˚ I AM joy of clarity, being & doing
Posted on 07/01/2025. Last edited on 18/02/2025.
We can’t let other people tell us how to feel - though we can address this with ourselves .
Say you have had a significant loss, the last thing most anyone wants is to have someone say - ‘get happy’ … Most of us would want to run & isolate from those ‘who don’t get it’
Though… when we instruct ourselves - that we are ready to give life another perspective … another opportunity… we become inspired.
I am not sure where I found this, bc I surely believe in giving credit where it is due
It goes like this :

He/She Is Gone
Dedication
By Anonymous
You can shed tears that he/she is gone, Or you can smile because he/she lived.
You can close your eyes and prayer that he/she will come back, Or you can open your eyes and see all that he/she has left.
You heart can be empty because you see him/her, Or you can be full of the love that you shared.
You can turn back on tomorrow and live yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him/her and only that he/she is gone, Or you can cherish his/her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back, Or you can do what he/she would want:
Smile
Open your eyes
Love and
Go on....
Don't put your happiness on hold by giving it conditions such as: 'I'll be happy when...' Choose to feel positive now, and enjoy the journey. - Mario Cortes

First have love in your heart;
then do whatever you want
Paraphrase of St. Augustine

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true. ~ ☼Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning


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Peace Love Joy is my gentle essence and gives me my happy circumstances.
Never pass up an opportunity to speak a kind word of appreciation. There are six billion people on the planet, and 5.9 billion of them go to bed every night starving for one honest word of appreciation.
Matthew Kelly

Always be a little kinder than necessary. James M. Barrie
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Unknown
