DISAPPOINTMENT          

When facing disappointments, take a step back from the original issue and remind yourself, “What do I really want?” and “Is there a solution?”

Disappointments aren’t meant to hurt you or keep you down.

They are meant to help you grow and to remind you of your priorities.

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Pride brings shame. Humility brings wisdom. - Anonymous 

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We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.  Anonymous

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It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts – Ella Fitzgerald

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Pain is inevitable everyone at some point of their lives will experience some kind of pain. Pain comes in many shapes, sizes and extremes. Some folks live their entire life in pain or with pain but they manage to persevere through all their discomforts and remain strong and inspire others. Pain has no boundaries nor does it discriminate it doesn’t see color or race.

However, I am here to say that not all pain is a bad thing. Some pain helps us grow, some helps us build character and some pushes us to the next level. Sometimes I think that pain is mind over matter. The more you focus on your pain the more it hurts if you don’t think about it or give it power it really does not exist or perhaps it is not as bad as you may think.

I know that at times the pain can be overwhelming and it can get the best of us, but we have to stay strong and fight. Physical pain, heartache, losing someone, depression, loneliness I mean the list goes on and on however, we cannot allow the pain to take over.

I believe that I’ve endured enough pain to last me a life time, times 2, however, I get back up dust myself off and start all over again. (Actually I just realized that these words are from one of my favorite songs by Frank Sinatra “Pick yourself up”.) I guess if you listen to something long enough it does start to sink in J.  But make sure you listen to things that are “Positive” and dismiss the negative.

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a few years ago and yes I had all the pain in the world you can think of and wondered if I will ever be whole again. Guess what? I want to believe that if you try really hard anything is possible. Call me optimistic its better than being a pessimist anytime. I took control of my fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia did not take control of me! Although I live in pain on a daily basis the pain DOES NOT stop me from moving forward, from exploring and trying new things. My motto has become NO pain NO gain! I refuse to sit back and allow anything or anyone consume me.

Again as you know life surprises us with many things but the bottom line is how we align ourselves to accept them. Do we crumble at the first sight of pain regardless of what kind of pain it is or do we persevere and conquer!

I’m not sure about you but I’ve chosen to preserver and conquer any pain thrown at me.
 

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Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again…

If you haven’t heard these lyrics then stop what you are doing go to youtube and find “Just give me a reason” by Pink sit and listen. Then listen again and again until you’ve memorized the song!

We all go through things in life that hurts us, distracts us and discourages us, but that should never stop us from moving forward. Life can be so unfair and cruel but the universe has a way of ALWAYS bringing things back.

If you’re angry let it go! If you’re hurt find peace! If you’re lonely find company! If you’re sad find laughter!

Life is what you make of it, don’t let opportunities slip away. If you love something/someone then fight for it! Make it happen, BUT by all means proceed with caution, move forward BUT NEVER allow or give anyone the power to hurt you as deeply.

People and things have a way of changing if they really want to. But we will never know unless we afford second chances. Take a drive down memory lane and see where it may lead. Remember your gut feelings they never steer you wrong and if something doesn’t seem right then let it go, at least you tried!

At the end of our journeys we have to remember that we are “not broken” we are “just bent” We can ALL learn to love again.
 

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God,

Grant me the strength to accept

the things I cannot change,

The courage to change

the things I can,

And the wisdom to know

the difference.

Living one day at a time,

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship as

a pathway to peace;

Taking, as Jesus did,

this sinful world as it is,

not as I would have it;

Trusting that you will make

all things right if I surrender

to your will.

So that I may be reasonably happy

In this life,

And supremely happy

With you forever in the next.

Amen    

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“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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“The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you’ll see there’s a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.”  - Deepak Chopra

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Mending the heart is a good start but mending the soul is the beginning of healing.

As humans beings things happen to us like this little thing called “life” some good some not so good. One thing turns into another and before you know it, you either developed “relationships” or “animosity”; depending which direction your “life” has taken.

Sometimes in “life” it is so much easier to “ignore” the real issues however, as time passes you will realize at some point of your life you can no longer continue to ignore the things you don’t want to address. They begin to manifest it’s ugly head from time to time leaving you with doubts, questions and most importantly unresolved feelings.

They say, “time heals all wounds”; time mends hearts as well.

Open your hearts, lift them before the Lord and ask him to heal your heart and mend your soul.  Only he can do what no one else can. “Think it, believe it, and achieve it!”

If God is with us who dare be against us?

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