John Articles
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The Pen Is No Longer Mine
I once authored my own world. Now life holds the pen, and I live by pages I never chose. Now the chapters arrive unannounced. Responsibilities replace possibilities, and choices narrow into obligations. I wake up inside sentences I didn’t draft, learning to read between lines written by loss, delay, and unanswered prayers. Yet even here,… Read more
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𝐂𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 smile 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬?
People like to say, “I’d rather cry in a mansion than smile in the gutters,” and they repeat it like it’s wisdom. Read more
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Be Different (Series 1)
Whenever you choose a different direction from what everyone around you keeps telling you to follow, you are choosing a different future from theirs. Most people who give advice are not speaking from possibility; they are speaking from repetition. Read more
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Why Most People Are Defensive
I have met good people — truly good people — and they’ve changed the way I see the world. In the best way. I haven’t written here in a while. Not because I ran out of thoughts, but because one of my previous articles led to personal consequences I wasn’t ready to carry loudly. I… Read more
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Carrot, Egg, or Coffee?
when the heat rises, will you be the carrot, the egg, or the coffee? Read more
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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮
I hope the people you love truly believe that you love them.I hope the love you give returns to you tenfold—overflowing, brimming, and shaken.I hope the pain you’ve known doesn’t make you doubt the joy that is waiting for you.I hope you believe in fairy tales with happy endings,And may the ones with sad endings… Read more
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Grandpa; The wall clock
I spent most of my childhood with my grandfathers in the village, and he had this not so big but a fancy classic clock on the wall. I found it fascinating. Around the age of six, Read more
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Break the system
We should start telling each other a more honest story: It’s okay if your life doesn’t look like the picture you once imagined. Read more
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No Matter How Hungry You Are, You Never Take Another Man’s Last Bread
There is a bread that is yours. It may not look like anyone else’s, but it will come at the right time, in the right way. Read more
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Is Winning Really the Best You Can Do?
But here’s the question nobody asks: What happens when you win—and still feel empty? Read more
