"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
— Maya Angelou
How do you interpret this quote? I think it gives an interesting perspective about respect.
Showing posts with label Relationships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Relationships. Show all posts
Your Mama Loves You
Allow me to tell you a story
I didn't know where I was going to live when I graduated college. I had the school send my diploma to my parents so I wouldn't lose track of it in case I had to move. A few months later, my mom called me to inform me that she got it. It almost broke my heart listening to her describe it. She was so proud of me. She read every word carefully, relishing the word choice. When she tried to describe the gold seal, she started to cry. To me it was just a piece of paper to undermine how difficult college was. It was a magnificent document after this phone call.
Sometimes I get frustrated with her, but its times like these when I realize just how much love existed without me being a good friend, a good conversationalist, or a polite show item
Mothers.
I am sure they aren't all the same, but no one has been able to really quantify the feelings mothers have for their children until they experience it first hand.
And most likely, no matter what you do, you mom is in the background supporting every decision you make.
Today's affirmation might seem dorky, but it will help you step out of yourself a little to see your own self worth.
My mama loves me.
Use the affirmations you see on this site by repeating them to yourself whenever you get a chance. Repeat it to yourself all day long if you can. Stare into your beautiful eyes in the mirror and say them aloud. Say it until you believe it.
I didn't know where I was going to live when I graduated college. I had the school send my diploma to my parents so I wouldn't lose track of it in case I had to move. A few months later, my mom called me to inform me that she got it. It almost broke my heart listening to her describe it. She was so proud of me. She read every word carefully, relishing the word choice. When she tried to describe the gold seal, she started to cry. To me it was just a piece of paper to undermine how difficult college was. It was a magnificent document after this phone call.
Sometimes I get frustrated with her, but its times like these when I realize just how much love existed without me being a good friend, a good conversationalist, or a polite show item
Mothers.
I am sure they aren't all the same, but no one has been able to really quantify the feelings mothers have for their children until they experience it first hand.
And most likely, no matter what you do, you mom is in the background supporting every decision you make.
Today's affirmation might seem dorky, but it will help you step out of yourself a little to see your own self worth.
My mama loves me.
Use the affirmations you see on this site by repeating them to yourself whenever you get a chance. Repeat it to yourself all day long if you can. Stare into your beautiful eyes in the mirror and say them aloud. Say it until you believe it.
Death
Everyone is going to die. Its obvious. People deal with it in different ways. There is a philosophy that says that our entire lives, the creation of government, the existence of technology, and even our hobbies are just preoccupations made to overt our attention from our own death. Someone out there created this philosphey in order to better grasp thier own death.
You are going to have to deal with death at some point. Either someone you love is going to die, someone you barely knew is going to die, or you are going to go through the frightening grasp with mortality that is dealing with your own eventual doom.
You deal with grief your own way. You can't do it wrong.
The thing that scares me most when someone I know dies is that I could have said one more thing, made one more memory for this person before they stopped making memories.
The way I am dealing with it is knowing that there is always time to change. Regret is only positive if it leads to change...
I am going to keep death in my mind, but not in a deleterious sort of way. I am going to remember that someday, all of this will end for someone. Maybe it will be someone I love, maybe it will be me. I am going to stop taking advantage of the time I have by making sure I tell the people I love that I love them now, instead of later.
Today, if you are like me, you will stop taking advantage of time.
Rest in Peace Uncle Troy
You are going to have to deal with death at some point. Either someone you love is going to die, someone you barely knew is going to die, or you are going to go through the frightening grasp with mortality that is dealing with your own eventual doom.
You deal with grief your own way. You can't do it wrong.
The thing that scares me most when someone I know dies is that I could have said one more thing, made one more memory for this person before they stopped making memories.
The way I am dealing with it is knowing that there is always time to change. Regret is only positive if it leads to change...
I am going to keep death in my mind, but not in a deleterious sort of way. I am going to remember that someday, all of this will end for someone. Maybe it will be someone I love, maybe it will be me. I am going to stop taking advantage of the time I have by making sure I tell the people I love that I love them now, instead of later.
