Shirley A. Nelson is a published author. She is the editor and distributor of San’s Sacred Circle, a community-based newsletter for inspiration and spiritual growth. She leads women spiritual support groups and facilitates retreats and workshops for churches and other organizations in the Cleveland, Ohio, region and nationally. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Capital University and is a certified life skills coach.
Among the many influential people that have come and gone throughout the past 60 years, none have influenced me as much as the poet, writer, actress, speaker and social activist Maya Angelou, who seems to epitomize a life well lived in spite of the odds.
"Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I was put on earth to offer to others.
"To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it.
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