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nikiflorica
Dec 28, 20212 min read
Keep Your Head Up
I think it would alarm me if I actually knew how much time I spend with my head down, watching the road ahead of me. On walks, I barely...
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nikiflorica
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Negativity Stinks... And Other Reasons to Smile This Christmas
Maybe this goes without saying, but isn't negativity the worst? I mean, you're just rolling along, enjoying God's grace and goodness, and...
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nikiflorica
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Be Filled.
Want to hear a secret? Just kidding—it's not really a secret. I'm a smidge of a pessimist. Just kidding—it's more than a smidge. I think...
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nikiflorica
Aug 26, 20213 min read
Let's Talk About My Most Epic Failure Ever
I bombed my first driver's test. And, no, before you say, "Oh, I failed, too!" believe me when I say that mine was probably worse. In...
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nikiflorica
Aug 12, 20212 min read
Bad Dreams Are Good for Something
Imagine this. You have a dream about something you've been dreading. It goes badly. You screw up, or the whole shebang goes south in the...
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nikiflorica
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Will We or Will We Not
When you stop to count them, a TON of spiritual traits boil down to good ol' fashioned acts of will. Prayerfulness. Forgiveness....
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nikiflorica
Jun 17, 20212 min read
When the Stakes Are High—Smile!
I'm usually pretty good at laughing at myself. You know, when the stakes are low. When things get stressful, though, and nobody else is...
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nikiflorica
Jan 14, 20212 min read
How Was Your Productive-in-Its-Own-Way Thursday?
Now, I typically don't write my Thankful Thursday posts at eight o'clock on Thursday night, but when life hands you lemons and a busy...
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nikiflorica
Dec 17, 20202 min read
Snowmen Smiles
Meet Dudley, Myrtle, and Rudy, the three happy snowmen mascots of this Thankful Thursday post. Technically, I should be studying for my...
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nikiflorica
Jun 18, 20202 min read
A Very Fond Furwell
I must have been three, maybe four years old when I went with my grandparents to pick this adorable pup from its litter mates. Since that...
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nikiflorica
Jun 11, 20201 min read
60 Seconds of Solid Gratitude—GO!
Despite the mountain of bookish research I could be doing at present, I'm taking a brief respite to enjoy this fine Thankful Thursday...
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nikiflorica
May 14, 20202 min read
From Failure Vortex to Victory
Failure is one of the most unpleasant phenomenons to grip our world since Adam and Eve's fall in the Garden of Eden. Whether magnanimous...
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nikiflorica
Oct 24, 20192 min read
Looking Out and Giving Thanks
One temptation that seems prevalent in our luxury-cushioned first-world is the urge to dwell on ourselves. Whether it's that nagging...
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