New Calendars for 2017

“Be still and know that I am”

I think I fall in love a little bit with anyone who shows me their soul. The world is so guarded and fearful. I appreciate rawness so much.

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” Mary Anne Radmacher. I don’t feel like a strong person, I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished much with my life, but when I take a look around I get overwhelmed and all I want to do is sit on my couch and binge Netflix. I have this quote on my fridge for just such emergencies. It reminds me that through the loneliness, though the pain, through everything, if I can end the day with the willingness to try again even when I fail, I am strong. I don’t need a cape to be a super hero.

“Just Breathe.” I’ve got it tattooed on the inside of my wrist. I’m a worrier and every year I strive to let go a little bit more. Worrying won’t help and there’s only so much of life we can control. After reading your email, it sounds like you could use some breathing! Take some time and find yourself. There’s nothing wrong with that! Just glad to hear you’re okay! Xo

I know this is crazy long but the entire passage is an encouragement to me….. the basic summary is “don’t worry, God has got this. He feeds the birds and gives them homes, he will take care of you!”
Matthew 6: 25-35 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

“Believe.” I have this word tattooed on the inside of my left wrist. Have for the last five years. It is a reminder, often throughout the day, to believe in myself, believe in the good in the world, believe in others and believe that I am stronger than my depression, which I’ve struggled with for more than 20 years. It has become my mantra. One simple word, yet it holds so much meaning.

“You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.” -Andy Warhol

You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself. ~Wizard of Oz

If you wouldn’t say it to a friend, don’t say it to yourself. (Jane Travis)

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”