Adversity

 "All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."Walt DisneyFor as long as I can remember, Walt Disney has been so inspirational to me. He went...

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Moving through the darkness

"We can take our inspiration from any fairy tale that finds its central character lost in a dark wood, frightened and alone. We know that the journey through the wood provides its own kind of beauty and richness. On the other side, we will emerge transformed, lighter and brighter, braver and...

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Dare to be powerful

When I dare to be powerful -- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde This quote says so much to me, who is a naturally fearful person and an intense worrier. For one thing . . . what difference does...

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Front Row Seat Relationships

"Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance.  It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere...

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Embrace the struggle and love it

Many thanks to my Google+ friend Chad, who introduced me to the awesome wisdom of Mark Nepo. "Fighting The Instrument" is one of his poems I discovered while checking out his website.  It is a reminder that we are strengthened by our struggles, while we fight "the lesson" all the way and...

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Troubled on every side

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we areperplexed, but not in despair, Persecuted, but notforsaken, cast down but not destroyed.2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Sorrows and troubles are part of this life, sometimes coming in waves that threaten to overwhelm us.They alter our life and our thinking,...

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Survival mode

Finding Deep Strength We have all have times in our liveswhen we think we don’t have thestrength to carry on.You do, and you can. We have all faced moments in our lives when the pressure mounts beyond what we feel we can handle, and we find ourselves thinking that we do not have the strength...

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Days with tears

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." Carl Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Jungian psychology "Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you'll come to realize how unnecessary...

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Self-acceptance and perfection

“We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring...

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The strength of love

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be. Dalai Lama My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. Maya Angelou It doesn't have to be romantic love, although...

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Strength and confidence

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world. Amma (Sudhamani) Not always as easy as it sounds!  ...

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Courage

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. Samuel Johnson There have been days when getting out of bed took courage. In my greatest depths of depression, my energy was totally sapped . . . it will...

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Don't go there

Unless you have gone through a depression or have faced a time in your life that seemed hopeless, you can’t relate to the elation one feels when those feelings have lifted, when your mind, body and soul are no longer dwelling in the depths of despair, but rather in the hope of faith and peace. ...

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Ordinary world

What has happened to me? Crazy, some would say Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away lyrics from the song Ordinary World by Duran Duran Many of my posts go back in time as I reorganize my journals. This entry was inspired by the featured song, Ordinary World recorded by...

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