R & R Wellness

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"The world you see is just a movie in your mind.
Rocks dont see it.
Bless and sit down.
Forgive and forget.
Practice kindness all day to everybody
and you will realize you’re already
in heaven now.
That’s the story.
That’s the message.
Nobody understands it,
nobody listens, they’re
all running around like chickens with heads cut
off.
I will try to teach it but it will
be in vain, s’why I’ll
end up in a shack
praying and being
cool and singing
by my woodstove
making pancakes."
Jack Kerouac, Letter to his ex-wife, Edie Parker, January, 1957

Just a good message for a Monday.....

Today i am thankful for eyes that have come to see that life will not always be easy. that roads will bend. that lines will blur. that tides will rise. and that storms will come. i am thankful for those lights that took the form of human. who shone into me when i was at my lowest. who were not afraid of sadness. or darkness. or the many layers that wove themselves around me and made me hard to understand. or reach. or even hard to love sometimes. i'm thankful for skies that change color. for paths that change direction. and for seasons that remind me that we are all just one breath away from a new beginning. i am thankful, knowing that kindness still exists. that the truth is out there. that faith can move mountains. and that i was made for every last bit of it.

"Don't wish me happiness, for I no longer expect it to be a constant companion. Life has taught me that happiness comes and goes, like waves on a shore. Instead, wish me courage to face life's challenges, strength to endure its trials, and a sense of humor to keep me light in dark moments.
These are the tools I will need most as I navigate the unpredictable journey ahead. Happiness will find its way back, but courage and resilience will carry me through."

I just read this and wanted to share it with everyone. I wish my parents could have been this way......

"I can tell my daughter makes some people uncomfortable.
And I think: GOOD, make people uncomfortable.
She was born to take up space, to make her presence known, to stand out not blend in. She is loud and she is wild, I knew it from the moment I held her in my arms. I also knew that it was my job to protect her fire even when (especially when) it made other people uncomfortable.
I’m not interested in raising a tame daughter. I’m not interested in teaching her to keep her opinions to herself. I’m not interested in teaching her to be palatable or quiet or easy. She is her, and I’m here for it.
I am teaching her to be kind. I am teaching her to use her voice for good. I am teaching her to treat people with respect.
I will never teach her to make people comfortable. That isn’t her job, and it’s not mine or yours either. We were all born to take up space, to make our presence known, to stand out and not blend in.
Sometimes I think our daughters are showing us the way forward as we cheer them on and fan their flames. "

It has been one of the most difficult years of my life. I am learning that everything is temporary.
Moments. Feelings. People. Flowers. I learned love is about giving- everything- and letting it hurt.
I learned vulnerability is always the right choice because it is easy to be cold in a world that makes it so very difficult to remain soft.
I learned all things come in twos: life and death, pain and joy, sugar and salt, me and you. It is the balance of the universe. It has been the year of hurting so bad but living so good, making friends out of strangers, making strangers out of friends.
We must learn to focus on warm energy, always. Soak our limbs in it and become better lovers to the world, for if we can't learn to be kinder to each other how will we ever learn to be kinder to the most desperate parts of ourselves.

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