God Mother: rainey little sis: gwen monkey of eternal sunshine: miss understud big sis: dereksarah
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. Theyare plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope- Jeremiah 29:11
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas Edison It does not matter how deep you fall, what matters is how high you bounce back.
- unknown Superman's not brave. You can't be brave if you're indestructible. It's every day people, like you and me, that are brave knowing we could easily be defeated but still continue forward.
- unknown Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you're going to do now - and do it.
- William Durant You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.
- Dan Millman Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
- Og Mandino Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon Determination, patience and courage are the only things needed to improve any situation.
- Peter Sinclair Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese proverb We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
- Martin Luther King " Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.
- Elie Weisel Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
- Dr. Dale Turner To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France He who has hope has everything.
- Arabian Proverb Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
- Helen Keller
f we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- Thomas Edison Just go out there and do what you've got to do.
- Martina Navratilova Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
- Dale Carnegie If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese proverb Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.
- unknown Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
- unknown What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it. - Alexander Graham Bell What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.
- Blaine Lee Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.
- Japanese proverb Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
- Anthony Robbins Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.
- unknown Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you're going to do - William Durant
It's the children the world almost breaks that grow up to save it.
-Frank Warren
"Crying does not make you 'weak.' The weakest of all are often those who have forgotten how to cry." - Tim Foreman of Switchfoot
-Ph1sh
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
“There is always something good in every situation.”
“Today may seem to be the same as yesterday, but I have the opportunity to experience it in an entirely different way.” “I cannot control or change others, but I can change myself” “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone canstart from now and make a brand new end.”
“Recovery Is not the end it’s the beginning.”
“Nothing will change unless you battle it!”
“You don’t have to control your thoughts, you just have to stop letting them control you.”
“We can pull out every negative tree from our emotional forests and eliminate major causes of our emotional and physical ailments”
· Recovery is a seven-day-a-week effort.
· I am responsible for my own recovery.
· I can do whatever it takes to get my recovery program on track.
· I will love myself enough to work on my recovery.
· I can only look to myself for the answers as to what is best for me.
· I can gain insight into what I need by doing my journal responding and readings on a weekly basis.
· I have time for me.
· I deserve the time I put into my recovery.
· I am a lovable, capable person who is in the process of recovering from the behavioral consequences of low self-esteem.
· I can reach out for the support of my Buddies at SEA when I need it.
· I will put the burden of my recovery on no one else but me.
· I am an honest, open, and feeling person.
· I will take the time I need to recover.
· I will grow in patience as I see that recovery takes time.
· I am an intelligent, competent, and creative person capable of self-recovery.
· I can love myself enough to forgive me if I should experience relapse in my recovery process.
· I deserve the time I am taking away from my workaholic and idle time which I am applying to my recovery.
· There are no excuses for my lack of taking time for myself.
· I am the person who is the sculptor of the "new me.''
When I ask you to listen to me and you start to give me advice, you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen!
All I asked was that you listen.
Not talk or do – just hear me.
I can do for myself, I'm not helpless.
I maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can, and need, to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and weakness.
But, when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel, no matter how irrational, then I can stop trying to convince you and get on with understanding what is behind this irrational feeling.
And when that is clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice.
The irrational feelings make sense when we understand what is behind them.
Perhaps that is why prayer works for some people.
God is silent, and He doesn't give advice or try to fix things. He just listens and lets you work it out for yourself.
So, please listen and just hear me.
And if you want to talk, wait a minute for your turn, and I'll listen to you. [Anon]
Ok, i read this thread alot, so i thought i would comment.
Couldnt see this one, sorry if it is here.
Something that my assistant head said to me when i told him i wanted to give up. Dont know who its from though.
You're not fighting in a ring. There is no bell telling you when to start and stop, and the opponent in the other corner is not a guy with gloves on. It's you. And perhaps you're the scariest opponent of all. You know all of your weaknesses; know how to lose. Every time you get knocked down, you both lose and win, and the only person who cares whether you get up or not half wants you to stay down. But maybe this is easier than most fights. It's going to get easier, not harder, the more time that passes. It's between what you want and what you want more. You know you'll have setbacks, but it's your choice what happens next. Choose to fight!
R.I.P Nannie | Mason; my little angel, sleep tight.
Rob; miss you kid | Brendon; rave in paradise babes.
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies
From the film American Beauty:
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
- Ricky Fitts
I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.
- Lester Burnham
From the film Dead Poets' Society:
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race - and the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life; but poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman: "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
- John Keating
From the film Braveheart:
Every man dies, not every man really lives.
- William Wallace
&lastly, also from Braveheart but a gigantic personal favourite:
Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it.
- Malcolm Wallace
"Superman's not brave. You can't be brave if you're indestructible. It's every day people, like you and me, that are brave knowing we could easily be defeated but still continue forward."
- unknown
I love this quote.
"From seeing the worst to loving the strongest; People grow over time."
