If you look around and all you see is anger, frustration, unhappiness, and pain, you are what you see and believe is deserved. It is a self defined and built cage you have placed yourself in. Stop choosing the known quantity of what you know best. Instead, force a change to focus on what is good. One step at a time.
Being open to what comes next is as important a part of healing as the scar that forms over the wounds. We scar to help us remember what went wrong and why it’s bad to keep making the same mistakes. Don’t ignore them, and don’t conceal them. Wear them as badges of honor. You were open when you got that scar. Choose to be open when the time comes. Choose opportunity
They say love is blind, and we have all seen examples of this. Blind to what love says you deserve or should be treated like. Blind to what unhappiness you tolerate to avoid being alone. Blind to the fear of the unknown. Real love isn’t blind. It’s the clearest and sharpest vision you have. It isn’t avoidance. It is acceptance. Love isn’t fear. It is joy. Love isn’t defended. It is celebrated.
We are the sum of our experiences. They all havevalue, even those that are painful. When you accept that they result from decisions, actions, or choices, you discover an amazing fact. We are the architects of our own happiness or misery. Choose happiness! It really is that simple.
I have never been good at accepting things that I feel are forced on me. And that was never more clear than when my father’s cancer clearly became a death sentence. He had endured multiple diagnoses of various cancers and was simply worn out. A decade of fighting had taken its toll. But he had reached what I believe was his final responsibility in this world. He lived long enough that our young son knew…
May the path you walk be your own. May the crowd you follow be of your own making. Trust in yourself. You are special. You are unique. You are not like anyone else. Embrace it. Please visit me on Polywork at: https://www.polywork.com/atemple And at MeWe at: https://mewe.com/I/amytemple2 Also, please visit my website at: https://artemple.tumblr.com/
A community is a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society. Such communities are found all over the world and in every corner of each country. As Christians, we also are to belong to a specific community, in other words to a Christian Community. True Christian Communities are when believers worship and serve together in unity based on the teachings of God’s Word. These Christian Communities have a…
Thank you to everyone who has sent prayers for Mila and her family. While Mila is three rounds into her chemo treatment and doing better than expected. She is a strong little girl who is not going to give up! However, life for her family has gotten more challenging as her 7-year-old brother Niko has tumor that is scheduled to be removed shortly. As you can imagine, the stress on their parents is unbelievable at…
For the first time in who knows how many years, I have made a New Year’s resolution. I have decided to embrace who I really am. In 2022, I am going to be turning 45. I figure now is a good time as any to come to accept me… the REAL me! Not the person who others may want me to be. Here is who I am… I am not prim and proper. I was…
The best thing we can give each other for Christmas is something genuine and kind. It can’t be bought at a store. It can’t be made by a designer. The best thing we can give each other for Christmas is ourselves. Please visit me on Polywork at: https://www.polywork.com/atemple And at MeWe at: https://mewe.com/I/amytemple2 Also, please visit my website at: https://artemple.tumblr.com/