jaynie modin Curators Community • yesterday • 2 min readJust a Monday ramble...To give of ourselves to others is one of the greatest gifts we are offered in this life, as is the encouragement and upliftment of those around us, but what so many of us forget is to retain the…jaynie modin Curators Community • 2 days ago • 5 min readSalt of the Earth.There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡. I have met all…jaynie modin Curators Community • 2 days ago • 4 min readWe are not Islands.I have always had enjoyed that tongue in cheek quote “You are unique, just like everybody else.” On the surface, it is somewhat amusing... but dig a little deeper, and you quickly realise that it’s…jaynie modin Curators Community • 3 days ago • 5 min readJust one of those Saturdays...Today has been one of those days in which I thought about, thinking about writing. I probably made my way through this cycle of thought, think and “possibly do” about a hundred times – not unlike a…jaynie modin Curators Community • 4 days ago • 5 min readEnough... IS...enough.“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.” - Steve…jaynie modin Curators Community • 6 days ago • 4 min readMeaning in the MiddleTake a moment to realize how great it is that you’re working on it. Then step forward and offer your best efforts yet. — Ralph Marston Sometimes I have compared how life “develops” to the…jaynie modin Curators Community • 7 days ago • 6 min readThe Measure of a Moment.“I'll tell you what I miss. I miss that throbbing heart telling me to take a leap when the sky looks too dark. I miss the walk that I took in the narrow cobblestoned pathways that fumed of history…jaynie modin Curators Community • 7 days ago • 4 min readSimplicity is Delicious.Our egos are utterly convinced that ‘quality of life’ is found in the ‘domineering of life.’ And a very simple way to effectively destroy the whole of your life is to live by this for the smallest…jaynie modin Curators Community • 8 days ago • 4 min readI will Write...I will write - because this is how I process and heal. It is how I manage my mind. It is how I find a place of understanding for every microscopic detail of my life experience which I find…jaynie modin Curators Community • 8 days ago • 3 min readNO is a complete sentence.Sometimes I think the hardest word in the English language isn’t “antidisestablishmentarianism” or whatever other Scrabble champion nonsense people throw around. It’s “no.” Just two little letters…jaynie modin Curators Community • 9 days ago • 6 min readThe Silence Between Chapters.“Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back.” ― Jennifer Elisabeth Over the years I have found that life…jaynie modin Curators Community • 12 days ago • 6 min readLessons Etched in Absence“There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.” ― Sabaa Tahir Tonight I sat and watched my mom’s memorial service. It…jaynie modin Curators Community • 12 days ago • 2 min readEcstasy in MotionNaked. I stood - staring at my translucent reflection in the window as the sun pierced it’s rays through the blinding glass and landed in skewed directions on my skin. I saw myself, looked down upon…jaynie modin Curators Community • 13 days ago • 4 min readMotion & MagicI have never been one to stare at a mountain and collapse at the idea of climbing it. My brain just doesn’t go there. The thought of “impossible” has never sat comfortably with me. Maybe it’s…jaynie modin Curators Community • 14 days ago • 3 min readLiving in Full Colour“Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. It’s a sign that you have a big heart, and that you aren’t afraid to let others see it.” — Brigitte Nicole Ola Sunshines, Hope everyone…jaynie modin Curators Community • last month • 5 min readBeauty and the Brains.It never fails to baffle me how quickly people assume that if you are considered “pretty” or have what society deems an “attractive body”, that there is nothing much going on between your ears. Like…jaynie modin Curators Community • last month • 3 min readHolding Space for ChangeHave you ever noticed how people don’t always want you to grow? It’s strange. You’d think change would be something worth celebrating… the effort it takes, the courage behind it, not to mention the…jaynie modin Curators Community • last month • 6 min readRolling with the waves... and the punches, lol!Many nights when I fall asleep, I can hear the waves from the distant ocean rolling and crashing. It’s a beautiful sound, both comforting and powerful… and waking up to the smell of the ocean in the…jaynie modin Curators Community • last month • 6 min readThank You. No, Really. Thank You.It is pretty strange how two little words can carry the weight of a piano falling from a sixth floor window. “Thank you.” I used to throw it out there like confetti… polite, perfunctory, a default…jaynie modin Curators Community • last month • 5 min readDead Wood Doesn’t Grow.Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go. ― Roy T. Bennett Even the wildest of angers and harshest of bitterness can be useful for a relative period of time… such…
