MindOverMatter

To accept change and letting go of what was, that is the only way forward. Remember: Different doesn't mean broken.

The journey will continue in '24. I will do my best to try and find something good in every day. Appreciate the small things. Happy New Year

Despite all the challenges, I am content with the memories of 2023. It's not been "a walk in the park", but I'm learning to ride the waves.

No matter how dysfunctional your background, how broke or broken you are, where you are today, or what anyone else says, YOU MATTER. - Kent

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. - Robert Jordan

Silence is the virtue of fools. - F. Bacon

...The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. Voltaire

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them...

...thats what made the difference to me. Only you can make that "light in the tunnel". I found it with acceptance, and with my "toolbox".

Faith (in better days), patience, nature, photography, counselling and shifting focus/reduce my thoughts about "this is it, I'm screwed"...

...even mainstream medicine accepts that our stress levels and thought patterns, for example, can impact our physical health. - J. Rediger

The link between our minds and bodies holds a well of potential when it came to radical healing...

Overcoming what frightens you the most strengthens you the most. - M. Dhliwayo

Pause and remember – Nothing lasts forever. Better days are coming, but they will come faster with faith. – J. Young

I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet. – Confucius

Our stories hold unique inspiration for one another. - Lailah Gifty Akita

... It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. - A. M. Pharo

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.

Giving your presence might be the best Christmas gift you could give someone this year.- Ken Fite

Focus on opportunities, not setbacks. Focus on what you can do, not what you can’t. Focus on the present moment, not the past... - A. Brost

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.—William James

Rule your mind or it will rule you... - Horace

Challenges are part of life. Overcoming them makes you a stronger person. - Lailah Gifty Akita

Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you). - Ovid

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. - Helen Keller

Going on inspite of challenges is what shifts the destiny. - Hiral Nagda

Thoughts are fluid, the negative ones can always flow out and positive ones can flow in. - Skylar Sustin

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.” – William Penn

Sometimes you have to lose all you have to find out who you truly are. - Roy T. Bennett

When one door closes....... Take a hammer and nails and make sure that freakin thing stays shut. - Sama Akbar