Some Inspiration to Get Through the Day
Saw this quote today. I'm going to use it in the future. I wish someone would say this to me sometime. We all could use a little comfort.
"I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to hug you, I have the ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart that's aching to see you smile again.-Ryaj Ablando Catayas
Today, I've felt annoyed and frustrated by some of the people in my life. Ugh! Found these quotes to perhaps inspire me and alleviate the annoyance, guilt and sadness I'm feeling:
“When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... it's a positive way to keep their spirit alive in the world, by keeping it alive in yourself.” Patrick Swayze,If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion and peace.” Eckhart Tolle
“Pain and grief have been kept buried for ages, bred in secrecy and shame, wrapped by an ongoing conspiracy of smiles and well-being. Pain and grief are most healing and ecstatic emotions. Yes, sure, they can be hard, yet what makes them most devastating is the perverted idea that they are wrong, that they need to be hidden and fixed. The greatest perversion I can conceive is the idea that illness and pain are a sign that there is something wrong in our life, that we have unresolved issues, that we have made mistakes. In this world everyone is bound to get ill, experience pain and die. The greatest gift I can give to myself and the world is the joyful acceptance of this. Today I want to be real, I will not hide my pain as well as my happiness. I will not care if my gloomy face or desperate words cause concern or embarrassment in others. I do not need be fed with reassuring words about the beauty of life. The beauty of life resides in the full acceptance of All That Is.” Franco Santoro
"I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to hug you, I have the ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart that's aching to see you smile again.-Ryaj Ablando Catayas
Today, I've felt annoyed and frustrated by some of the people in my life. Ugh! Found these quotes to perhaps inspire me and alleviate the annoyance, guilt and sadness I'm feeling:
“When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... it's a positive way to keep their spirit alive in the world, by keeping it alive in yourself.” Patrick Swayze,If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion and peace.” Eckhart Tolle
“Pain and grief have been kept buried for ages, bred in secrecy and shame, wrapped by an ongoing conspiracy of smiles and well-being. Pain and grief are most healing and ecstatic emotions. Yes, sure, they can be hard, yet what makes them most devastating is the perverted idea that they are wrong, that they need to be hidden and fixed. The greatest perversion I can conceive is the idea that illness and pain are a sign that there is something wrong in our life, that we have unresolved issues, that we have made mistakes. In this world everyone is bound to get ill, experience pain and die. The greatest gift I can give to myself and the world is the joyful acceptance of this. Today I want to be real, I will not hide my pain as well as my happiness. I will not care if my gloomy face or desperate words cause concern or embarrassment in others. I do not need be fed with reassuring words about the beauty of life. The beauty of life resides in the full acceptance of All That Is.” Franco Santoro
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Beautiful! Love them all!
WOW....that last one really went deep.....I\'ll be reading this over and over.
Thank you for sharing!
LOVE YOU!
All of them keepers and the one by Tolle really enhances my compassion and empathy. Just as one of the fathers who had a son die in Newton said, \"We must all try to imagine and not say that we cannot imagine. In the imagining comes the compassion and empathy.\" I am paraphrasing yet that was the gist of his words and I\'ll never forget it. In fact, I\'ve stopped saying, \"I cannot imagine\" because of what I learned by listening to him.
Thank you for sharing what touches you and I\'ll be unpacking these as well for quite awhile.
Heartfelt hugs,
XO Joanie