MELINDA K. BOWENS

To know me is to know I am a top-tier supporter of other people being able to make mistakes (or what they believe is a mistake) and grow som

I don’t like to ask for help…or feedback…or suggestions…or advice…or anything that would make it seem as though I don’t have it all together

Now, I don’t know what the individual plans will look like for each of us, but I am more than certain that we each need to have one. Because

But I’m Right…And Why That Doesn’t Matter Y’all, I looooooooooove being right. I don’t really mean right as in always doing the right...

Y’all, I looooooooooove being right. I don’t really mean right as in always doing the right thing, I mean right as in always having an answe

Ummmmm, God…This isn’t what I ordered “Everything will be all right in the end. If it is not yet all right, it is not yet the end.” Now,...

#BreakingTheCycle: That moving target…and my bad aim When my little brother and I were younger, we would occasionally make a trip to the...

#BreakingTheCycle: Tomorrow… When I was thinking about the title for this post, I immediately started singing the song from “Annie.” You...

#BreakingTheCycle: Dr. Seuss was on to something… “Today you are You that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than...

#BreakingTheCycle: Sweet Spot, Turned Sour If any of us have ever needed to get into the groove of anything, like working out for...

The Defense of Busyness We’re busy people these days and that statement really came as a shock to no one; but I thought I would start...

#BreakingTheCycle: The Defense of “The Mask” We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we...

#BreakingTheCycle: The Defense of Procrastination Hello. My name is Melinda and I’m a procrastinator. *the rest of the group greets me...

#BreakingTheCycle: The Defense of Pessimism For starters, I don’t think many people claim to be full-time pessimists. Just the thought of...

#BreakTheCycle: The Defense of Stubbornness “I’m stubborn, not deaf.” Of all the phrases I say or have said on a regular basis, this had...

#BreakingTheCycle: Defenses I was taking a BuzzFeed quiz today on college mascots (because that’s what every productive adult does in the...

Fear is not a factor…Or maybe it is For much of the early 2000’s I was mildly addicted to this reality show on NBC called Fear Factor. If...

I’m Dedicated...For The Most Part Verse of the Day: Matthew 6:24 “You cannot be the slave of two masters! You will like one more than the...

Heart Check Verse of the Day: Proverbs 4:23 “Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.” (CEV) “Keep...

I’m Working On It Verse of the Day: Proverbs 16:20 “If you know what you’re doing, you will prosper. God blesses everyone who trust him.”...