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The Vampires in Our Lives | Nikkele's Blog
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The Vampires in Our Lives. March 19, 2015. March 19, 2015. Over-extending ourselves or taking our resilience for granted by saying “yes” to everything. False obligations and false guilt, which lead to emotional/mental/financial/time manipulation. Compromising in areas where there should be none. Friendships/Relationships/Situations that do not add to our lives but rather only subtract or divide. Accepting less than what we deserve and being taken for granted. Alright then, folks! March 20, 2015 at 7:03 pm.
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Waiting to Blow Up | Nikkele's Blog
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Waiting to Blow Up. January 21, 2015. January 29, 2015. I love how God works. I was on my way to meet some people for lunch when I was inadvertently detoured. Since my plans were thwarted, I decided to get an oil change. When I arrived, the mechanic checked my dip stick and said, “Your engine is DRY! Sold it to the junkyard. I was in straight up denial! So look here, my friends. Don’t be like me and wind up getting an oil change only to find that you may be on the verge of needing a. Too Old to Die →.
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DWA: Death with Attitude | Nikkele's Blog
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DWA: Death with Attitude. June 4, 2015. June 7, 2015. How do we feel? Everyone has their different way of grieving. In my case it began with shock. After all, my father was the last person I’d expect to pass away. Afterward I became angry as my thoughts competed for which one would reach the finish line first. The one that kept trying to break the tape was the one that said, “That was my. Who would go next? Will it be me? No more grief, please. Nobody else die this year. No more. Because we both realize ...
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Too Old to Die | Nikkele's Blog
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Too Old to Die. February 26, 2015. February 26, 2015. Who’d be the philosophical gurus who’d teach us to live our best lives? And who would start the major corporations that we rely on every day for our daily needs, including employment? Those things and more manifested because someone believed in going above and beyond what was considered the norm. If your dreams require you to move for the billionth time, go for it! Psalm 118:17 (NIV)-I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
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Crimson Sky: A Novel by Nikkele Shelton | Nikkele's Blog
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Crimson Sky: A Novel by Nikkele Shelton. April 7, 2015. July 7, 2015. I’d like to take the time to thank you for supporting Nikkele’s Blog. I have taken a leap from the world of blogging to fiction writing. I have just released my first novel,. The story follows the life of a young woman, Suzi, who is the daughter of a voodoo priestess. She leaves for college and eventually converts to Christianity, only to find that the people in her new faith have a twist of their own. Get your copy today! I hope to ha...
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Myths About Single Women | Nikkele's Blog
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Myths About Single Women. March 1, 2015. March 1, 2015. I consider myself one of the fortunate ones who was never taught that my womanhood was validated by anything other than my personal success and development. However, there are many who have been taught that the only real goal for a woman is to be a wife and mother, and as a result, those women are suffering because of how people perceive them when that goal goes unfulfilled. Your Standards are Too High. You’re Doing Something Wrong. Marriage is a be...
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Expect Nothing, Get Nothing | Nikkele's Blog
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Expect Nothing, Get Nothing. December 4, 2014. December 4, 2014. He returned with professional dress and attitude. The nugget of truth I mined out of his statement blew me away to the point where I had to put cooking breakfast on hold: After initially almost sabotaging his chances,. He began to conduct himself according to his expectations. And had he not gotten a clue that what he thought was not for him really was, he would have missed his blessing. Aha! Another common scenario is when people desire a ...
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Nikkele's Blog | Thinkers Welcome | Page 2
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DWA: Death with Attitude. June 4, 2015. June 7, 2015. How do we feel? Everyone has their different way of grieving. In my case it began with shock. After all, my father was the last person I’d expect to pass away. Afterward I became angry as my thoughts competed for which one would reach the finish line first. The one that kept trying to break the tape was the one that said, “That was my. Who would go next? Will it be me? No more grief, please. Nobody else die this year. No more. Because we both realize ...
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“Why I Don’t Practice Christianity” | Nikkele's Blog
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8220;Why I Don’t Practice Christianity”. March 11, 2015. October 30, 2015. To which she replied, Protestant. I left it at that until the age of 19 when I began my quest for God. So I studied it, started going to church, studied some more, and decided to stick around. So why did I, and still to this day, practice the Christian faith despite the fact that it is very unpopular and grossly misunderstood? Well, for this post I’d rather focus on why I. Life I have 99 problems and yours ain’t one. The Vampires ...
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Lessons From the Death of My Father | Nikkele's Blog
https://nikkele.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/lessons-from-the-death-of-my-father
Lessons From the Death of My Father. May 8, 2015. May 8, 2015. Or stir up childhood memories of discussing elements from the Periodic Table (yes…at 7! I’ll think of John Edward Shelton Jr. If you want to learn more about my father, please check out this video of his a capella group, Yesterday’s Today:. John Edward Shelton Jr. Crimson Sky: A Novel by Nikkele Shelton. DWA: Death with Attitude →. 10 thoughts on “ Lessons From the Death of My Father. May 8, 2015 at 12:08 pm. May 8, 2015 at 12:11 pm. Thank yo...