Today, if you are like me, you will stop taking advantage of time.
Rest in Peace Uncle Troy
Do you make your friends jealous?
I was sitting at a local coffee shop the other day when I started idly flipping through some glossy magazines. That's when I stumbled upon a Cosmo Quiz called "Do you make your friends Jealous". I took the quiz to find out that yes, I do make my friends jealous.
This quiz comes from a place of deep negativity. Someone out there was jealous of a friend and decided to make this quiz. Instead of blaming him/herself for their own lack of self worth, they blamed their friend for being so successful.
The quiz suggested that I should try to commiserate more, share my deep insecurities, and be willing to be a shoulder to cry on. My response is no. I will not bring my entire life down, my entire self worth down, in order to keep weak friends.
The lesson is twofold. First, don't relish in your own misery, and especially not in others. Every experience you have creates the landscape of your life. It doesn't do you any justice to take part in sadness theater. Second, are friends that don't want you to be happy and self confident worth it? Was this magazine worth it?
Today, make your friends jealous
This quiz comes from a place of deep negativity. Someone out there was jealous of a friend and decided to make this quiz. Instead of blaming him/herself for their own lack of self worth, they blamed their friend for being so successful.
The quiz suggested that I should try to commiserate more, share my deep insecurities, and be willing to be a shoulder to cry on. My response is no. I will not bring my entire life down, my entire self worth down, in order to keep weak friends.
The lesson is twofold. First, don't relish in your own misery, and especially not in others. Every experience you have creates the landscape of your life. It doesn't do you any justice to take part in sadness theater. Second, are friends that don't want you to be happy and self confident worth it? Was this magazine worth it?
Today, make your friends jealous
Appreciation
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. - Volitaire.
Appreciation goes both ways. Sure, give honest, sincere, compliments to those you notice, but you also got to learn how to take a compliments. Appreciate your compliment. Don't shrug it off. Gracefully accept and take a moment to savor the love today.
Appreciation goes both ways. Sure, give honest, sincere, compliments to those you notice, but you also got to learn how to take a compliments. Appreciate your compliment. Don't shrug it off. Gracefully accept and take a moment to savor the love today.
Women Who Love too Much
What it's about
This non-fiction is a self help by exposition. The story is driven by the tales of many women who have somehow contributed to their own demise by pursuing and falling for toxic men. The stories are dramatic, but not extraordinary. The author presents them in a way that exposes relationship follies that we make in our own, healthy relationships. We are able to make the conclusions by ourselves, but she also creates a take-away checklist at the end, giving us a few cardinal rules of relationships.
Why it inspires
Women often blame men for their crappy lives. Norwood's book tells us that perhaps it is our own toxicity that is causing our crappy lives. She does it meaningfully and gently, allowing everyone to take away a positive message. It is not just a guide on how to break up a toxic relationship, it could also inspire growth in a healthy relationship by allowing us to recognize our toxic behaviors
Who might be interested
Women in relationships. All women in relationships, especially those that use their relationships like drugs. You don't need to want the change to benefit from this book.
I found this to be an excellent read myself.
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Toxicity
Surround yourself with healthy people, and you will become healthy too. Pushing the negativity out of your life includes pushing away negative people.
Accepting and enabling a toxic person is selfish. Don't put up with toxicity because you need that extra friend, that extra love. Have some self respect, and expel negative influences out of your life. It is hard, but change is never easy.
Make the right associations
I seek healthy strong relationships with healthy strong people like me.
Use the affirmations you see on this site by repeating them to yourself whenever you get a chance. Repeat it to yourself all day long if you can. Stare into your beautiful eyes in the mirror and say them aloud. Say it until you believe it.
Use the affirmations you see on this site by repeating them to yourself whenever you get a chance. Repeat it to yourself all day long if you can. Stare into your beautiful eyes in the mirror and say them aloud. Say it until you believe it.
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