hey, you guys. life gets so much more fun when you let yourself enjoy the small pleasures of life, love your friends loudly and wholeheartedly, and let yourself be loved.

HEALING JOURNEY: WHERE TO START

Everyones healing journey will look different from start to finish. But I wanted to mention a couple things that would make it easier to begin.

>A part of healing is getting real acquainted with uncomfy emotions. The first unsettling emotion you should meet with is self compassion. It sounds ridiculous to think human beings would consider giving themselves grace as uncomfortable, but the sad fact of the matter is that it’s extremely common. As children we need our caretakers to model to us how to deal with stressful and negative emotions. If they don’t know how to either we get put into a cycle. As adults, if we had experienced high levels of criticism and not enough emotional validation we can become highly susceptible to negative self-talk. Practicing the art of self-reflection and accountability can be the hardest but most beneficial thing you can do. When you do this you’ll find a world of behaviors and beliefs about yourself and others that might fill you with shame. Behaviors you once had that don’t align with you anymore can make you cringe if you’re growing properly. But never overcome yourself with shame. Moving forward is the only way to contribute better into yourself and the world around you. If not taught properly how to process things, we repress them. Our subconscious mind controls more then 70% of our everyday behaviors. reaching into the subconscious and making the suppressed conscious can be a terrifying pursuit.

> learning how to meet those parts of us with compassion is essential for the process of alchemizing ingrained pain into ingrained knowledge.

> Lastly, people really underestimate not having anyone. & people unfortunately have opinions on things they don’t understand. If you are as aware as you can be and you’re trying your hardest but you simply do not have the support you need, you will not be showing progress as fast as you will like. But progress is progress and I’m here to tell you no matter how discouraging it gets, if you build a solid relationship with yourself it does not matter who leave or goes. understand that everyone isn’t for you & some people aren’t essential to this phase of your healing anyway. Rejection is protection. Please be compassion towards yourself even on your worst days.

- svannah.c111

MHN

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Naruto VAs Encourage You! | VIZ

Cream Believes In You!

“Grief doesn’t just bring tears. It enters your heart, your bones, your spirit, every movement and breath you take. Losing our daughter Cynthia Dawn’s fiancé, Daniel Blanchard, in 2019 to mesothelioma brought such agony to his parents, Edward and Maria Blanchard, and their family, as well as heartbreak to ours. The Blanchards suffered a loss no parent wants to experience, and Dawn faced the loss of the love of her life. Then on Jan. 26, 2022, the unthinkable agony of grief hit again with our family and the Blanchards. Our Cynthia Dawn, our Wonder Woman, who had lived 27 years with devastating disease, gave her last breath as one of her favorite songs played, ‘Magic,’ by Olivia Newton-John. Our two families were again joined by the grief of losing a child. In the days following Dawn’s death, my husband, Charlie, our youngest daughter, Carrie, and I barely functioned. All we could do was put one foot in front of the other. All we could ask one another was, ‘What do we do now?’ In an attempt to do something other than cry, Charlie and I started making earrings. It was something we had done prior to the COVID pandemic. We had even attended events where we sold them. Creating became therapeutic. It was as if wire and beads became a guide to help us move forward. One day Carrie said, ‘You have so many of them now. Why don’t you give them away, because the act of giving is healing.’ That is how our project we’ve titled ‘4 Cynthia Dawn’ began. We knew Dawn and Daniel wouldn’t want to be remembered for their illnesses. They were two people filled with so much life and accomplishment. That is the story they would want told. It is an inspiring story of moving forward when life is doing everything it can to stop you. So we give away the earrings we make with hope that whomever receives them will share the story, be encouraged when they wear them, or perhaps pass the gift on to someone else who needs encouragement. Dawn and Daniel’s story is one of love, passion to move forward, to not give up or give in to despair.”

— Susie Clevenger

True friendship begins the moment you ARE a friend to them rather than expecting them to be yours.

everything will be fine, you'll see.

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

24 Aug 22

Good morning! “Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.”  - Richard M. DeVos

When I was at a low point there were things that would make my day. Sometimes it was just a stranger giving me a smile and saying hello. Other times it was someone who just gave me a encouraging word or two. You never know the impact you can have on someone else. It doesn't matter if it is large or small, but it is important especially to the one on the receiving end. Sometimes that was all it took to make it through another day. So, who will you impact today? My wish for each of you today is that you just keep in mind that something as small as a smile and a hello can make a difference in someone's life. I hope you can make an impact today. Have a good day.

A bit of encouragement for those who need it...

After a "little" chat with my friend, who was deciding not to go for this event we planned going to ( cause I had this unplanned thing that came up)...

she was saying," when you have someone with you, you're more encouraged".

And of course, whenever I type, I connect it with personal things, and this is how I make it more meaningful for me whenever I talk to someone and I ended up saying this...

And her comment to what I said was, " this is encouraging but also sad" which is basically how, generally, my conversations are😬 a bit of "sadness" must enter🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyways, this is what I said...

" live for yourself; from what I noticed, unfortunately, when you wait for people to support you or to encourage you, you will wait for a hell amount of time, and that support may not even show up, but you're always there, so encourage yourself and push yourself before it's too late, and you find yourself indifferent about everything".

14/7/2022

Thursday

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