I love quotes. From movies and TV shows to authors and songs. If you've been around me, you've heard me quote something at least once a day. Quotes can be funny, sad, angry, happy, and my personal favorite, inspirational. I'd like to share eight of my top inspirational quotes with you.
- "Rester Forte"
This phrase says "Remain Strong" in French. I have the tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word written inside. It was the first tattoo I got and it's a reminder to stay strong through everything no matter how hard it seems.
-"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars." (Oscar Wilde)
All of us have our own issues and problems, but some us are looking at the sky and seeing positive things and looking up.
-"Hakuna Matata"
Oh, The Lion King! My all time favorite movie! I'm pretty everyone knows it's meaning, but what kind of fan would I be if I didn't say, "it means no worries!"
-"...You are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." (Dr. Seuss)
Why try to be someone else when you're the best at being you? Besides, who's going to be you if you are busy being someone else?
-"Be a voice not an echo."
Like Dr. Seuss' quote above, use your own voice and don't let yourself become an echo of someone else's.
-The chapter ended, not the story.
Okay, I'll be honest, this is my own quote. It's inspired by the sayings talking about how you write your own story. It's a reminder that just because you've had something bad happen or you're going through a rough time, doesn't mean your entire book (life) is bad. I wrote it as a suicide prevention thing. Don't end your life because of a bad chapter (day); finish writing your book until your timed death and not the one by your own hands.
-"Ohana"
I first heard this word, like many people did, while watching "Lilo and Stitch" and even though this isn't technically an inspirational quote, it's a good reminder that family is important and it doesn't matter if that family is blood or not. Family are the people in your life that don't use you for their own personal game, so on and so forth. Just remember, "Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."
-"Spread your wings and fly away."
This quote, or rather song lyric, comes from "Spread Your Wings" by Queen. It helps me remember that I should always reach out, try new things, go new places, and experience life. It also makes me remember that if I'm not happy about who I hang out with, or where I'm at in life because I feel as if it's holding me back, to always spread my wings and go somewhere new to where I can be who I am.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Forgave and Forgiven
I was taught to forgive, but to never forget. I always thought that was a stupid lesson. Why would I forgive someone that had lied to me? That's broken a promise? I never really understood it until recently when I started feeling my emotions. When I started to follow my head, my heart, my faith.
I thought and thought (basically all I do when I'm alone) about everything so much the anger burned inside me like a raging volcano. I couldn't take it anymore. I prayed; God didn't seem to be listening. I tried my own ways to forget. Those ways consisted of drinking and buying "legal weed" (old friend called it that) with money I NEEDED to save to fit in with a friend group I never actually felt like I belonged in. I thought that if I at least felt like I belonged the other stuff didn't matter. None of it helped. All that anger was still there. It still existed and when those friends and I walked away from each other, that anger hit all at once.
For all of January I wanted everything to end. I was hurting. On February 12th, I threw away all my blades. The next day, I started to praying harder than I ever had. I started flipping through my bible. Not really reading it, but feeling it in my hands. The feel of the leather, the delicate pages I flipped, it felt right.
March came along and I started following accounts on Instagram that are for self-care. I even followed a few accounts that are Christian based. I then found myself at the Christian book rack at Walmart. I bought two books. One for devotionals and one for bible study. I never really done anything with them at that point, but I had them. That counts, right?
The answer to that: NO! I needed to put in the work. April 12th came along and that makes me two months clean. Today, I have ZERO cuts on my body. I am working on my relationship with God. I've come to terms with the fact Pawpaw is dead. I've forgiven my family. Now, I realize that He (God) has forgiven me for the most insane, terrible things I have done, no done, said, and even thought, why can I not forgive those friends?
So, today, I would like to do that. To every friend that I have FELT, has hurt me in some way or another, I forgive you. It's not for you, and it sounds selfish, but it's for me. It's so I can let go of my anger. And maybe just maybe, we can let bygones be bygones. Everything that HAS happened up to this point is the past; even if our parting is as recent as this year. I forgive you. I am forgiven and now I have forgave.
I thought and thought (basically all I do when I'm alone) about everything so much the anger burned inside me like a raging volcano. I couldn't take it anymore. I prayed; God didn't seem to be listening. I tried my own ways to forget. Those ways consisted of drinking and buying "legal weed" (old friend called it that) with money I NEEDED to save to fit in with a friend group I never actually felt like I belonged in. I thought that if I at least felt like I belonged the other stuff didn't matter. None of it helped. All that anger was still there. It still existed and when those friends and I walked away from each other, that anger hit all at once.
For all of January I wanted everything to end. I was hurting. On February 12th, I threw away all my blades. The next day, I started to praying harder than I ever had. I started flipping through my bible. Not really reading it, but feeling it in my hands. The feel of the leather, the delicate pages I flipped, it felt right.
March came along and I started following accounts on Instagram that are for self-care. I even followed a few accounts that are Christian based. I then found myself at the Christian book rack at Walmart. I bought two books. One for devotionals and one for bible study. I never really done anything with them at that point, but I had them. That counts, right?
The answer to that: NO! I needed to put in the work. April 12th came along and that makes me two months clean. Today, I have ZERO cuts on my body. I am working on my relationship with God. I've come to terms with the fact Pawpaw is dead. I've forgiven my family. Now, I realize that He (God) has forgiven me for the most insane, terrible things I have done, no done, said, and even thought, why can I not forgive those friends?
So, today, I would like to do that. To every friend that I have FELT, has hurt me in some way or another, I forgive you. It's not for you, and it sounds selfish, but it's for me. It's so I can let go of my anger. And maybe just maybe, we can let bygones be bygones. Everything that HAS happened up to this point is the past; even if our parting is as recent as this year. I forgive you. I am forgiven and now I have forgave.
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