Never give up on someone with a mental illness.
When “I” is replaced by “we”, Illness becomes Wellness.
-Shannon L. Alder
Monthly Archives: February 2016
What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again.
But what you are is beyond coming and going
and beyond description. You are it.ā
-Rumi
“Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings.”
š Keep your thoughts positive! š
Positive thoughts inspire positive feelings.
“When the dark clouds of doubt, anger or worry begin to move upon you, steady yourself in the knowledge that in time, the storm will pass.”
ā Bryant McGill
The most powerful manifesting is realized by those who walk in love and create through love. There is no getting around this immutable truth; love creates and hate destroys. Love is the calm space of creation. People come from making love. Businesses are often built on the foundations of love and passion. The practice of love is the procreation of hope. Love is a lifelong practice. The master creators are masters of love. They inject, infuse and imbue everything they touch with the perfecting magic and miracle of love. Love is not just for people; it is also for animals, plants and even objects, which I know may seem strange to you. But what is love really? Love is a lens of an observer. Love is an attitude with action. One who walks in love sees the world through the envelope of their mission. As a servant of love every exchange passes through the practice. Through love, you see the whole world, not just people, differently.
ā Bryant McGill
Situations seem to happen to people, but in reality, they unfold from deeper karmic causes. The universe unfolds to itself, bringing to bear any cause that needs to be included. Don’t take this process personally. The working out of cause and effect is eternal. You are part of this rising and falling that never ends, and only by riding the wave can you ensure that the waves don’t drown you. The ego takes everything personally, leaving no room for higher guidance or purpose. If you can, realize that a cosmic plan is unfolding and appreciate the incredibly woven tapestry for what it is, a design of unparalleled marvel. ā Deepak Chopra
There really is no way to know if someone loves youā¦ all you can do is trust your heart and follow your soul and love freelyā¦ you canāt make anyone love you but you can give them a reason to like you and to respect you, so just love them anywayā¦ and always love because you wanna, not because you expect anything in return. ~ Karen Kostyla
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We are all here for
the same purpose,
All on the same
journey of discovery,
each with our own path.
Walk lightly on this
Earth with Love.
Be the radiant Being
You are.
~ Julie Parker
A Few Quotes of Kindness:
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. ~Aesop
Remember thereās no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ~Scott Adams
Kind words and actions can seem so small, but their effects are truly endless ~ Author Unknown
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The purpose of this message is not to provide you with a belief system. You were created, and you do exist. Rest your mind for a moment in the peace of knowing you were created, and you do exist. Do not quarrel or restlessly seek for more knowledge, until you have given proper honor to what you already know. You exist. No matter the source of our creation let us give honor to that source. Pause your opinions, debating and absolute knowing for long enough to conceive gratitude. Once you conceive the thought of gratitude, hold it safely in your mind and keep the gratitude thought alive. Allow the thought of gratitude which is in your mind, to submerge into a feeling in your heart. Once you feel the warmth of genuine gratitude glowing in your heart, allow it to grow within you. You are alive in the world just like that thought. Do not let the gratitude thought fade away. Gratitude is where self-love begins!
ā Bryant McGill
RECIPE FOR LOVE…
8 cups of unconditional LOVE.
4 cups of AFFECTION, ATTENTION, and APPRECIATION.
8 pounds of HUGS and KISSES.
5 tablespoons of LAUGHTER and SWEET SMILES.
8 ounces of FORGIVENESS.
3 bags of COMMUNICATION.
Gently stir in QUALITY TIME and SILLINESS.
Sprinkle with extra CARE and TENDERNESS.
Add plenty of PATIENCE..
Bake for 18 hours and enjoy immediately.
~ by Loann
What is your secret ingredient for LOVE?
Today and tomorrow just love! Show your loved ones how much you care!
Happy Valentine’s Day
I have time to do this tonight, before my weekend and up coming days get crazy with a new puppy, Ā things could be a little different for a while. Ā But I’m so excited to have a puppy! Ā I pick him up on Sunday, Ā what a gift for Valentine’s Day! Ā Valentine’s Day is a day to show the people who you hold close just how much they mean to you! Ā If only we could do that everyday and not feel weird about it. Ā I love others a little too much, loving on someone who needs it or you just want them to know to know that they mean so much to you. Ā How do you do it? How much can you love someone without making them feel like you are weird? Ā I ask myself that question all the time, Ā because I just love so much that sometimes I want to do so much for someone to show them how much they mean to me, Ā forgetting that just saying that they are loved can mean so much just by itself. Ā So if you are like me, Ā just remember you can say I love you everyday you can just say that and they will know that they mean a lot to you! Ā Remember having love in your life does not just mean your boyfriend or girlfriend its for everyone thinks you hold close. Ā
“We are all damaged. We have all been hurt. We have all had to learn painful lessons. We are all recovering from some mistake, loss, betrayal, abuse, injustice or misfortune. All of life is a process of recovery that never ends. We each must find ways to accept and move through the pain and to pick ourselves back up. For each pang of grief, depression, doubt or despair there is an inverse toward renewal coming to you in time. Each tragedy is an announcement that some good will indeed come in time. Be patient with yourself.”
ā Bryant McGill
Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when youāre in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.”
ā Karl Marx
“Be an example… Show kindness to unkind people. Forgive people who don’t deserve it. Love unconditionally. Your actions always reflect who you are.”
“Real love is opening your heart to the unlovable. Real gratitude is giving thanks when things aren’t perfect. Real generosity is sharing when you have very little. Real courage makes the ‘impossible’ ā possible, with real faith.”
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”- Martin Luther King Jr.
Self-doubts, feeling unworthy, rejection, and past injuries can churn in us with a low-boil of anxiety. Who would you be without your self-judgments and the baggage of your past mistakes in tow with you at all times? Learning your lesson from a mistake is healthy, but living forever in the emotions of your past mistakes is toxic and debilitating. The problem with traumatic, high-stress experiences is that they often create negative beliefs about oneself such as being powerless, unlovable, undeserving, unsafe and that things are unchangeable. Sometimes we resist letting go because we just can’t see a way to move forward ā believing things can never change for someone as unworthy as us. Be careful not to identify yourself with your past ā you have a past, but it is not who you are today.
ā Bryant McGill
February
Its coming up on one of my favorite holidays is Valentine’s Day and its not because I have a boyfriend or have been in love. I love Valentine’s Day because it’s a day to tell the people in your life how much you love them, its not just for people who are in love. I love the people who help my life that much more special. Maybe Valentine’s Day is me just for Ā boyfriends and girlfriends, but for me it’s means so much more; I love the people who have been there for me. Maybe more than I should, but that is who I am. Ā Love is everything. If you could have one word to describe who you are what would would it be; mind would be love! Ā I think we all have something that means more to us than anything else, Ā for me it’s doing things for others LOVING others! Ā ! Ā So you get a big love message from me you now understand why.
No one wants to suffer. No one wants to be lonely. No one wants to live in fear. No one wants to lose everything. No one wants their heart ripped to shreds. No one want to be sick. And, no one wants to die. But these things happen in life. So the least we can do is be there for others, as we would like others to be there for us. ā Bryant McGill
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