Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through. 

~~ Karl Marx ~~

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fall on the pond...Dorchester Mill Pond, Dorchester, ON

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HUMOUR WARNING :)

Meditation

If you struggle to fill something as big as life, it will swallow you. We feel we need to prove ourselves, our worth and purpose. The infinite already knows your purpose and is the author of your purpose. Your perfect unfolding is the same as every other living and non-living thing which exists — it is your unstoppable nature.

At one time or another, we all try to please everyone, be smart or pretty, keep it all together and do everything perfectly. We see life as having expectations that we must hurl ourselves at and we believe that we must not fail. Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth. Desperately expanding outward to fill the world is like an explosion where we disperse and lose ourselves. When we are quiet and still we contract and settle. Relax. You do not need to prove yourself.

"Spirituality is a journey inward that connects the Self to yourself. When you know who you are from the inside out, when you do what you sense is right for you, when your thoughts lead you to actions that serve others as well as make you feel good, then you have encountered spirituality."
— Iyanla Vanzant

It takes courage to keep walking when the path is obscured by confusion. Trust. Believe. And just keep walking. The way will be revealed.

~~Sue Krebs~~


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Picture taken in Dorchester Mill Pond, Dorchester, ON

Every once in awhile I come across something that I think says it better than I ever could and this is one of them.
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If you have ever experienced depression you may have already encountered a few of these statements in your own life...both the good and the bad. 

When I saw this I thought it important to share because often the people in our lives don't know how to handle our depression. It's not easy for them to understand when they aren't feeling what we go through and sometimes they say things that are hurtful without realizing it.

The burden of my sadness was crushing me. I let it go slowly, like a kite, and I took off like a rocket.

~~S.L.~~


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Picture taken in Port Stanley, ON

Have you ever met someone who asks for help, seems to want help but when you offer the help, you are met with the response..."yeah, but...."? Have you ever responded in this manner yourself? I know I have. I can admit it...I've been a yeah but.

There are several variations of the "yeah but"...

• yeah that may have worked for you but....
  
• yeah I tried that too but....
  
• yeah? but what if....
  
• yeah I was going to try that but....
  

Do any of the above sound familiar to you? What is your typical response when someone offers you advice or gives a suggestion? Only you know if you're a "yeah but" too. Are you willing to admit it? Are you able to admit it...even to yourself? If you can admit it..think to when have you said "yeah but"? Why do you say it? Do you hope the conversation and advice will end if you say you've tried it but it doesn't work? 

I'm taking the day off and spending some time with my Mom. 

I hope you have a great day enjoying the sunshine. 

take good care of you okay?
Tammy

Celebrate your scars sweet soul, they are a sign you have lived beyond your suffering. You went through so much and still you rose.

S.C. Lourie


Picture taken at Dorchester Mill Pond, Dorchester, ON

What does the word "tired" mean to you? Have you ever noticed moments when your feelings of being tired aren't always physical or about lack of sleep? Have you ever felt tired emotionally? Worn out mentally?

Living with chronic pain has taught me that feeling "tired' is not only a physical feeling but it can be an emotional and mental feeling too.

I've noticed moments in my own life when my feelings of being tired went beyond my need for sleep and it was a deep pervading feeling at times. It's this feeling I think that has many of us wondering "why bother" at times too....you're tired of always having to be "on"...on top of your pain, on top of your emotions....always "on".

Are you tired of always having to "manage" or "cope" with your pain? Tired of always feeling pain? Are you tired of missing out on the things you enjoy because of pain? Tired of being able to do something one day and not the next? Are you tired of having to "explain" how you can hurt when you look just fine? Tired of hearing there is nothing wrong with you? Are you tired of trying different pills and treatments looking for the "one"? Tired of never finding it? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?