Stay Ahead of those Bad Thoughts

We all go through hard times, scary transitions, and dark places in our lives. After some time, we finally have tools and accessibility to help us better navigate these different places in our lives that come along with being human. Don’t forget to be gentle with yourself and give yourself words of praise. It can help you stay ahead of those bad thoughts.

Doors

This week I’m focused on JOY.

External circumstances don’t always care about our Joy, but we can do things to maintain the Joy inside ourselves.

Photo by Eneida Nieves on Pexels.com

I love doors. Look at them! There’s a million shapes and sizes. They can lead to great things or to places you never want to go again. I’m sorry for the doors you entered where you were not valued but let me give you a space where you can enter these doors and be valued for being exactly who you are.

How do my weekly “Doors” posts work?

On these blog posts, I insert a picture of an amazing door and then I insert a safe link to somewhere on the interweb. There will never be anything inappropriate on the other side of these doors. What I hope resides on the other side of these doors is inspiration.

Door Link for cellphones

Find Your Joy

Let your joy be in your journey—not in some distant goal.

Tim Cook

***Reminder during the dark months ahead***

Find things that bring you joy and make intentional time to enjoy them.

Some things that bring me joy:
Writers -their books, thoughts, and projects
Blankets -the soft ones and the big huge fluffy ones
Home, Friends, and Family

What brings you JOY?

No Phone More Present

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’

Eleanor Roosevelt

I got to enjoy a girls day today. And what made it even better was that I didn’t have my phone. I was so present all day. I had such a great time listening to the girls and seeing all the things they liked. My little one even brought her coins and was able to buy herself a lollipop which I love. We had a great day. I enjoy taking short breaks from having my phone.

Discern Your Visions

The other day I wrote a post about Trusting you Vision but this wasn’t referring to the type of vision you see while you’re awake. Those ones require discernment.

Here’s some art

Followers of Hieronymous Bosch, The Vision of Tundale, ca. 1520–30. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Francisco de Goya

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, No. 43 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices), 1796-1798

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missour

Henry Fuseli

The Nightmare, 1781

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Salvador Dalí

Dream caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Waking up, 1944

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Disappointment

Definition of Disappointment: sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations.

Disappointment never feels good. Weather can disappoint us, jobs can disappoint us, and people can too. I’ve disappointed myself and I’ve disappointed others. The truth is that humans make mistakes. We can’t always be perfect. I can honestly say, I don’t want to be a disappointment and confession time I fear being a disappointment more than most other things. ::insert sigh of relief here:: The best thing about sharing that is that I’m acknowledging and accepting my imperfections which helps me to better accept and understand those around me.

So how do we solve this?

The answer is simple, place our hopes in things that can’t disappoint us.

Here’s some ideas about things:

We can hope that we can grow, learn, and improve ourselves, and that we can make a positive difference in the world. We can also hope that we can overcome our challenges, fears, and failures, and that we can achieve our goals and dreams.