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Self Care

You matter.
You are important.
You work hard all the time.
You are always caring for others.

You try so hard.
You do the best you can.
You want to treat others well.
You’re not sure you’re doing enough.

Take a moment.
Take a deep breath.
Take an inventory of yourself.
How do you feel underneath it all?

What would you do? What would you say?
How would you be kind? How would you care?
What does someone need who feels the way you do?

You matter, too.
You are important, too.
It’s okay for you to take a break.
It’s okay to take care of yourself.

The 4 Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
Energy Takers, Energy Givers
Caring What Others Think
poem about letting go, She Let Go - Saffire Rose
50 ways to take a break
Try making yourself your priority.
Get weird and take time to dance.
Gave life making others comfortable..
Take a Break
self care
chronic stress, fight or flight vs stillness, quiet, play, and creativity
December self care ideas
Be patient with yourself.
Setting boundaries
Be kind to yourself. Inner voice.
Focus on what matters. Let go of the rest. You choose.
Do more of what makes you happy.

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Gratitude Is a Choice

Every day, every moment, I make choices.
Every day, every moment, I choose between options.
Every day, every moment, I have the option to choose gratitude.

When I wake up in the morning, I can choose to be grateful.
I have a choice to say, “Thank You,” either aloud or in my heart.
I have a choice to think of all I have to be grateful for.

When I choose to be grateful,
I am not oblivious to problems.
When I choose to be grateful,
I am not ignoring pain and suffering.
My inclination is to see what is wrong.
My opportunity is to see what is good.

When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
life is a precious, tender gift.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
the human body and health are to be valued and protected.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
other people, and human connection, are part of who we are.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I have a place in this world, and you have a place in this world.

When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
the natural world is fascinating and awe-inspiring.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I am healed by being under an open sky,
sunrise and sunset, the moon and the stars.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I am healed by being near grass, trees, flowers,
plants, creatures, and natural formations of many kinds.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I am healed by seeing the beauty of a mountain,
an ocean, a desert, and still and moving water.

Life is not without pain, suffering, loss, and grief.
Life is also not without a world of good that is all around.

I have more good than I realize.
I am hopeful when I choose to hope.
I am loved when I choose love for myself and others.
I am accepted when I choose compassion for myself and others.
I am forgiven when I choose forgiveness for myself and others.
I am joyful when I choose to practice gratitude.

Gratitude is a choice.

Joy springs from gratitude,
Count blessings instead of problems
Best Day in the Year
Romanticize your life.
Thank you for bringing sunshine into my life.
10 signs you're doing well, gratitude
Snoopy, love
Gratitude Jar

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Human Connection

We are more alike than we realize.  We are human. We are beings. We are creatures made for connection. We thrive when we love, and we are loved. We grow when we are in relationship with others.

We forget all of this. We focus on how we imagine we are different. We don’t even take the time to listen to each other. We want to be right. How can we all be right? How can each of us believe we know truth, and we believe the ‘other’ has no truth? What if we are looking at the same thing, and we are seeing it from different angles?

Do we not all love our families? Parents, do you not love your children? Children, do you not love your parents? Are there not parents and children all over the world? How do we imagine we have nothing in common?

Listening to each other, with attention, with curiosity, with acceptance, is one way we can bridge this artificial gap we have created. We are human. We are more alike than we are different.

As we learn to love ourselves, and accept ourselves, we can learn to love each other. As we learn to love each other, and accept each other, we can learn to love ourselves.

 

We are the human race. Children happy with friends.
perspective, attitudes, homeless, helping others
older adults are killing themselves, check on your loved ones
Holi, Festival of Colors, Human Connection
Human Connection, Networking
human connection
Toast, Humanity, Skin Color, More Alike Than Different
Love and Respect
One Friend Can Change Your Life
washing feet, love like Jesus
love = worshipping God
Be Kind
The power of kindness.
Friendship Bench
Some people do care.
You don't know the impact you have on others.
Why nice to rude people? Kindness sooths the pain.
Bob Dylan, Jimmy Carter, kindred spirits
Vulnerability
Pooh Bear, Eyeore, Christopher Robin
Powerful Connections between people
Forgive
Some Don't Change
Love - Martin Luther King, Jr

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Helping Others

When we help others, we are also helping ourselves.

None of us is totally independent. We need other people.

When we recognize our interdependence, we can ask for help and offer help as we are able.

Each person is important.
Vietnam Nam Vets
What people need is to not be alone.
I choose love.
How do we treat those who are suffering?
The true cost of leaving people homeless and mentally ill
Farmer helps others and helps himself

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Surviving When You Feel Like You Can’t Go On

HOPE IS THE VOICE THAT MEETS YOU IN THE STORM, and says,
“THERE IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW.”

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Definition from OxfordLanguages
sur·vive
/sərˈvīv/
verb
verb: survive; 3rd person present: survives; past tense: survived; past participle: survived; gerund or present participle: surviving

continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship.
“against all odds the child survived”

Similar:
remain alive

live
sustain oneself
cling to life
pull through
get through
hold on
hold out
make it
keep body and soul together
continue
remain
last
persist
endure
live on
persevere
abide
go on
keep on
carry on
stay around
linger
be extant
exist
be

continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal).
“he has survived several assassination attempts”
remain alive after the death of (a particular person).
“he was survived by his wife and six children”

If you are currently at risk of harming yourself or someone else, Call 911 Now.

It's okay if all you did today is survive.
Survival is sometimes enough.
Hold on, try again
Alive because I didn't give up.
Hope ... there is more than what you can see
rise above negative thoughts
This is what depression looks like.
God's plans are better than my dreams.
Can't Calm Storm, Calm Self
Light and Shadow in all of us, the known and the unrecognized
Phoenix
"We're in the middle of not caring any more."
Snoopy and Woodstock
What 'fine' means.
Hug
"Everybody Hurts" - R.E.M.
Self-care. Be kind to yourself. One step at at time.
The hardest part is believing you are worthy.
"Secret of Life" - James Taylor
Stump sprout, starting over
Hold onto yourself.
" I am loved. I am needed. I am important." Lucy and Snoopy
The way you speak to yourself matters. Talk to yourself like someone you love.
Self Awareness and Healing

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