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Showing posts with label support. Show all posts
Showing posts with label support. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2014

do you have people who support you? are you supportive?


My days lately have been full - very full. I have time for my writing, my businesses, and the course I'm taking in personal development. I make/find time for my responsibilities, my family, my friends, and my animals. With the time that is left, I do me and the things I enjoy. With what is left, I sleep. It is the most busy I have been in years. A couple of days ago, some of my family, my sISTA gIRL and I sat with a glass of wine and a bite of food and discussed life, personal development and our dreams fro the future. It was wonderful. We were all fully connected to each other and fully supportive of our future dreams. It is not the first time we have had this conversation and not the first time we have supported each other.

I was reading through some of my old posts and I came across a blog that had comments I'd like to share with you...

"I live the life I live and do the things I do because of the choices I have made. I accept the consequences of my choices because they are my choices. I try not to complain or gripe, even when I am overwhelmed. I sometimes feel I am in my life alone and that no one understands where I am or how I feel. But then my friend comes along and says something like that  ("I wish I had more money and you more time, I would send you on a trip so you could rest, relax and regroup.") and I realize I am not alone ... that someone cares... that someone understands. That someone is my friend, my girl, mysISTA gIRL  and i am grateful for her.

"We all go through things that take a toll on our lives, our souls, our emotions. We can ignore its effects on us and dig our heels in and keep on or we can remember there are people out there who love us and are willing to help or lend an ear or a shoulder if we would just reach out. Sometimes all they can give is support and encouragement ... but funny ... for me .... that was more than enough. We sat and laughed about good times and what we would do and where we would go if we could. that brief respire made my day and has lingered in the back of my mind for days."

At the end of that post, I thanked my sISTA gIRL for her love and support. She is still my sISTA gIRL, my anam cara, my kindred spirit today and I still thank her for her love and support. But today, I also want to thank my family members who have been there for me, supporting and encouraging me. I also want to thank them and my sISTA gIRL for allowing me the opportunity to give them feedback in an atmosphere of love and vulnerability. They know that I speak from a place of love and support, as they do when they speak to me.

I wish everyone a friend like my sISTA gIRL. I wish everyone family members like mine. I wish everyone to have happy, healthy, loving, harmonious, open, connected relationships. 

May each and everyone of you have friends, family members, and partners who recognize when you are drowning and rescue you with a word, a smile, or a hug; who support you when your stuff is tight and things are going right; and who stand by you just because and ride the wave with you. 

Friday, August 9, 2013

are you a nightingale


While nightingales are nice enough looking birds. they are not the prettiest birds. there are birds far more beautiful, far more majestic, far more awe-inspiring. And yet, when nightingales sing. their song becomes them and they become truly beautiful to look at and to listen to and while it is true some do not hear the beauty of the nightingale's song, it is not because of the nightingale, but rather because those who don't hear, do not have ears to hear.

Some of us are like nightingales. We are not the prettiest women in the world or the most majestic or the most awe-inspiring. Some of us are overweight or just don't have great bodies and some of us are not the brightest or the sharpest. Often, when we look at our deficiencies, we become embarrassed and hide our light, afraid to call attention to ourselves. That is not how to live. We all have faults, but that is not where our focus should lay. We are all here for a reason. Each and everyone of us has a gift to share. Every one of us is filled with wonderful, positive attributes. When we focus on our strengths, we allow our soul to open up to the world. When we share our own special song, we let our light shine and that light fills us with such a glow; our beauty becomes resplendent and we fill the world with both beauty, grace, and light.

nightingales... people who keep their light hidden, need friends. friends remind us that we have strengths and talents. Friends see our strengths and talents. Friends support our abilities. Friends remind us that we are light and beauty. Friends help us turn our light back on when it goes out or starts to fade. 

so for all you nightingales out there... 

don't keep your light hidden. don't keep your song hidden. let your light shine!!!  Sing out loud!!! and if you can't do it alone... enlist your friends to help! They will!!! 




Monday, July 8, 2013

the valley



I am glad that there is love in the world and that there are compassionate people in the world. when we go through valleys of dust, it is nice to know there are people willing to travel through the dust to bring you water, people willing to stand on the other side of the valley and wait for you to emerge so they can provide you with food and clothing. Best, there are people willing to find you in the valley and, if you are not ready or unable to emerge, willingly abide with you so that do not have to go through the valley alone.

when life takes you to the valley
filled with nothing but
bones and stones and dust

when the sun rides high in a
pastel blue sky
and the heat beats
hard upon your brow

may a friend track you,
following your footsteps
til she finds you

may she bring
coolness to dry your brow
water to quench your thirst
food to satisfy your body

may she bring an ear for your troubles
a shoulder for you to lean on
a smile to heal your soul

may you walk strong through the valley together
may you find moments to dance
and opportunities to laugh

may you ... together
keep your footing and fight through storms
combat the heat and avoid cutting stones

may you weather it all, persevere 'til the end
and emerge from the valley
victorious with your friend