" Happiness is something we create in our mind.
It's not something we search for and seldom find.
It's just waking up and beginning the day,
By counting our blessings and kneeling to pray.
It's giving up thoughts that breed discontent,
And accepting what comes as a gift heaven sent.
It's giving up wishing for things we have not,
And making the best of whatever we've got
For it's by completing what God asks us to do
That we find real contentment and happiness too."-Anonynmous
"It cannot be helped."
The rain won't stop
Plans fall apart.
Life ignores your schedule.
Not everything is yours to control.
Not everything is yours to fix.
Acceptance is not surrender.
It is choosing peace over resistance."
"I am learning everyday to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be, to inspire me and not terrify me." -Tracee Ellis Ross
Schedule your fun first. The vacation. The dinner. The concert. The weekend trip. Put joy on the calendar before work fills it. Most people work first, play with what's left. There's never anything left. Book fun like meetings. Treat joy like obligation. Happiness needs planning too.
-Scottdelary
Life is amazing. And then,
it's awful. And then
it's amazing.
And the awful it is
ordinary and mundane and
routine. Breathe in the amazing,
hold on through the awful.
and relax and exhale during the
ordinary.
That's just living heartbreaking,
soul-healing, amazing, awful,
ordinary life. And it's breathtakingly
beautiful.
It is build. It is chosen. It is
nurtured over the years. A beautiful life is made from the heart not the
head. It is not one we can rationalize our way into, it's one that must be felt. A beautiful life is not one that is immediately comfortable, but one grown through the acknowledgement of what is worth being uncomfortable for. It is not one that is easy. It is one that is worth it.
