know you are.*******

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Best Fails of the Week 2 May 2013 – YouTube

*******There’s nothing like watching a good fail video to make you feel like your life isn’t all that bad.  All the fun and games stop at 3:33…LOL!!!!!!!*******

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*******Here’s some beautiful relaxing music to get you in the zen zone with some very inspiring quotes to get your mind right…enjoy my friends. *******

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Aaliyah – One In A Million – YouTube

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********How can you not miss Aaliyah???  Enough said.*******

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These Small Moments

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*******Oh it feels soooo monumental…this burden of mine.  Fast forward to New Year’s Day 2014…how big is this so-called “looming” problem now?  Not quite as big as it was on April 24, 2013, correct?  Of course it’s correct.  What may have seemed as if it were looming over your entire life, is quite small when comparing then and now.  When you are told to focus on the now, it’s not to make you focus only upon what is bothering you right now, but the very millisecond you are existing in.  These mathematically small moments are logically small also.  Keep it moving and just like anything in your rear-view mirror, it always gets smaller with the passage of distance; which is equal to time.  Do you need to readjust the perception of your rear-view mirror’s formula?*******

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Krispy Kreme on Tosh.0 (Interview and Music Video) – YouTube

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*******This can’t be made up!!! LOLLLLLL*******

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us (Live on KEXP) – YouTube

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*******I’m speechless, flabbergasted and every other word describing what happens when greatness encounters the plain English language…Macklemore, I recognized your talent and contribution to this musical society of ours.  Thank you…onward ho…*******

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Best Fails of the Week 2 February 2013 – YouTube

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*******Ummm…3:21 takes the cake on this one…watch and learn folks!!! *******

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*******The male model…nuff said…tee-hee…*******