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Be Thankful For The People Who Disappoint You

You don't have to thank them in-person though.

Orlando, Florida

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Be Thankful For The People Who Disappoint You

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I am not surprised anymore by the people who walk into my life only to step on it as if it were their home's junk drawer to lazily clutter and abandon whenever they like. If that is too much of exaggeration, then you've never had the displeasure of being underestimated or slighted by lowbrow humorists whose idea of a laugh is asserting their life over yours as the best you cannot have and never will have. If I wanted to be at the top of this person's ladder, I would get my own ladder first and realize my own ladder is all I needed.

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The Rutgers Chi Alpha Women's Conference Was All About Being Wild And Free

You are not too much or too little. You are simply enough!

Rutgers University

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The Rutgers Chi Alpha Women's Conference Was All About Being Wild And Free

Elena Paxton

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Chi Alpha's Women's Conference on April 5th. We heard from a panel of inspiring Christian women, worshiped the Lord together, and heard from Pastor Nicole Schreiber, of Erie First Assemblies of God in Erie, PA. The conference was all about the role of Christian women in ministry and the world. The book that inspired the conference is entitled "Wild and Free" by Jessica Connolly.

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Friendships

Friendships Come And Go, And That's OK

Friends are not always for forever, but that's alright.

UCLA

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All of us have friends. At least I hope so - I wouldn't want to assume anything about anyone, but I feel that there is this consensus within society that every person has (or has had) at least one friend in their life.

Therefore, it must be known that having friends, getting closer to these friends, and even the actual act of making friends has a substantial effect on an individual and their psyche. Which makes sense, as we are naturally inclined to seek out relationships in an effort to combat the plague that is loneliness.

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Student Life

To The People Wishing Me Bad

Not everyone has to be in your corner, but watch out for who is on the outside looking in.

Pennsylvania State University

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We all have old lovers. We all have old friends. We all have enemies. But, why wish them bad?

Whether someone has hurt you, lied to you, or left you, you shouldn't wish them bad in their life. Growing up with the world around us constantly containing hate and pain, what does adding to that do for you? I find that so many people spend their days wishing others bad.

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Student Life

If You're Your Own Worst Enemy, Don't Give Up Hope Just Yet

Pulling yourself out of this rut is possible, one step at a time!

The State University of New York at Stony Brook

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We don't realize the damage we do to ourselves until life begins to spiral out of control. Before you know it, you're staring at the ceiling, no work done, laundry all around, asking yourself, how did this happen? These type of questions ignite the continuous cycle of self-loathing that's challenging to break. Although we desperately aim to get back on track, we struggle to find the routine we once had. Is it all our fault?

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I hope you never feel so strongly to wish someone dead; only inconvenienced.

1. Stub your toe on your favorite piece of furniture

2. Miss a spot while shaving

3. Have your contact dry out

4. Have toenails that grow too fast and have to clip them every day

5. Have eyeliner that is never straight

6. Always buy the clumpiest mascara

7. Suffer from severe split ends

8. Always receive "hot" coffee cold

9. Receive overcooked food at your favorite restaurant

10. Have to get braces for the second time

11. Buy cracked eggs

12. Have a pet that eats your bra

13. Get a bad haircut

14. Still have acne after the age of twenty

15. Have bad Wi-Fi that goes out when you're trying to submit a paper

16. Spill dark liquids on white clothes

17. Have bad gas on a first date

18. Get put on at least a 20-minute wait for a table

19. Can't get the right shoe size

20. Whites turn pink in the wash

21. Run out of conditioner but always have too much shampoo

22. Get thirty-second YouTube ads

23. Forget to cancel your free trial

24. Hit only red lights when you're late for work

25. Forget the punchline to your joke

26. Only hear "you had to be there" stories

27. Forget your pizza in the oven

28. Leave your phone across the room when you just sat down

29. Break a nail

30. Lose the TV remote

31. Have Netflix constantly buffer

32. Can't get spinach out of your teeth

33. Have to work on your birthday

34. Have a fly in your car

35. Lose your room key

36. Say hi when your friends aren't looking and don't get recognized

37. Get brought the wrong food

38. Run into your parents at a bar

39. Have your flipflop break

40. Forget your sunglasses

41. Kill your succulent

42. Get caught in the rain without an umbrella

43. Forget to charge your phone

44. Have an awkward conversation in stores with acquaintances

45. Fill your eyebrows in too dark

46. Don't have continental breakfast at your hotel

47. Have to cough during prayer in church

48. Call your significant other the wrong name

49. Watch your favorite sports team lose

50. Go over your data—because of your sibling

51. Leave your car windows down in the rain

You don't have to thank them in-person though.

You are not too much or too little. You are simply enough!

Friends are not always for forever, but that's alright.

However, although friendships can bring great joy, they can also bring forth sadness. As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.

Of course, this is not true of all friendships. But, just as everyone has made friends, everyone has also lost friends.

Losing a friendship that had the potential to last is honestly gut-wrenching.

Not everyone has to be in your corner, but watch out for who is on the outside looking in.

Pulling yourself out of this rut is possible, one step at a time!

Change your inner voice.

Will I always be my own worst enemy?

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