A blog for people living with illness while creating a journey of limitless potential.
Girl Within There is a child within me. An innocent with a hunger to learn. Although I have not bore children of my own, I nurture the young girl inside of me. Who loves to please everyone. Who finds joy in singing too loudly not caring if she is off-key. She looks in the mirror …
I intend to live life, not just exist. - George Takei One of the things I love the most about aging is how much better you learn to know yourself and not care as much about how you are perceived by others. That might sound a bit harsh, but to not be preoccupied about whether …
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. - Hal Borland As 2018 comes to a close, I decided to look back over all the things that have happened and changed in my life. I always like to utilize this practice …
"If you don't learn to ground yourself in the present moment, you will live like a slave to your emotions, rather than a master of them." - Mateo Sol If you were to ask my 11 year old niece what grounding was, she would give you a very different definition than where I am going with …
Just thought I would put out a picture I was working on that tied into my post today. Have a great weekend!
"Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute- a-day-regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe." Wayne Dyer The fall is a beautiful time of year to …
Life is happening for you, not to you. - Tony Robbins Sometimes I get messages from unexpected places. This lovely elephant came out of Life Book Summit lesson this week. Thank you Tamara Laporte for allowing her message to come out. TRUST THE FLOW is a lesson I needed to hear.
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie Just thought I'd put out some art I did today for anyone who is thinking of trying something new. Thanks for the art lesson Effy Wild and the quote Cheryl Strayed. Happy Friday. 💕
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. Eleanor Roosevelt Sometimes in order to try a new treatment, you have to go …
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. -Willy Nelson For the last 5 years or so, I have actively worked with a counselor on looking at my thought patterns. It is strange for me because before I was on disability, I began my career as a teacher and counselor. …
