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"And every day, I heard her wish that I had never been born. Rather then hugs and kisses, I got ice-cold stares, punches, strikes and kicks." Mark Lopez #story #courage #brave #abuse #blog #potsc #secondchance www.potsc.com/...
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"It’s been too easy for me to try to fit into that “factory- mentality” be a cog in someone else’s machine, I feel the humanity drain out of me… and my worth is based again at the bottom line on a spread-sheet in some office in accounting." @Ashley Smith via @POTSC #nevergiveup #courage #hope #grace #secondchance #worth #potsc #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"I feared that I didn’t belong and I felt rejected." @Eryn Erickson via @POTSC #courage #brave #photography #MayYouBe #words #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"...you realize you’re alone, tired, and sorry. You wish you could go back and change the way you did things, but what’s done is done." Jarrid Wilson via @POTSC #courage #tenacity #grace #failure #hope www.potsc.com/...
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NEW POTSC Video: A Mom's Courage Through Cancer In her fourth month of pregnancy, Trina Pockett found a lump under her collarbone. #courage #secondchance #potsc #story #video #mothersday #hopewins www.potsc.com/...
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"What if a tribe of people rose up and reclaimed real grace, big grace, scandalously generous grace on behalf of the faith?" Mike Foster via @POTSC #potsc #grace #community #courage #hope #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"One day, someone shared their story with me, and I realized I wasn’t alone." Kimberlee Dunn via @POTSC #potsc #groups #courage #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"It was all I could do to just wake up & face the world each day." Tracy Kase #potsc #hope #courage #story #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"...grace is relentless and far-reaching - even to the ends of the earth." Sasha Leahovcenco #potsc #HelpPortrait #story #photography #grace #courage
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"In the end, it’s not even about dating, but struggling to find community in general." #potsc #culture #community #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"Love does not equal manipulation." Elora Ramirez #potsc #secondchance #blog #courage #story www.potsc.com/...
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"When I read the clever headlines and overhear the jokes about Nadya, I silently assume that you think the very same things about me." @Sara Evanchick via @POTSC #blog #welfare #momblogger #secondchance #grace www.potsc.com/...
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"We all have ideas. But somewhere deep inside, we also have tenacity." Lindsey Nobles from @Project 7 via @POTSC #potsc #tenacity #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"We stand with those who are broken, rejected, and hurting. We are in their corner and will stick our necks out to risk for those who need grace." @Karen Hammons via @POTSC #gracemob #potsc #secondchance #community #tribe www.potsc.com/...
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"The cards that I’ve been dealt have made me that much stronger. I’ve been given a second chance at living..." Sonja Harmon via @POTSC #potsc #story #secondchance #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"He fights against apathy, and gives an orphanage full of kids a second chance at being loved." - Daniel Yourd #socialgood #blog #secondchance #potsc www.potsc.com/...
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"...just as the paint splatters off the canvas, desperate hope always goes further than expected." @Aaron Harris via @POTSC #art #creative #hope www.potsc.com/...
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"...a poignant illustration of how second chances are built — by salvaging what can be saved, and through the sacrifice of people around us." @Mohan Karulkar via @POTSC #secondchance #stories #blog #hope
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"We’re here to set each other up to win. Together, we practice self grace and compassion. To have the courage to be vulnerable and shatter the silence of shame." @Ashley Smith via @POTSC #blog #shame #courage #potsc #secondchance www.potsc.com/...
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"After believing that everyone is a liar for 20 years, I’m finding that integrity, authenticity, and trust are possible." LV Hanson via @POTSC #community #addictions #recovery #blog #potsc www.potsc.com/...
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"Sometimes we don’t save the day. Sometimes the second chance we give is squandered." @Mohan Karulkar via @POTSC #grace #secondchance #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"With the help of community, I’m done with shame..." Thomas Zuniga via @POTSC #community #grace #blog #story www.potsc.com/...
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"If you feel the need to say something then let me encourage you to raise your voice for GRACE. Add redemptive words to the conversation right now. For heaven’s sake, it’s not that hard but it does mean making a choice. Trust me, you won’t regret it." - Mike Foster #potsc #blog #grace www.potsc.com/...
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"Second chances are there to bring good out of the first chance – no matter how badly you might have messed it up." Guest Blog Post from Laura Anne MacKay via @POTSC #potsc #secondchance #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"I have a belief system now what am I supposed to do with it?” - Andrew Marin #potsc #grace #LGBT #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"Broken places heal back stronger and rarely ever break in that place again." - Sean Womack via People of the Second Chance #potsc #grace #forgiveness #story #neverbeyond www.potsc.com/...
