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On feeling like an outcast

March 25, 2017 by John Falloon Leave a Comment
BSA Saturday home outcast

As a child, I felt a lot of shame. Growing up at the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, I was just like all the other patients. Once I was sent home, I was different than everyone else in my town, including all of my family members. I walked and moved differently than the other children … [Read more…]

Posted in: Be Self Aware, Book Excerpts, Food For Thought Tagged: be self aware, book excerpt, childhood, journey, life, parts, prosthetic legs, self

#tbt – Baby John

March 23, 2017 by John Falloon Leave a Comment
BSA Thursday baby

This #ThrowbackThursday is going way, way back. Looking at the face of that little baby, you would never know that bones and tissue in both legs were malformed and I was missing bones and numerous toes. I was living in the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, where I grew up for seven years, about four … [Read more…]

Posted in: Be Self Aware, Throwback Thursday Tagged: be self aware, childhood, journey, life, parts, self, throwback thursday

You were born to make mistakes

March 20, 2017 by John Falloon Leave a Comment
BSA monday make mistakes

You were born to make mistakes. You were born to learn through trying and failing and trying again and again. You don’t have to get it right the first time. Or the second or third or tenth. Mistakes do not mean you’re a failure. They mean you are making progress. Love who you are and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Be Self Aware, Motivational Monday Tagged: be self aware, life, motivationalmonday, self

Just Be.

January 10, 2017 by John Falloon Leave a Comment

We rush from work to home to appointments and rarely take time to stop and breathe. It is so important that you have time to just “be”, and to reconnect with your Self and center your thoughts. Somewhere today, pause in the busy and take a moment to stop and just be, before continuing on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Be Self Aware, Motivational Monday Tagged: be self aware, life, motivationalmonday, relationships, self, slow down

If a dog was your teacher

November 1, 2016 by John Falloon Leave a Comment
bentley on rock

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Be Self Aware, Food For Thought Tagged: animals, be self aware, child, dog, happiness, life, relationships

How do you make decisions?

October 25, 2016 by John Falloon Leave a Comment
thinking

Why don’t I know what I want to do with my life? Why can’t I figure out what I want to take in school? Why can’t I commit to a job or a career path? Why is it difficult for me to commit to life decisions? Why am I not brave enough to do what … [Read more…]

Posted in: Be Self Aware, Exercises, Food For Thought Tagged: be self aware, committments, decisions, gut feelings, life, parts, relationships, self

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