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Breathe in - hold for a sec - breathe out... 🌲... Here’s a little moment of serenity from our Twin Falls hike today. 😊. . #bodymindspirit #hikeseattle #getoutside #optoutside (at Upper Twin Falls)
One of the words often glossed over in these memes is “growth.”
Yes, be with people who are fun, people who support you, sure...
but also choose people who encourage and inspire you to be better.
Waking up to snow! ❄️.. . Does it fill you - at least for a moment, before your jaded old adult voice turns on - with a particular mix of excitement and serenity? 🙂. . I hope today you’ll allow yourself a moment to marvel at beauty and feel a sense of wonder, and enjoy a little play. 💕. . #seattlesnow #snowday #bodymindspirit (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/teammona/p/BtdyziBnn5V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l1os35pnibad
Not saying there isn’t hard stuff happening in the world, I’m just saying: Feel. The. Love.... It’s out there in the world, too. ❤️.
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In fact, there’s so much love, the more you look for it, that it can be as overwhelming a feeling as when you feel hopeless against all the hard stuff - EXCEPT! Except you are overwhelmed by the glimmer of hope you feel, and maybe of how you are afraid to believe in the goodness and hope....
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But it’s there! So take it in... let it fill you with a moment of wonder... and then notice the very next thing you feel like doing... Maybe you feel like reaching out to an old friend, or helping out a favorite charity, or going out in nature, or doing some self-love like a workout...
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Whatever it is, let that moment of feeling how big love is carry you into the next thing you do... with love. ❤️
Staying positive doesn’t mean ignoring what’s not going the way you want it to. It IS being grateful for what you can be in the moment, and looking ahead to when things will improve... That can mean super short challenges like, “Oh, my butt is killing me in this workout! I can only do half the reps! BUT, I’m doing more than yesterday and know if I stay consistent I’ll eventually do all the reps!!” ... It can be longer term let-downs, “Wah! So bummed that [event beyond my control] means that I’ll have to miss [event I’ve been looking forward to]... So sad! I will have to find other ways to [mark the occasion/train for the future/find alternative activities]. Then I’ll still have something to look forward to.”... . So it’s okay to see a problem or a challenge. What makes you resilient and the challenge less of a take-down is where you put your focus. Put your focus forward! 😍. . Thanks to @mary_zoe for supplying today’s inspiration! .. .. #motivation #motivatemonday #bodymindspirit #keepgoing #lookingup #positivevibes #positivity #yougotthis #fitatanyage #fitover40 #fitatanysize #bodypositive #dogmama #unicorn #mindset . https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pI9wxgwUf/?igshid=14seh98mjgyxw
Walking new paths can bring heart-lifting delights! Just two blocks off the often gritty Ave. in the U-District is this gorgeous, lush garden. It’s not huge, but from winter to spring and now into summer it packs such a variety of sumptuousness... We used to shortcut down this street driving, but on our feet we can actually revel in this garden.... From our temporary home, this street is not inviting; we first have to walk past a block of unfriendly, mammoth, monolithic blank-wall buildings that discourage strolling... But if we press on, through and past the ugliness, oh what a little gift! 😀.... Today I hope you find a new path with equally wonderful surprises! 💕 . . #walking #walk #keepgoing #explore #wisteria #roses #throughittogettoit #urbangarden #urbanexplorer #lookforit #dogmama #metaphor #fitatanyage #fitover40 #fitover50 #openheart #bodymindspirit https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlbxdmgqH_/?igshid=16qfbj2be7bh8
The love of Mama’s eyes. It fills you up, carries you, at least for a moment. Can you be your own “mama?” Can you look at yourself with that same kind of deep, visceral love? Imagine it. How does it feel? 😀♥️
Here’s to 2023, a year of as many little courageous kindnesses as possible. ♥️
You are on your own timeline, writing your own story. Why compare your adventure to someone else’s? Own your own path, and be open and grateful that changes for the better can happen at any time. ♥️
Shine on, friends, shine on. ♥️
Live now - with as many acts of compassion, sacrifice, courage, and kindness - that you can muster. Large, small, doesn’t matter, just keep at it. Even if you don’t see the reward yourself, know that it makes a difference. ♥️
Thanks to @freckles-and-books for inspiring this quote meme from Howard Zinn.
The world is waiting to be blessed by your fabulousity. ♥️
If you want people to be more civil, work at being more civil to people.
If you want less snarkiness, less sarcasm, less knee-jerk spitefulness, work at responding with less of these in your life.
If you want more kindness and more compassion, then work on giving it in your own life, even when you are not receiving it.
Instead of looking for ways you imagine that you are being slighted, keep your eyes focused on being part of the better-world solution, and slowly, in your corner of it, you will start to see and feel change. ♥️
What a gift it is that we are here to embrace the task of living this glorious, often messy, life.
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(via the author, at the Ex Bird place)