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Casually living the life I want.

https://anchor.fm/justadad

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Spirit of Bruce Lee… 🔥🔥🔥

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My parents taught me how to survive. Now I’m learning to live.

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Adversity.

Turning nothing into something. It’s realizing you have everything you need to achieve your dreams and goals right in front of you.

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Something new.

Today, I officially began my second attempt at my very own podcast show. I’ve started from scratch and I can’t wait to see where it goes. I have so much I want to share with the world!

https://open.spotify.com/show/6pnN7HSD3fwv3kcUIkia94

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Hello,

For quite a while, my mind has been plagued with what my first “personal” post should be about. You see, I’ve created this blog in the hopes of becoming a more open, honest, and transparent person. There are certain goals I hope to meet this year and creating a blog was one of them. Why did I choose tumblr you ask? Because it’s similiar to me, it got me through my years of high school. Now I am 26. Married. With one beautiful baby girl. Nothing shy of a true blessing. I love my life and everything that surrounds it. I love that I have not one, but two people to come home to. Somehow, I ended up with exactly what I used to dream of. I hope to connect and share my life with many strangers looking to improve their lives. I can’t tell you exactly how to live, but I will do my best to guide you in a more positive direction. My name is Jalil Ray and you can look at me as sort of a life mentor. Here to serve you with advice, love, and support to help you along your journey. I hope you decide to follow along with me and learn what it means to walk a mile in my shoes. One day I hope to touch many people, and help spread a word of love and positivity. In th mean time, thank you for your support.

Warmest Regards,

Jalil Ray

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Grateful.

How often are you counting your blessings? Are you listing what you’re thankful for. Take a moment to understand that no matter your situation there will always be someone who wants what you have.

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It’s 7am. You wake up to a distant cry for “momma” coming from a nervy monitor. Knowing it’s your day, you reach over to turn the monitor off. You make your way down the hallway to a door where the small voice is coming from. You take a deep breath, twist the door knob while putting on your biggest smile and open the door.

Me: Good morning baby girl!

Daughter: NOT you!

Me:

You must also, be a dad.

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Step One.

Being able to acknowledge a behavior or habit as toxic.

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Tough times don’t last tough people do, remember? https://ift.tt/2HW57kq

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Heal, learn, grow, love. https://ift.tt/2HWibXi

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Remember.

Things aren’t happening to you. They are happening around you. We live in a world full of infinite experiences and opportunities meant to help us learn and grow.

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I can’t.

Replace those words with, “This is hard, but I am trying my best.” Don’t limit your own potential. Read it again.