Sunday, December 27, 2020
DON'T BE SOMEONE'S "SOMETHING"
She grew through adversity,
finding her strength when being strong became her only option.
She realized that real strength isn’t about how long you can hold out before breaking..
It’s about how much you can overcome after you have already broken.
When she stopped defining her happiness through the eyes of others,
When she discovered that being someone’s “something” just wasn’t enough anymore,
That’s when she began to truly awaken.
She ceased being a spark and started becoming a fire.
She realized that burning with passionate intensity and self satisfaction completed her in a way that another person never could.
She had to love herself before she could truly love another.
Meaningful silence meant more to her than meaningless words,
And she learned to listen to her soul and follow her heart.
She made mistakes, stumbled and fell, but knew that growth takes time.
Even the brightest diamonds are formed under intense pressure, and not quickly.
That’s when she realized how brightly she could shine within herself.
She found a strength that she never knew she possessed in places she never knew to look.
Life, love and respect were no longer about being perfect and accepted.
She was imperfectly beautiful in all the ways she loved,
Wonderfully flawed and uniquely chaotic,
She learned to thrive on her mistakes and evolve from her failures.
Becoming her own “everything” empowered her to continually improve and become more.
She didn’t need anyone or anything to realize her dreams and find her happiness,
Her heart and soul were wild and free.
She found herself, and more than that,
She discovered her authentic and visceral truth.
No one could ever take that away from her, her hopes, her fears, her heart:
It made her who she was and she wouldn’t change anything about who she was or anywhere she’d been.
She had no more interest in the flawless people any more.
The ones that burned her bridges only illuminated the way for her to a better place.
She surrounded herself with the souls that understood and accepted her for all of her flawed beauty and disastrous ways.
Give her the cracked souls that meshed perfectly with her broken pieces.
Her dream never came with an expiration.
She smiled because she knew...
All her broken roads led her exactly where she was always meant to be.
She’d found her way home..
And came to love herself in the process.
ravenwolf
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Saturday, December 26, 2020
DOGS ARE FAMILY
"A man and his dog were walking
along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to
him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog
walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was
leading them.
After a while, they came to a high,
white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the
top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing before it he saw
a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street
that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the
gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called
out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man
answered.
Would you happen to have some water?'
the man asked.
Of course, sir. Come right in, and
I'll have some ice water brought right up'.The man gestured, and the gate began
to open.
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his
dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept
pets.'
The man thought a moment and then
turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his
dog.
After another long walk, and at the
top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate
that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he
approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a
book.
'Excuse me!' he called to the man.
'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over
there, come on in..'
'How about my friend here?' the
traveller gestured to the dog.
There should be a bowl by the pump.'
They went through the gate, and sure
enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The
traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave
some to the dog.
When they were full, he and the dog
walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.
'What do you call this place?' the
traveller asked.
This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the
traveller said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold
street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to
use your name like that?'
'No, we're just happy that they
screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'"
REMEMBER - LOVE YOURSELF FIRST
Honestly, I’m glad I met everyone in my life. The good and the bad. The good make me thankful, the bad make me learn my lessons.
Sometimes the long way is the only way home
Make sure you love yourself before you start to love someone else.
Less busy, more focus. Less news, more art. Less complaint, more appreciation. Less noise, more peace. Less hate. More love. – Robin Sharma
No matter what happened yesterday, today is a chance to make tomorrow better. Make the most of the present and the future will be brighter.
Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with. – Unknown
Not everyone will understand your journey. Just be yourself and carry on.
Keep your circle small and your mind at peace
If you want to do something, then do it now, because life is short, and you never know if you’ll get that chance to do it.
NO WEAPON AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER.
EVENTUALLY ALL PIECES FALL INTO PLACE.
UNTIL THEN, LAUGH AT THE CONFUSION, LIVE FOR THE MOMENT AND KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST STRUGGLES IN LIFE WILL TURN OUT TO BE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST BLESSINGS. HOLD ON A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
WHEN LIFE DOES NOT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE IT WITH GRACE.
STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO TREAT YOU BY THE WAY IN WHICH YOU TREAT YOURSELF.
NOTHING IS HOPELESS EXCEPT TRYING.
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