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Ki & Tye's avatar

The greatest lesson learned this year was definitely stillness is not only required but necessary.

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Nneka Julia's avatar

WHEW! This, friend. THIS.

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Frankie's avatar

This is vibrational in my soul. If Barry White was a woman reincarnated she would be you. Your voice is like a big sister you turn to for comfort. Thank you for existing 🙏🏽✊🏽

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Nneka Julia's avatar

Frankie this made my YEAR, thank you so much! wow

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Frankie's avatar

Just wanted to give you your flowers. Even though we have never met your videos are super relaxing when I am stressed. Something positive so thank you honestly.

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Blake Van Putten's avatar

Demanding heat from empty fireplaces hit my soul. I'm finally gathering my own wood instead of watching others' flames. Thank you for the match.

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Nneka Julia's avatar

absolutely love this framing, Blake! thank you for taking the time

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Rachel Roth's avatar

Oh I loved this

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Nneka Julia's avatar

thank you so much, Rachel!

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Afro • Reads's avatar

I started creating for the first time last year. Things didn’t go the way I wanted and I simply gave up. Reading it and living it are definitely two different things.

I guess one thing I learned last year was that after years, unbeknownst to me, I am indeed creative after all.

This year, I’m learning to begin again.

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Jaimee's avatar

My greatest lesson of 2024 was that avoiding change has been in effort to avoid emotion, mine and others. To feel, to express feeling, and to accept and acknowledge the feelings of others is beautifully messy and necessary.

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Ose Akowe's avatar

All the extraordinary and serendipity you seek exists in the doing. And when you begin to use your gifts to serve others, you’ll feel all the warmth your life has to offer.

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Kristyn Granahan's avatar

“It was done before but not by you” oooof I needed that one

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Tobe Nwosu's avatar

Thank you Nneka

I needed this

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Chito O.'s avatar

Loved read this ✨

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Shifra Clara Wasserstein's avatar

Thank you so much for a wonderful share that touches the heart, feeds the imagination and nourishes the soul 💗🙏

Greatest lesson learned in the last year is to let people be, and to stop trying to change them. Investing in myself whatever i wish to see in the world is my answer to all that pains me.

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Carin Chantel's avatar

I just posted my first newsletter today and felt very much like a kid going out to play in the play yard for the fist time. That feeling was always intense. Then I found you.; Letter from a stranger. I watched this video and fell in creative love. You are magic, your voice tone, the way you capture and express yourself. Thank you for putting this out in the world and bringing some much needed joy, awe, inspiration and a feeling of creator camaraderie.

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Tomilola's avatar

Thank you for reminding me to create more than I consume. It's easy to fall into the trap of drowning in comparison when I do otherwise.

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Julia Blues's avatar

The greatest lesson I learned last year was to surrender to the idea of what I thought, prayed, and hoped my life would look like and to be open to the moments life wanted me to experience with each breath.

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Jesse Osmun's avatar

Last year I joined a local addiction recovery organization as a Volunteer. I wasn't sure I belonged or that I'd find community because I wasn't a person who considered himself a substance addicted person or someone "in recovery" in the classical sense. I learned that I relate so much to these people I thought I wasn't like, and we find joy, support, and real talk. We can't really socialize outside of our volunteer hours, so it's tough, but while we are together we definitely feed each other and create a better world.

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Drea Kay's avatar

Creative, Resonating, and Much Needed!

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