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"I’ve learned that grace is not a limited commodity. It does not decrease as it is passed from person to person. In fact, it increases. Grace creates something from nothing; it creates life from ruin." Garrett Markwood via @POTSC #secondchance #story #grace www.potsc.com/...
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"To ignore the suffering of others is wrong and unsustainable. All of us have an obligation to use our talents for the greater good." Drew Carson via @POTSC #art #SecondChance www.potsc.com/...
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"Surviving life = lowering your expectations of it, redefining the new “normal"." Kurt Ervin via @POTSC #blog #SpecialNeeds #courage www.potsc.com/...
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"We want to give you a chance to tell your love story (or, if you’re still waiting, then what you hope your love story will be). Your story matters to us, and it matters to the POTSC community as a whole." #potsc #stories #video www.potsc.com/...
"And it’s a lonely place, to sit on the roof top of the standards you’ve built and realize no one can live this way. Not you, and not anyone else." @Desirae Schneider via @POTSC #secondchance #potsc #identity #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"I was six the first time I remember hearing the word “fat"." @Alexandra Headrick via @POTSC #secondchance #labelslie #potsc #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"Today, I am going to set aside the loud voice of my inner critic and let the soft whisper of grace lead me." @Ashley Smith via @POTSC #secondchance #potsc #identity www.potsc.com/...
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"Who knows how many eyeballs landing on those words will subconsciously begin judging me or think how I need to be “fixed”." @Karen Hammons via @POTSC #secondchance #potsc #identity #blog www.potsc.com/...
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"When someone’s personal struggle becomes such common knowledge that it shows up on a greeting card, it probably makes embracing a second chance kind of hard." @Mohan Karulkar via @POTSC #secondchance #potsc #blog
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"What if the people in your life knew the real you? What if you stripped back all the layers of fake, and fluff, and façade? What would people see? What would people think?" - Brad Lomenick #potsc #secondchance #bepresent www.potsc.com/...
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"There was a time when POTSC was just an idea, swirling around our heads as a combination of experiences, thoughts, emotions, and inspiration. " #potsc #goodideabook www.potsc.com/...
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"A second chance is grace in action. A second chance is the story changer." #potsc #secondchance www.potsc.com/...
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"We tend to believe that when we give someone a second chance, that means we’re condoning whatever they did to blow their first chance." @Mohan Karulkar via @POTSC #secondchance #potsc #chrisbrown www.potsc.com/...
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"When we seek love with new, re-birthed, grace filled eyes, reborn without barriers, we find life. We find second chances. New chances. New creativity. New art." via @Ashley Smith @POTSC. #secondchance #potsc #love #art #grace
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"The most dangerous part of labels is how easily we can become what we’ve been labeled." - Max Dubinsky #potsc #LabelsLie www.potsc.com/... [Image Source: makeitmad.com/...
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"It was one of the first times that I knew I needed thicker skin. Because to cry would just add fuel to their fire." - Sonny Lemmons #potsc #LabelsLie www.potsc.com/...
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"I can’t love someone who has been ignorantly labeled unless I take that label on myself." - Andrew Marin #potsc #LabelsLie www.potsc.com/...
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"I questioned what God was thinking when he made me an artist." - Dan Scott #potsc #LabelsLie www.potsc.com/...
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"At first, I didn’t even know what they were calling me, but I knew it couldn’t be good." Dan Scott via #potsc #LabelsLie www.potsc.com/...
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"Yet here you sit surrounded by well-meaning, but entirely crazy people. It has taken every ounce of life you have just to make it through December." #potsc www.potsc.com/...
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"Because of that stupid drug I was fat, and I thought no man would ever love me." #potsc #labelslie www.potsc.com/...
"A year ago today, I didn’t wake up in the morning like I normally do. Rather, I was led from a holding cell where I’d sat awake all night, handed an envelope containing my keys and wallet, and ushered out the exit of a jailhouse." #potsc #labelslie www.potsc.com/...
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"Don’t find your label; find your IDENTITY. It’s not to be found in adjectives or nouns, but in things intangible ─ things that are universal and timeless." - Mohan Karulkar #potsc #labelslie www.potsc.com/...
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Karen Hammons Grateful how hope is never limited or boxed in.
Karen Hammons Beautiful art piece, Aaron!!