healing
How to heal fully and properly.
SHHHH.....
There aren't a ton of things that give me peace in this world. The ocean, yes indeed, the ocean. I used to go down the shore when I lived in New Jersey, not during tourist season but in the fall or winter. I would bring my journal and just write to the music of the waves. I let my long, thick hair loose for the wind to take. The feeling of having my hair blowing this way and that was like magic. I couldn't control how it blew. I didn't care about the tangled mess that would come, I just let the wind weave in and out, back and forth while I wrote my deepest secrets to myself. This was wind making love to me in that special way that only it could. I sure do miss that.
By Teresa Wegrzyn6 years ago in Motivation
Islands and Drawbridges
Let’s be honest: this pandemic has f*cked with us emotionally, physically, and spiritually. We’ve had to learn a new normal, and learn that some aspects of our old normal just were not working. We’re living through a public health crisis while also living through a social justice movement (remember that Black Lives Matter, and to ARREST THE COPS THAT MURDERED BREONNA TAYLOR). Through this time, I’ve also started attended my masters program while working two jobs, moving in with my partner, and just trying to survive. I’ve been reflecting on my life a lot lately with everything going on, and I’ve been trying to build myself up lately – emotionally, physically, and spiritually. A few things that I’ve started to do is listen to podcasts and reading.
By Levi Sanders6 years ago in Motivation
Trusting Others in Relationships
Trusting others is really a process of getting to know and trust oneself. When we begin to listen to our inner gut instincts and follow the directions that our senses give us, then we can begin to trust our own emotional selves rather than having to put trust anywhere else. Many people will write about how to build trust with others in relationships, but few write about the process of building a personal relationship with oneself in order to hold the capacity for trusting others. Many discuss this topic as though we want to be able to trust someone else, but the foundational building blocks come from first empowering an individual to trust oneself to make good decisions.
By Stacy Davenport6 years ago in Motivation
The Art of Security
It starts with you. That may sound very clique, especially when speaking on the topic of security within one's self. Honestly, however, there is no other real sense of security in the world. Now, this is coming from the girl that tried everything. From money to internet clout, I used every avenue to try and fill the void I had. At the time, what I didn’t understand was that there were things from long ago that created that void, and until I addressed those things I would never find the new things that could truly fill the void. I feel a few things played a part in this, but it all boiled down to a lack mentality that I didn’t realize I was feeding. By "lack mentality" I mean the mindset that led me to believe I solely was not enough. Comparing myself to others or listening to what others think of me and taking that as bible were only adding fuel to the fire I felt was burning away all the beautiful parts of me. Giving people the role of God in my life was almost the death of me. Then I realized (slowly but surely) that no one knows me better than I do. I spend every second of every day with myself, and no one else on this earth can say they have that much experience with me. The moment you realize you are all you need for you, you will see the things in your life shift for the better.
By Kyntaurii LaKyn6 years ago in Motivation
The Magic of Dirt
Texas Smells Like Summer Camp Since living in Elgin, a town 40 miles east of Austin, Jim and I have been tending to a little garden and I am in love. The plot lies at the front of the house, adjacent to the road and shaded by a line of bushy trees. The entrance to the garden is through an iron-wrought fence that’s rusted quite prettily and is draped in grape ivy from one robust vine. The bunches of grapes are numerous. They feel velvety and cool to the touch and hang heavy with a beautiful weight to them.
By Annette Kim6 years ago in Motivation
In the Eyes of a Little Girl
She almost wished that she could think the same way that the rest of the world seemed to, then everything happening wouldn't be so difficult for her to process. She couldn't though, something inside her prevented her from being able to justify what was happening. She couldn't just give up what she knew was right and follow them, because she truly cared about other people. Surely somebody, anybody else had to see it was wrong! She couldn't understand the 'why' to it and that's what bothered her the most. She longed for the time when everything was peaceful and nobody cared about everyone else's ideas or passions. She didn't know what happened to cause it, but everything had changed now. People were now drilling everybody else because thoughts and ideas were no longer private, no longer a privilege. Anything you believed in or stood for was wrong, there were none who were innocent. Why was everybody prying, accusing, and interrogating until you said anything that they could use to make you look like you were a worthless person. Nobody was allowed to think anymore. Everything you thought or said was used to try and destroy you. Everybody's deep, dark secrets exposed. To be an introvert was a sin~ you were hated for speaking, or trying to speak,and hated even more if you remained silent...everything about you was not only judged, it was wrong. What was happening?
By _6 years ago in Motivation
That's it, The Turning Point
Hmm... where do I begin? Throughout the years I slowly started to lose who I was. Every birthday that came around, I would question where my life was going. I knew I had so much more to offer, but my purpose wasn't clear. I began to doubt everything I was doing; was this a mid-life crisis? I'm not sure, but what I did know is that I was slowly destroying myself by putting other people before myself. I was sending myself to rock bottom—I knew I was doing it but I didn't know how to fix it. I felt trapped. And just when I needed it, life threw me a few curve balls to help open my eyes.
By Yuni Liang6 years ago in Motivation
LOVE ME
When I finished writing "HER BATTLE" I was in awe to be honest. The words just seemed to flow perfectly and before I could even reread any bit of it, I had ended it with the words "Once Upon A Time" I took a deep breath and started to really take in what I had some how just accomplished. I reach the end and asked myself why would it make sense to close anything with those words. It was open ended instead of a closure. It took me a few minutes but I realized that this could not be the end of my story. I then planned make this a trilogy. Not only did this make me focus on positive thoughts, but also it gave me a sense of need. I needed to stay O.K. so that I could finish telling my story.
By Crystal Thomas6 years ago in Motivation
Contemplation
As I sat I continued to think of all that I have learnt in this lifetime, we are going through so many changes. Should be okay with such things as devastation, abandonment, thievery, murder, and rape? Clearly history has and continues to show how political moves and religion have precipitated these actions, these are men and women, not unlike you and me, who allowed such onslaughts to our families and friends in the guise of what materially, could be gained, and what spiritually can be lost.
By Illiannaval Marla Valentine6 years ago in Motivation
A Perspective On Fear
I can feel my heart beating in my ears, my throat closing up, my world crashing down around me as words of frustration, pain, and hopelessness clash together in a cyclical argument. I can’t move forward or backwards, either way I know will make no difference. I have found myself on a precipice of uncertainty, a future I cannot see. This feeling of fear has a way of paralyzing me, holding me to the bed, keeping me from moving, even to my yoga mat.
By Rachel Lynn6 years ago in Motivation
Never good enough feeling
You ever just sit there and wonder what you mean to others. Including your own family . I do, I actually have for a while. Even though I know my family loves me unconditionally, there is always that pit of a feeling at the end of the day. Oh how I wish it would go away for good. Thats the thing about anxiety. It can make you depressed and there's alot of people who just doesn't understand it. The feeling of never being good enough is ways there. The feeling of failure is always there. Feelings that make you seem like your just going crazy in this world.
By Courtney Hill6 years ago in Motivation
