Choices
Accept that you do not get to choose who loves you, who keeps their promises, who forgives. But you can choose to love, to keep your promises, to forgive. Choose…
Accept that you do not get to choose who loves you, who keeps their promises, who forgives. But you can choose to love, to keep your promises, to forgive. Choose…
Love is not something you earn. Love is a gift economy, like poetry. Give it away and receive it graciously. Move on from those who withhold it. KEEP MOVING. —…
Be brave enough to ask for help when you need it. There is no merit badge for Doing All the Hard Things Alone. Reach out. KEEP MOVING. — Maggie Smith,…
Spend time with — or talk to — someone who loves you exactly as you are. See yourself through their eyes. From this day on, commit to becoming someone who…
Forget what you’ve learned about scarcity; it doesn’t apply to intangibles. When someone triumphs or finds joy, they aren’t taking what would have been yours — they are making more…
Fight the urge to withdraw, to fold in on yourself, as if your pain is contagious and might infect someone else. We are here to take care of one another;…
Be thankful for your wounds, as strange as that sounds; the ways you’ve been hurt and the ways you’ve faltered make you useful to other people. Empathy is a kind…
It is not your job to make other people comfortable with who you are. Be wary of those who don’t want you to change or grow. Grow anyway — there…
Do not let loss drain the color from everything. Open your eyes to the brilliance around you: it’s still here. KEEP MOVING. — Maggie Smith, Keep Moving, p. 56 Photo:…
Each season has its gifts. What did my life’s hardest season give to me? Most of all, belief in my own ability not only to come back after a long…