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The Trip: Don’t Wait to Exhale


We all get occupied by the burdensome traffic that life will throw our way. Nothing you want is handed to you. All desires take sacrifice, time, effort, and passion. What we neglect to focus on is the time that needs to be taken out for ourselves. When your focus is taken off of yourself, your life becomes unbalanced.

Each component towards reaching our desires takes pieces of us until the peace within us fades out. 
How can a person progress when they are exhausted mentally and emotionally, and in some cases physically?

The trip requires a person to be at peace with their past, present and future. Corruption is a road block and either you work around it or through it. You can’t follow a desire if you’re experiencing doubt or fear. IT JUST DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT!

I learned today in church that if you focus on fearing your destiny, you will lead yourself to failure.
With that being said, don’t stress… just rest!

Two weeks ago, I was sent to the emergency room from stress induced anxiety. My limits were pushed to its capacity because I forgot to rest.

I’m a full-time college student with two jobs, usually filling my off days with my second job. I emerged into another dimension of reality at the start of my junior year. With all of my daily occurrences taking me away from myself, my health began depleting. At 20 years old, I experienced chronic migraines, my blood pressure rested in stroke level, and my lack of self-confidence drove me away from my responsibilities.

My mom told me after she had her stroke, “No one but you will be sitting in that hospital bed at the end of the day.”

Stressing over the unexpected will leave a person in relentless chaos because nothing in life is expected. When you begin to feel overwhelmed don’t wait to exhale.

It's ok to breathe!

-De’Laurenz

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