Little Mai Sunshine

A home for my Sunshine mind, and other messy musings.

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What's Your Creative Status?

A personal think piece on how Creatives matter to society.

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I'm hosting a literary club event for TEN Women!

an old piece I wrote a while ago:

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Happiness is Sometimes Lonely

Community without collaboration is just a bunch of lonely people in a room.

There’s nothing wrong with doing your own thing but why limit yourself to what you only know when there is a room full of eager eyes, hungry hearts, and magic thinking. You have the beautiful honor of listening to others, molding new wonders and ideas, and imagining bigger and better.The essence of community is to gather all that is new and wonderful and understood—together.👇🏽 share your fav communities youre a part of

Dear Brittle Mai - It Does Get Better After It Got Worse

My dear friend Yetti asked me to be a part of her Self-Love series where we all wrote letters to our past selves to let them go and let them know we’re growing and safe now.I wrote to my past self from just a few months ago. Yes, as in who I was just a few months ago was a complete contrast to who I am now and she needed someone badly to help her out of her darkness.We talk about healing our inner child, our younger selves who needed the person we are now to console and comfort her, guide her and redirect her. But we don’t talk about healing our past selves just a moment ago, just a day ago, just a month ago. When we tell ourselves it’s a practice, it is quite literally not about seeing ourselves in different phases or levels to pursue (this isn’t a video game!) but rather seeing ourselves every single day. Practicing how to ask ourselves what are we feeling right now and what do we need from ourselves in this moment?

Creativity is not a competition.

i've thought about this a lot within the past year, as i've gone deeper into this creative journey of mine.

Everyone's The One

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Mai NguyenSep 29

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Mai Nguyen  Oct 14

Okay, I'll start -- I think the idea of "manifestations" has really taken off in the recent days of modern laws of attraction. I am definitely a believer and have seen it proven tried-and-true within my life. But at some point, I wonder if we're using "manifestations" as an excuse to get the things we're not even ready for but don't realize it (or even deeper, won't really admit).

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Mai Nguyen  Oct 14

I think we've begun using the term a little too loosely -- maybe even lazily. Because with any spiritual ideology, there must be a primary pillar of deeper understanding. Nothing comes that easily and we'd be foolish to believe it. So then, are we really "manifesting" things we want in our lives? Or are we working hard for what we deserve and receive them when we're ready without realizing it was once a manifestation.....because we've already moved on to the next thing.