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Words or phrases of Courage, Hope or Inspiration- we used today!

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Sometimes, I get travel weary on this journey of PTSD and other disabilities or diseases that I have. I reached out in an FaceBook Group and asked what mantras, sayings, verses even lines from commercials or movies 😂 that they used to hold onto courage, hope, moving forward, ect… for inspiration. I felt perhaps as we have many seasoned members here as well… I would ask this of this board. If you would like to share your thoughts of strength, I would love to read them and learn. Thanks and take care!
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Here are a few of several that I learned of late:

*You are not the darkness you endure. You are the light that refuses to surrender.

*When you’re in a dark place, you sometimes
tend to think
you’ve been buried.
Perhaps you’ve
been planted.
Bloom.

*Just do it! (Gotta love Nike).

Please add yours if you would like! Thanks



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One of my favorite quotes. Something that helped jumpstart my journey into self-love, at a time when I'm in deep self-loathing and sabotage:

And God said “Love your enemy”, and I obeyed him and loved myself.
(Kahlil Gibran)


And here's something that constantly helps me get back up when I become too tired or hopeless in the journey, and want to give up. Because it reminds me that it's all worth it. That I'm worth it:

"Nobody can save you but yourself and you're worth saving. It's a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning then this is it."
(Charles Bukowski)
 
This might be my favorite quote ever.

As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!

Charlie Chaplin
 
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I got this from a TikToc video so I had to look up who said it but I have it posted on the wall next to my computer (because I spend most of my day on the computer looking for a job and assorted other things)

"Healing is about creating Change You Choose" Michelle Rosenthall
 
"Don't yield to the fortunes that you sometimes see as fate
You may have a new perspective on a different day
And if you don't give up, and don't give in you may just be okay."…

~Mike and the Mechanics~

I set this as my Facebook status yesterday.
 
Again, I share a few lyrics from a song....

"Be closer to believing though your world is torn apart for a moment changes all things and to end is but to start and if your journeys unrewarded may your God lift up your heart."

(Closer To Believing)
~Emerson, Lake, and Palmer~
 
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