“Elegance is a glowing inner peace. Grace is an ability to give as well as to receive and be thankful. Mystery is a hidden laugh always ready to surface! Glamour only radiates if there is a sublime courage & bravery within: glamour is like the moon; it only shines because the sun is there.”
-C. JoyBell C
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“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.” –Brené Brown
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“The world needs less heat and more light. It needs less of the heat of anger, revenge, retaliation, and more of the light of ideas, faith, courage, aspiration, joy, love and hope.” —Wilfred Peterson
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
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“You should bring something into the world that wasn’t in the world before. It doesn’t matter what that is. It doesn’t matter if it’s a table or a film or gardening—everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say ‘I did that.’”—Ricky Gervais
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"Don't be so hard on yourself for not having it together all the time, for not knowing all the answers. You don't always have to be sure of who you are, otherwise there' be nothing left to discover. You don't have to know where you're headed or have a clear vision of the bigger picture. Sometimes taking one tiny step at a time is more than enough. Sometimes slowing down just to feel the wind blow against you is the beauty of life right there. Wander, be unsure when it is natural to be. Let yourself breathe. We're all rushing for no reason anyway." ~S.C Lourie
Perspective! Giving myself permission to take some mindfulness time today.
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Ok, back! So once again here was my quote of the day...
"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person." ~Fred Rogers
This one speaks a little bit to my 3rd core value - engagement. This one tends to be a little fuzzier than the other 2. When I say engagement, it's about being all-in and fully attending to a prioritization. It's easier to define engagement when you're talking about a task at hand. When I'm engaged in a task, I am very motivated and interested by what I'm doing and I'm using my best abilities to produce my vision. This is important to me, but I'm not always as in control of this type of engagement - it's almost more of a "flow" where you can't necessarily induce the conditions to become absorbed in a project or task. So yes, I want to engage in the work I do, but there are two other ways that I think about engagement that I am trying to be more intentional about in my life.
The first of these two is engagement in relationships. This is the type of engagement that ties directly to the quote above. I see every opportunity that I have to interact with another person as an opportunity to either strengthen or weaken a relationship. Those times that I'm not fully engaged in the interaction, it almost always weakens the relationship. This happens in a lot of benign ways. A lot of times it's about the actions that I don't take rather than the ones that I do (I very rarely purposefully disengage). Sometimes, I might think of something that I could do to reach out to someone, but I don't. I might notice that they look a little off or upset. At this point, I have a choice. Either I could reach out and say something kind or ask how they're doing in a sincere way, or I could carry on with my own personal worries and that person would be none the wiser. But when I choose not to engage, I'm missing an opportunity to strengthen a relationship. This is the type of engagement that I want to be more intentional about.
The second side of engagement that I feel is very important is social justice engagement. There's been so much that is scary and worrisome in the world and it's easy to get overwhelmed by it all. But it's also easy to disengage and just let things happen. It feels safer because if I ignore and avoid those scary feelings, then I don't have to take any ownership of it. I can pass the blame on to the people who are taking actions that I don't agree with. That's not fair and it's not healthy for a society that thrives on questioning and innovation over the status quo. I want to be more intentional about how I show up and take part in our social system.
So whether it's an important task, an important relationship, or an important social issue - I want to show up and engage.
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“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” -Brené Brown
Connection is another one of my 3 core values. Again, this is a daily practice and sometimes the practice comes easily and sometimes it's really hard. Those of you who deal or have dealt with #Depression might identify with the desire to isolate when you are really in the depths. Me too. This is actually one of the most dangerous features of my depression because I also struggle with #SuicidalIdeation and #Selfharm . One of the best things I could do when I'm in that place is reach out for connection... But I don't. I isolate. I know this about myself and I even know it at the time, but it is so hard for me to say, "I'm struggling and I'm not ok." A great deal of that resistence comes from a fear of judgment or that I'll take the risk of asking for help and it will be to the wrong person and I might not receive help and may damage a relationship too. It's happened before.
But a piece of this quote that sticks out to me is the part about giving AND receiving. Brenè tells us that we cannot give love and help authentically if we cannot receive love and help without judgment. Ouch. I've always thought of myself as someone who would drop everything to help a friend or family member if they were in need. Now I'm reading that if I cannot receive help without judgment, that I'm attaching a value to help and love - so deep down, I'm keeping a ledger of everything going out and the nothing coming in. Not because it's not there, but because I'm not letting anyone in. So as I'm working on connection, counterintuitively, I realize that I don't necessarily need to work on giving more to connect, but rather on freely receiving love and help without judgment. <3 what="" do="" you="" think,="" is="" it="" easier="" for="" to="" give="" help="" and="" love="" or="" receive="" love?=""
“Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.”
-Jerry Bridges
I realize not everyone here ascribes to Christianity, and many to no religion, but when I think of Grace I think of the innate worthiness of all of us, even when we don't feel it for ourselves - and that is a universal truth. You are worthy of love and belonging. Your worst days don't have the power to define that. <3
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“Now I know. Only love can save this world. So I stay. I fight, and I give… for the world I know can be. This is my mission, now. Forever.” -Wonder Woman
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