Inspiration for the Mind, Body & Soul
A BLOG DEVOTED TO SHARING POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING MESSAGES FOR THE HUNGRY HEART
“Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?”
― Susan Gordon Lydon
In order to fully move forward, you need to let go of the baggage and dead weight chaining you to the past. You must learn to take the lesson from every experience in your life and leave the rest. For the past cannot be changed, but your future can as it has yet to be written.
“It is when we think we can act like God, that all respect is lost, and I think this is the downfall of peace. We lie if we say we do not see color and culture and difference. We fool ourselves and cheat ourselves when we say that all of us are the same. We should not want to be the same as others and we should not want others to be the same as us. Rather, we ought to glory and shine in all of our differences, flaunting them fabulously for all to see! It is never a conformity that we need! We need not to conform! What we need is to burst out into all these beautiful colors!”
― C. JoyBell C.
You are beautiful just the way you are. You don’t need to conform to the definitions society gives you. Your individuality is what makes you unique and special. We were each put on this Earth to shine our own light. Don’t compare yourself to others; rather, embrace who you are.
“People will always have opinions about your decision because they’re not courageous enough to take action on their opinion.”
― Steve Maraboli
You have to live your life for you. Someone will always have an opinion about your life and how you should live it. But, at the end of the day, it’s your life. So, don’t live your life within constructs set by others…walk your own path.
“If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you’re willing to risk failure. ”
― Philip Pullman, Clockwork
No matter what you go after in life, there is good and bad to go along with it. And with every goal you seek, you have to be willing to make sacrifices and take risks. Nothing worth something in this life comes easy…no, you have to work for it.
“The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.”
― Leo Babauta
Life may be tough at times and downright miserable. But it is during these dark moments in our lives that we must learn to dance in the rain instead of waiting for the storm to pass. Find joy in every moment you are blessed to have on this Earth.
“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.”
― Langston Hughes
Life has a way of balancing itself. For good to exist, there must be evil lurking around the corner. For every sunrise, there is a sunset. For every dawn, there is a dusk. Light cannot exist without darkness. Never forget you cannot have one without the other. So, embrace all sides of life.
“We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents…Sometimes the ‘unfinisheds’ are among the most beautiful symphonies.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, The Doctor and the Soul
Don’t measure your life against someone else’s. No two stories are the same, just like no two paths are the same. Each of us must travel down our own unique path. For some it may be a long winding path, while for others it may be a a short, narrow path. And each of our journeys are simply different, not easier or harder. So, focus not on how great your neighbor’s life appears to be from the outside, but rather focus on creating your own best seller.
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”
― Jimmy Buffett
Life is about which lens you choose to view it from. You can choose to always see the negative or you can choose to find the positive in every situation. And you will find that life is often more bearable and enjoyable when you choose to see the glass as half full. So, take the good from all of life’s moments and leave the rest.
“It’s life. You don’t figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride.”
― Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Spend less time trying to figure out the answers to life’s many puzzles and more time simply living life. Life isn’t a puzzle that is meant to be solved. Rather, it is a journey meant to be experienced. It is a precious gift, so, buckle up and enjoy the ride.
“Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.”
― Jim Butcher, Vignette
You’ve heard it time and time again. You don’t know what it means to be high if you haven’t been low. And you don’t truly appreciate the sunshine until it’s gone and you’re left with nothing but darkness. The point being that with the joys of life comes pain. But, it is important to never forget that joy and the good parts of life are worth fighting for.