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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to change you is the greatest accomplishment.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In the end, love always wins.

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Sassiest lady I’ve ever seen, I think she changed my life. And I’ve never seen anyone on stage so happy.

Didn’t know that Eric Clapton was racist/ made racist comments. Tragic.

The Blues Is A Game

By Simeon Hammond Dallas

Does it make you feel good as you get on the stage?

Say you’re singing the blues so you’d better behave

But it isn’t your truth, you’ve no right to the name

It’s all whiskey and cigarettes in your eyes

Honey, I’ve been marching most all of my life

And you sit and make jokes about men in white cloaks

Then whip up a twelve bar refrain

When you woke up this morning

What went through your mind?

When you woke up this morning

Did you fear for your life?

Just candidly explain my existence away

‘Cause the blues is a game

So you pack up your notebook

And you tune your guitar

And you never once worried

If you’d make it this far

But you’re ready to play

So you shout your cliches

‘Cause the blues is a game

You ain’t got the blues you’re just a sad, sad man

You ain’t got the blues you’re just a sad, sad man

But you’re ready to play so you spout your cliches

‘Cause the blues is a game

I’m a good, good woman

With a good, good heart

I’m a good, good woman

But you make it so hard

‘Cause I’ve got something to say

And it burns like a flame

But the blues is a game

When you woke up this morning

With the world on your side

Tell me did you read the news boy

Before you sat down to write

Digging deep for that pain

But it don’t hit the same

‘Cause the blues is a game

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Here, there and everywhere ♥️

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Herd mentality

Boagle

The chameleon

UNO

(Exploding kittens)

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Sometimes we fall into old patterns

Old ways of doing things

And that’s okay

You don’t have to figure it all out at 30, 40, or 50

Nobody really does

The truth is, nobody really knows what they are doing

Confidence comes from a place of self-assurance, that’s all

You are allowed to change your life at any given time

We chase after our goals but we

also make new dreams, like how a scoby grows and grows

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

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“Do not get it twisted, forgiveness is one thing and relationship is another. We should forgive whether people apologize or not. However, the person may never be able to have a relationship with us again.”

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Poem for June 2024

Joy is

Undeniably yours, do

Not let anyone steal it, not

Even the storms, unexpected as they are.

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“It's not about the person who wronged you. It's about who you want to be.”

“The path to freedom from a grudge is not so much through forgiveness of the "other" (although this can be helpful), but rather through loving our own self. To bring our own loving presence to the suffering that crystallized into the grudge, the pain that was caused by this “other,” is what ultimately heals the suffering and allows the grudge to melt. If it feels like too much to go directly into the pain of a grudge, we can move toward it with the help of someone we trust, or bring a loving presence to our wound, but from a safe place inside. The idea is not to re-traumatize ourselves by diving into the original pain but rather to attend to it with the compassion that we didn’t receive, that our grudge is screaming for, and bring it directly into the center of the storm. Our heart contains both our pain and the elixir for our pain.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inviting-monkey-tea/201503/why-we-hold-grudges-and-how-let-them-go#:~:text=Holding%20a%20grudge%20is%20often,is%20necessary%20to%20release%20it.

Why We Hold Grudges, and How to Let Them Go

Holding a grudge is lighting ourselves on fire and expecting the other person to die of smoke inhalation.

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"Love is usually based on a deeper sense of respect for who this person is.” It isn’t based on looks or a lusty desire to be together, but something a lot deeper.

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“Again, it’s about being what you want to be, before you have made it, you can still be it. It will attract those you need into your life and the snowball will gather its snow.”

— Donna Ashworth

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What pain means —

You don’t owe anything (emotionally) to the person / people who caused you pain.

Give no more.

Give to yourself.

“Balance vulnerability and boundaries.”

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Hold on to what you try to be

Your individuality

When the world is on your shoulders

Just smile and let it go

If people try to put you down

Just walk on by, don't turn around

You only have to answer to yourself

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“Time means nothing, and character means everything.”