Sometimes We Need To Fall Apart

Sometimes We Need To Fall Apart


We don't always have to be strong.

Sometimes our strength is expressed in being vulnerable.

Sometimes we need to fall apart to regroup and stay on track.

We all have days when we cannot push any harder,

cannot hold back self-doubt,
cannot stop focusing on fear,
cannot be strong.

There are days when we cannot focus on being responsible.
Sometimes we cry in front of people.
We expose our tiredness, irritability, or anger.
Those days are okay.

Part of taking care of ourselves means we give ourselves
permission to "fall apart" when we need to.
We do not need to be perpetual towers of strength.

We ARE strong.

We have proven that our strength will continue if we allow us
the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable when we need
to experience those feelings.

Today, help me to know that it is okay
to allow myself to be human.

Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself
when I need to "fall apart."

~Author unknown~

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"When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, putting faith into action, big things happen."

Norman Vincent Peale

Refuse to fall down.
If you cannot refuse to fall down,
refuse to stay down.
If you cannot refuse to stay down,
lift your heart toward heaven,
and like a hungry beggar,
ask that it be filled,
and it will be filled.
You may be pushed down.
You may be kept from rising.
But no one can keep you from
lifting your heart toward heaven.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
American Author, Poet and Psychoanalyst

You think this is just another day in your life. It's not just another day - it's the one day that is given to you, today. It's given to you, it's a gift. It's the only gift that you have right now, and the only appropriate response is gratefulness. If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response to the great gift that this unique day is, if you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life, and the very last day, then you would have spent this day very well.
Louie Schwartzberg
American Director and Producer

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"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

Lao-Tzu

"You must do the things today that others will not do, so that you can have the things tomorrow that others will not have."

Author Unknown

"The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world’s population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the workplace, to political life, and ultimately to international relations. There are no grounds, moral, practical, or biological, upon which such denial can be justified. Only as women are welcomed into full partnership in all fields of human endeavour will the moral and psychological climate be created in which international peace can emerge."

-Extract taken from the Universal House of Justice
(October 1985 to the Peoples of the World) [91]

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"To open the doors,
Take away the locks,
Abandon the walls that have protected you,
To live life and accept the challenge
Get back laughter,
Practice a song,
Lower the guard and extend the hands
Open the wings
And try again,
Celebrate life and take back the skies."

~Mario Benedetti

Often, the very most spiritual thing one can do, is get busy. Physically busy.
Hoeing, chopping, planting. Connecting, moving, grooving. Dipping, swirling, twirling.

(Especially dipping, swirling, and twirling. ;-)
Mike Dooley
Inspirational Author, Speaker and Friend

Here are some great blogs for you to have a look at. They deal with the oversexualisation of our young girls and how we can have a voice and try and change this.

http://collectiveshout.org/about/

http://questionsforwomen.org/

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Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. 

They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. 

If you had all the money in the world, you couldn’t buy an extra hour. 

What will you do with this priceless treasure?"

 ~Unknown~

The saddest thing in the world is when two people, who at one time knew everything about one another, act like strangers.

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Coconuts can add flavor, variety and--best of all--healthy nutrients to your diet. Coconuts are rich in lauric acid, which is known for being antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal, and boosts the immune system.

Fresh coconut juice is one of the highest sources of electrolytes known to man, and can be used to prevent dehydration, for instance in cases of diarrhea or strenuous exercise, instead of a sports drink. Some remote areas of the world even use coconut juice intravenously, short-term, to help hydrate critically ill patients and in emergency situations.

Other health benefits of coconuts and coconut oil include:

Help you lose weight, or maintain your already good weight
Reduce the risk of heart disease
Lower your cholesterol
Improve conditions in those with diabetes and chronic fatigue
Improve Crohn’s, IBS, and other digestive disorders

Prevent other disease and routine illness with
its powerful antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents
Increase metabolism and promotes healthy thyroid function
Boost your daily energy
Rejuvenate your skin and prevent wrinkles

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Sometimes We Get Lost

Sometimes we get lost in trying to live life for someone else, trying to meet their expectations, doing things just to impress others.

Take a moment and stop.

Are you doing things truly because you believe in them?

Remember your own goals.

Live, do and love so that YOU are happy, because when it comes down to it, relationships can end in an instant, but you will live with yourself for the rest of your life.

♥•*´¨♥¸.• ♥ ´*.*♥¸.•dotsie

Ten Commandments for Being Human

Someone has written these beautiful words. Must read and try to understand the deep meaning of it. They are like the ten commandments to follow in life all the time.

1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.

2] So a Car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the Rear view Mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move on.

3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.

4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.

5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!

6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!

7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.

8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"

9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.

10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.


~ UNknown ~

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Life happens whether we want it to or not;
Sometimes it's realities can burn us in the pits of our souls;
That's when we reach out and share our feelings;
Putting out the flames with tears from the depths of our hearts;
We keep moving forward no matter how hard life may seem;
We find something of which we are truly grateful for;
As long as it puts a smile on our face and brightens our path;
We can hold onto it's pleasures and restore our outlook on life;
Then we reach out to someone in need;
It' s a proven remedy, which allows an aching heart to be freed;
So hold on my friend no matter what may come your way;
These feelings are not here to stay;
They will pass through , onto the other side;
So rest assured, you will come through this a better you;
Then you will tell you story and help someone else through!"
``````` Wendy Box

WHEN I'M HURTING

It's easier for you to walk away, than it is for you to reach out to me.
It's easier for you to look away, than it is for you to see the depth of my despair.
It's easier for you to look through me, than it is for you to see "me."
It's easier for you to distance yourself, than it is for you to really care.
It's easier for you to hear, than it is for you to listen.
It's easier for you to judge, than it is for you to understand.
It's easier for you to label, than it is to get acquainted.
It's easier for you to bask in your joy, than it is for you to feel my pain.
It's easier for you to bewilder at my mysteries, than it is for you to probe deeply into the depths of my soul.


It's easier for me to look away, than it is to let you see the feelings betrayed through my eyes.
It's easier for me to cry, than it is for me to talk.
It's easier for me to walk alone, than it is to risk rejection.
It's easier for me to push you away, than it is for me to be held.
It's easier for me to distance myself, than it is to trust that you won´t hurt me.
It's easier for me to die, than it is for me to face life's challenges.


It's hard for me to smile when I am hurting.
It's hard for me to talk when you won't understand.
It's hard for me to reach out when I need help the most.


If only you'd really look at me and see who I am.
If only you cared enough to reach out when I push you away.
If only you'd hold me, without asking why.
If only you'd acknowledge the validity of my feelings.


But it's the easy roads that are most often taken.
And so I hurt alone.


--Jo A. Witt

Be open to all your possibilities ; possibilities can be miracles.

Be open to all your possibilities ; possibilities can be miracles.