Words of comfort, encouragement and wisdom

[Birdy77]

To all the beautiful people 🌞

Words placed in a particular order can have a profound effect on us.

Words can bring us a moment of comfort, give us a different perspective, or change the course of our thinking and outlook entirely.

I would like this to be a space where we share quotes that have meaning to us or that have the potential to bring some comfort or encouragement to somebody, even if just for the moment in which they are reading it.

I will start.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." - Mary Anne Radmacher

Go gently with yourselves lovely people.

🌻birdy

[Rose_3]

"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."

~Oscar Wilde

"Let go of who you think you are supposed to be and be who you are."

~Brene Brown

I really loved that last one baet123. I think I have done that a few times!

All the best, Rose

[Birdy77]

Re-set, re-adjust,

re-start, re-focus,

as many times

as you need to.

from tinybuddha dot com

[Birdy77]

I am reading a delightful novel, with themes of loneliness, courage, survival and kindness, called Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. I came across this piece of simple wisdom:

I suppose one of the reasons we're all able to continue to exist for our allotted span in this green and blue vale of tears is that there is always, however remote it may seem, the possibility of change.

When things feel hopeless, please try to keep this in mind.

🌻birdy

[Tess2]

That is about it Amanda,

I would like to add one thing before go back to bed, do one thing you like even something small,

tess

[baet123]

Hey guys,

My weekly quote again!

A short one but a good one. Hope this is relevant and beneficial to someone on these forums!

"Your illness is not your identity."

An illness or health condition doesn't define who you are. Your strength, courage and bravery to respond to your condition does.

[Birdy77]

Two thoughts from Michael A. Singer that keep coming back to me and back to me. I hope they help someone else too:

When a problem is disturbing you, don't ask, "What should I do about it?" Ask, "What part of me is being disturbed by this?"

and

There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind - you are the one who hears it.

both quotes from The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself.

[Rose_3]

"It is not the things we do which we regret. It is the things we did not do."

~Unknown Author

[Birdy77]

Even
if it is very foggy,
cloudy or stormy,
the blue sky
is always there,
for us,
above the clouds.

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Peppermintbach]

Hi beautiful birdy, Rose, baet, Tess and all 🙂

It’s lovely of you to share those quotes. Thank you all 🙂

[Birdy77]

For you today ❤ ... or for anyone who needs a quiet friend or a hand to hold:

Take my hand.
We will walk.
We will only walk.
We will enjoy our walk
without thinking of arriving anywhere.

Thich Nhat Hanh