by Lucy Shenouda | Oct 19, 2016 | Change, Mindset
I ask him for a cup. He smiles as he hands me a mug. A red mug, at that! For a moment, for just a few seconds, I pause. I slow down. I reflect. A cup, not a mug. I am given something other than what I ask for, what I expect, what I assume is right for me. In the...
by Lucy Shenouda | Oct 4, 2016 | Perspective, Resourcefulness, Tenacity
I am haunted by reverberating echoes in my mind. The type of echoes that draw me inward. Echoes of past regrets and burdensome worries. I feel weighed down. I feel overly stressed. I realize that this is a familiar feeling. I’ve been here before. Different and yet the...