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Life is filled with a series of cliffs we have to face. Everyone will face different cliffs, sometimes multiple cliffs, it is a part of life we must all learn to live with. When we are on one of these said cliffs and are looking out over the beauty that is blow us, we can be filled with an incredible amount of fear. The valley is thousands of feet below and there’s nothing to stop us from falling.

The definition of ordinary is “with no special or distinctive features; normal.” I believe all artists at some point in time have a fear that both themselves and their art is “ordinary.” I too have had these nagging doubts in the back of my mind as I scroll through Instagram and see art that appears to be so extraordinary.

Rewatching old movies is a really wonderful thing to do, especially during quarantine when there isn’t much else to do. It’s especially wonderful if these old movies are from your childhood and you have not seen them in forever. Add in a bonus if you’re watching them with a good friend.

Dreams are completely and utterly terrifying. If you’re not scared to death over the idea of the dream you feel is on your heart, it is not big enough. If you are truly dreaming big enough and if you are truly thinking about the dream that’s on your heart, there should be a rather large dose of fear pumping through your veins.

Friendship is something we should never take for granted and it is definitely something we have taken for granted in the past. Before we were all placed into a quarantine, I believe a lot of us took for granted the people in our lives and the moments with them that have now become so incredibly special. We’ve been given the opportunity to see our lives from a new perspective and it’s show us some things we don’t overly like.

That which is torn or broken, does not have to remain that way forever. We have all gone through several circumstances that leave us worse for wear and wishing we never had to face such times in our lives. These circumstances will leave us battered and torn, often times with holes in the very fabric of who we are.

Why write blog posts? I have asked myself this question several times since I started my blog back in 2016. It seemed like the natural thing to do when I started my business Strength of Atlantis. But what about now, four years after I started writing a blog?