Look For The Girl With The Sun In Her Eyes | Slippery Rock University Alumna | Walden University Graduate Student | Behavioral Health Specialist | Lover
No words could encapsulate my current perspective and philosophy as flawlessly as these.
“My strength is rooted in vulnerability and unconditional kindness.”
Today’s card. The hard tasks motif in old stories is where a character is assigned to do an impossible thing & then aided by some supernatural force. The grace comes once the character has lost all hope of succeeding, which suggests that faith is not prerequisite for a miracle.
some folks still struggling. some folks prospering. some folks miss they mamas. some folks don’t know what home feels like. some folks lost. some folks found themselves. some folks just out here trying to connect the dots—just like you.
be kind. be easy. be gentle.
our children deserve the space to be able to unpack their feelings and their responses to the outside world without feeling like, because of their age and size, they're undeserving of the same kind of love and intention as adults.
basically, talk to your kids like humans.
Today's card. New learning is sometimes so scary bc it involves reckoning with the limits of what you knew up until now & when you're not aware of that potential it can turn you off to new information altogether. Having not known doesn't need to be a marker of lovability & worth.
let people love up on you. let people tell you when you’re wrong. let people teach you. let people do things for you. let people care for you. let people work with you. let people see you. let people show up for you.
let people in.
Today's card. Years ago Harvard Business Review ran a piece w the headline "coping w anxiety requires that we give up illusions that we can always be in charge." So true! Then the question is, what feelings emerge w that release of control & what skills do we need to hang w them?
Today's card. One of the big secrets to know about flexibility & the capacity to navigate the uncertain with grace is that it requires a degree of self trust. It is an aid to know that even if what u believe to be sacred turns out to be profane, you will still be undeniably okay.