healing
How to heal fully and properly.
Chaotic Notes to Myself #1
I always say the things are meant to be and everything that happens, happens for a reason—both good and bad things are what we need in our lives. I believe that the Universe balances them accordingly. All you have to do is stay grateful and do your thing—the rest will fall into place.
By Melanie S7 years ago in Motivation
Waves
I always find myself right back here. The home I grew up in is about a three minute drive from the nearest beach with a wide view of Lake Michigan. I drove there all the time for sunset or to dance in the sand or to just stand and stare for a while, when that was all I was capable of focusing on. I would hop in my car and blare Jesus jams all the way down the winding road, down the bumpy dirt path crowded with trees and forest, where herds of deer bounded beside my rusty car making its slow way to the water. I don’t live at home anymore, but whenever I find myself back for a visit, I’m back in the car making my way to the waves.
By Amelia Rose7 years ago in Motivation
Moments
I have spent the last two years wishing that things were different, that I was a different person. The moments that have defined me have been the moments when everything overwhelms me, the moments where my reality comes crashing down and threatens to crush me, the moments when I feel I can’t take it for another second.
By Natalie Comerford7 years ago in Motivation
My Other World
There is nothing like that feeling of first seeing those waves. The feeling of awe, that longing to stay forever. The sound that soothes your soul. No therapy session can touch what this place does to me. My most difficult days are washed away and left at shore.
By Ashly Arbes7 years ago in Motivation
The Dust of Our Bones: Pt. 4
It was a frequent stop for me and although I hated it, I was familiar with the routine. How easy it was to stop in after a work errand and grab a drink for a coworker. The corner gas station was not a place of preference, but one of convenience. Every trip inside gave me anxiety but I had learn to push it aside, grab the Big Gulp, and leave as quickly as possible.
By L M Anderson7 years ago in Motivation
A Kind of Friendship
This is my story of a teenage friendship that only took place on the way to school. Unlikely really given it was thirty minutes a day at the most and it was between the beautiful girl and the plain Jane. Like fish and cake a weird concept to put together yet surprisingly it worked.
By Lesley Anne Armour7 years ago in Motivation
Branded
“What do your tattoos mean to you?” He asked. They mean to remind me of how I’ve overcome. My first tattoo is across my forearm. I got this tattoo with a friend over my birthday. Each tattoo was a birthday gift, actually. After being shunned from a community that I spent two years with, I grieved so many people and things that I lost touch with my identity and purpose. I opened my Bible to read from Song of Solomon and I had this impression from God, “You are not a burden to me, you are the rose. Your weaknesses cannot intimidate me, I call you the lily.” This meant so much to me that each time I’d see it, I’d cry remembering that only an Invisible King could understand my state of pain and heal me. Not the Hallmark Card Pity or a pat on the back from a family member, but God and time and healing.
By Vivia Leigh7 years ago in Motivation
Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time, there was a lady that died from breaking her own heart. She was asleep for a long while in the after, dreaming about the very life she left behind her. She dreamt of her life, as if she was reliving every moment again. She relived all of her youth, and boy was it exciting. She smiled, and laughed. She ran, and played. She made friends and even had to fight once or twice. She had darker moments from her youth creep into her dream and threaten to turn it to a nightmare. But she held onto her child like consciousness in her death sleep. And was always able to forgive and move on with grace.
By Christina Marie Martin7 years ago in Motivation
Loving Yourself 101
I’ve had a very hard time coming to love myself. I’m an insecure person, I don’t have much confidence in me. No reason, I just do. I’m pretty sure a lot can relate, especially if you’re a teenager. I’ve realized this in the past few years 'til now, I was always a negative person. I would jump to conclusions, think of the worst and never be happy with the choices I made. I always thought "nothing good isgoing to happen for me" or "I’m alwaysgonna stay unhappy." I would fill my head with these thoughts and just lock myself into my own little world. Eventually I decided that I wanted to open up that lock. I stepped outside and I took it in—the more you learn to love yourself each day, it’s amazing how your life can get better in an instant. I felt better. I felt amazing. I learned to throw away all those negative thoughts in my head and replace them with positive and happy thoughts. I feel like in your mid to late teens especially, majority of us are going through this phase where we’re hiding from ourselves when in reality, we don’t even know who we are. We don’t know what we feel, we don't know what we want. Life, to me, is all about self discovery. Life gives you the chance to find yourself, who you are and what you’re meant to do. I love keeping the mindset that we have the ability to change for the better by loving ourselves and taking care of ourselves. It’s not selfish to love yourself. It’s important to love who you are, no matter who you think you are and who people say you are. No matter how many mistakes you’ve made in your life, you are perfect in your own way and no one can tell you otherwise. I certainly learned that the hard way. Loving yourself is having a deep appreciation for who you are, you accept every part of yourself; the imperfections, the embarrassments, the things you may sometimes fail at and all the great qualities along with that. For some people, they may not love themselves until they lose weight, 'til they get the job they want, or have the perfect boyfriend, etc. We tend to put conditions on our love but we don't realize that we don’t have to. We can love ourselves just the way we are. Who cares what people think?
By H S7 years ago in Motivation
