Life Is Good!

At a cafe in Roanoke, Virginia, awaiting lunch....

...on our way home from visiting friends in North Carolina.

I'm feeling particularly engaged in life lately - loving the experience of simply being alive; and I am very grateful!

What a far cry from a year ago. 

If you are not quite feeling the same, if you are depressed, anxious, addicted or just struggling in general, I want you to know this: there is always hope. There is always the possibility for change - as long as you believe it. Tie a knot in the end of your rope and hang on. Keep looking for solutions, ask for help - trust that life is good and worth living - because it is!

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Update: right after posting, I broke a dish :( and felt bad and embarrassed; 

but you know...

life is still good!

Inspiration

Happy Friday, Freitag, piątek, vendredi, пятница!

Remember Who You Are

When I awoke this morning, my head was swirling with thoughts: It's 8:00. I only have 10 hours to get my paper done;I feel guilty about missing work yesterday; I have so much to do at work...and at home...

Then, as I was making coffee in the kitchen, I looked out the window, and heard that still, quiet voice within: Remember Who You Are. Remember that you are special and unique to this world and a part of a much larger reality than that of the worrisome little microcosm in your head now.

Struggles will always be there; it's the price of entry to this world. But life is also filled with beauty, joy, and adventure - if you turn your attention there. How you respond to both the good and the bad will determine the trajectory and the quality of your journey. 

Dear reader: Please remember that you are unique and precious - a droplet sparkling like a diamond in the sun's light. There is no other like you in the entire universe, and there never will be! It is your right and your duty to live fully and to reflect the Light!

HAPPY Isnin, Lundi, Lunedi, Lunes, Luni, Monday, Montag, poniedziałek, segunda-feira, دوشنبه , понедельник, يوم الاثنين , 星期一 ... !

Whatever challenges, trials, joys, and adventures await you today, learn something, stretch, and grow. Create your future with your thoughts and actions today!

The Small Voice

Somewhere deep down inside I've always known that I was meant to be more than a depressed, anxious, alcoholic. Call it an inner sense of knowing, perhaps - a wordless tugging toward my true self. It may have been buried by years of emotional debris and drowned out by negative thinking set on "repeat", but that voice was there all the while.

What is that small voice - that inner knowing - trying to tell you?

Unleash Your Soul!

This is the theme of the day!

I just awoke from a good night's sleep - full of optimism and grateful to be alive. 

I wish you, dear reader, a wonderful day / night. Let us unleash our souls...and let the games begin!!

Life

I know we have all heard it time and time again, but it rings especially true for me today: life is precious.

Today I learned of the passing of a friend’s brother. I know it is often said of those who go before us, but he truly was a kind and good soul…and he died far too young (in his 30s). In the coming days, friends and family will gather together in sorrow, grief, love, and reflection and will recall the numerous times he touched each one of us in his relatively short time on Earth. I only hope that while he was alive, he knew how much he meant to his family and friends.

Five months ago, I was willing to trade it all for eternal peace and an end to the incessant cycling of negative thoughts in my head. Today, I find myself on a precipice at life’s border once again. From this vantage point, life is expansive yet brief, enduring yet fragile – a beautiful landscape of hills and valleys; raging, twisted rivers; deep, dark forests; and bright, shiny peaks that sparkle in the sun.

Today I mourn, but I am also grateful to be alive, and to have had the chance for my life to intersect with this dear man.

Dear Reader:  Please remember that life is short and very, very precious – and YOU are precious…very, very precious to this world – even if your head tells you otherwise. Take a look around you today / tonight. Find one reason to be grateful – one person, one pet, one small thing that brings a little smile to your face – and savor that feeling.  Or reach out and do something nice for another person. Cherish the feeling you get bringing comfort, love, or joy to another – for this is the feeling of love and the currency of a rich life.