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The Only Resolution You Need: Be Resolute

On January 5, 2017May 19, 2026 By GriffithsKLIn Personal Journey4 Comments

Resolute: 1. marked by firm determination 2. bold, steady. In a fit of New Year's zeal you wrote a bunch of resolutions. And in a fit of cold reality already broke at least one. Now you're starting 2017 as a failure. Why even bother with the rest?  New Year's resolutions are like trains. One car …

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A Rip-Your-Arm-Out Moment

On September 1, 2015 By GriffithsKLIn Personal Journey7 Comments

I want to talk about the paralytic wake of failure, those moments right after we've been dealt a blow. Failure is most bitter when we expect greatness. If I were to run a marathon tomorrow, I'd fail, but it wouldn't be a blow because I expect a body that sputters through a 5K to have …

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Kelly Lynn (KL) Griffiths lives in her imagination and works as a librarian in Northeast Ohio. Her off-recipe thrillers lean into the deep, dark, and droll. She wanders the local trails with her husband, practices yoga, and nurtures a deeply satisfying relationship with vegan chocolate cookie butter ice cream.

Deep: difficult to penetrate or comprehend, mysterious, obscure.

Dark: relating to grim circumstances, possessing depth and richness.

Droll: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality.

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