"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."

Live one day at a time & have fun doing it. Always smile, be kind, compassionate and giving. Never take anything or anyone for granted. Be sure to never leave any words unsaid. Tell the ones you love how much they mean to you. You never know what tomorrow will bring. Most of all be grateful for what you have & not for what you do not have. Love life! Love yourself! Be happy for this moment because this moment is your life!

Positivity

We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
~ Barbara De Angelis

♥ Joan ♥

Positivity

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving. And we all have some power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. ~ Louisa May Alcott
♥ Joan ♥

Positive Outlooks

Rewire your brain for higher consciousness by paying attention to love, compassion, and joy.~ Deepak Chopra 

THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE

Despair says I cannot lift that weight. Happiness says I do not have to.
~James Richardson

Positivity

Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats before you and no crowds shout your name. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Positivity

Affirm the positive, visualize the positive and expect the positive, and your life will change accordingly.

Positivity.....thoughts for today....

Positivity

In order to move from the past to the present you need to accept your scars. But you need to do everything in your power in order to heal them so that the ghosts of your past will no longer barge in your present life. ~ Paul Coelho

“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: get busy living or get busy dying.”~ Andy Dufresne ~ Shawshank Redemption

Home for Now... but never the same again

He canceled the order of protection and has allowed me to return to the house...but how can I stay here? He's not only broken my heart but my spirit has been destroyed as well. I fear that at any given given moment he will change his mind and have me arrested. There is no trust.... I walk on pins and needles. I fear that he will totally lose it and hurt me. And yet I still love him and it hurts to be around him knowing that he isn't mine any longer and I can't even touch him or kiss him or tell him I love him. 

I cry myself to  sleep every night.... alone in my bed. Hearing him sleep in the other room. I take pills to sleep but they no longer work.... I spend my night watching the clock till 3 or 4 in the morning before finally falling asleep. Some night I don't sleep at all and I'm awake when the alarms go off. This morning I pretended to be asleep until after he had left and then I got up.  I went back to bed at 8am and slept for about an hour and a half. Tomorrow I go to the doctor to see if they can give me something else and to see if he will put me on medical leave so I don't lose my job. Then maybe I'll go and stay with one of my kids for awhile.
I hate the thought of leaving my home... I love it and want to stay as long as I can. Everything I love and hold dear is being torn away and I can't stand it anymore.

Today he crossed the line. He had me forcably removed from the house with an order of protection.
He promised he wouldn't..... that he would have it canceled and like a fool I believed him again.  So now I have no home and hardly any of my belongings and no where to go where I can keep going to work.
My life is truly over and I don't know what I'm goin to do. I can't stay on here long or I'll run the battery down on my cell phone.
It will be a cold night in the car.

Remember

‎"Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think."
Christopher Robin to Pooh.

Truly Genuine

THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE

”When you are truly genuine, there will invariably be people who do not accept you. And in that case, you must be your own badass self, without apology.”
~ Katie Goodman

Communication

Positive Outlooks

‎"Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper."
~ Bo Bennett

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And then they break your heart and crush your soul.....

‎"Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life."~ Bob Marley

Forgiving.........

Positivity

It's easy to forgive people who have never done anything to make us angry. People who do make us angry, however, are our most important teachers. They indicate the limits to our capacity for forgiveness. - Marianne Williamson ♥ S

Puzzles

All the pieces in the puzzle are in your hands! Don't go out looking for someone to complete you it will only give you the feeling you are incomplete. Life's strongest glue is being happy to be you. ~ Dodinsky

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IF only life were so simple.....

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‎"A simple I love you means more than money."~ Frank Sinatra

♥ Christine ♥

By: Positive Outlooks

Confused and hurt again....should be used to this by now.

So Bob has moved back to the house.... more for the dogs and himself than to be with me.  We talked about counseling and he said he would.... but then later he admitted it wasn't to get back together. So why bother. He said we would do something together on Sat.  we talked about going to the gun shop. Then when he got ready to go it was obvious he didn't want me too.  It hurts so bad that he doesn't want to be with me and that he can't be honest about how he feels. Just wants to take it one day at a time  and see what happens ...while she still occupies his brain and heart.

Because of love!

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Because of love
I have become
the giver of light.
~ Rumi

By: Positivity

Men

Don't think I'll ever understand them :-\

"All You Need is LOVE"

We are
People who need to love, because
Love is the soul's life,
Love is simply creation's greatest joy.
~ Hafiz

♥ Christine ♥