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My Thoughts on 3 of Oprah's Rules for Success

My Thoughts on 3 of Oprah's Rules for Success

Dareise Jones
Inspiration

I understand now, more than ever that I must stay on a frequency of positivity, faith and abundance with my thoughts to create the life of peace, freedom and creativity that I want. This rule is absolutely true: everything we have and do, starts with our thoughts. If you don’t believe that, take a moment to think about something you have in your life and then trace it back to its origin. That seed you planted was a thought that you watered to make it a reality. That’s why it is important to water those thoughts that will create the life you want.

A Written Reflection: Dear 17-Year-Old Me, I’m Glad You Took that Advice

A Written Reflection: Dear 17-Year-Old Me, I’m Glad You Took that Advice

Dareise Jones
Writing, Inspiration

Year seventeen was an interesting one for me, as I’m sure it is for all teenagers. There was a lot I knew about myself and had come to believe about myself. I knew I was a writer. My aunt, who’d helped raise me (and read my diaries and poetry without my permission, Lol), told me I was a few years prior, and by that point I believed it. I loved to write and could trace that love as far back as the second grade. But there were a lot of things I didn’t know and didn’t take seriously; school was one of them.