Say what you need to say…
try to forgive…
live each moment with humility, and grace.
Cherish your friends.
Smile at adversity and love like it’s never hurt you!….
Just a thought that came to mind the other day
…I often find it hard to say what I need to say. or I say too much of what I should not say.
some things should be left unsaid. some times keeping it to yourself is a great thing.
other times you need to just say what you need to say.
Now, before you never get the chance again.
forgiveness…it is really hard to give.
try to forgive.
it is very hard for me to give this to anyone.
almost impossible.
if I can forgive at least one person that I am angry at right now, and myself, then I have conquered a lifelong lesson. literally.
how do you begin to forgive?
It is the only thing that will set you free!
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ~ Lewis B. Smedes
Me humble?
I struggle with this…everyday.
and it has hurt me all of my life. In more ways than I care to share right now.
Sometimes I see the lack of this in others and it’s pretty ugly.
Arrogance, bitterness, anger and jealousy. it is really a waste.
it is poison to your heart and soul!
I can tell you that for sure as I have learned it myself, the hard way.
False pride is crap!
Humble yourself. Seriously.
Can you walk with your head held high, with integrity and grace?
It hasn’t been a strong suit of mine, to be someone with grace…
yet, I aspire to be elegant, graceful,
to walk tall!
to be someone I can look up to!
LOVE….
Love even if it hurts you over and over
Love with all your heart, every minute of every day.
even if love doesn’t love you back!
Love as if you just learned what love means.
everyday.
SMILE…
SMILE at adversity, enemies, bastards who try to bring you down.
SMILE even when you want to cry, even when you want to HATE.
SMILE at the door closed in your face and SMILE when someone tells you, NO!
SMILE!!!
You are Beautiful!
…And don’t you ever friggin’ forget it!
picture inspired and submitted to operationbeautiful.com
I love the pictures & your words. So true & beautiful.
The forgiveness part struck me…I always try to forgive myself its the only way to live. Especially with break-ups its not always one persons fault I own up to my part in the relationship and sometimes it helps me heal. Not always but sometimes.
Great post!
You ARE!
Love the Operation Beautiful project.
And to share with you one of my fav quotes:
Holding a grudge is like taking the poison while hoping the other person will die.
i needed this today! thank you beautiful mama!
It has taken me a long time, and a lot of practice, but I think I have finally gotten to the point where I don’t always say what I want – wrong time, wrong place.
Forgiveness is another matter. It is a lot easier to forgive other people, than it has been to forgive myself.
Totally amazing post.
I can say that I relate on some level to every single one of your sections above. Especially with forgiveness (of self and others), love (of self, others and Earth) and humbling. The past two years have been all about humbling. I also live out every day wondering “what would love do?” … applying that one question to life’s moments – good and bad – makes for an amazing day and satisfaction, always.
You ARE beautiful an an absolute pleasure to read!
Can you explain what you meant by “what would love do?” I would like to dig deeper into that one!
I think forgiveness is definitely one of the hardest things we can give to someone. It just requires so much faith…and sometimes I just feel like that’s the thing I’m running short on.
I loved this post!
Wow, Jen. You are just glowing with wisdom and truths. You made some really powerful points in this post. I’m learning to forgive, but I still need to learn more humility. Without true humility, it’s not possible to love, either.
I speak what I need to hear, work in progress! I am learning…to forgive and to be more humble, and to love.
Much to think about.
BTW- you do have a beautiful smile.
looks like you had fun with this
Loved this. That’s all.
Great post.
I am about to be 64 years old.
It took me to the age of 50 plus to forgive myself for living.
Forgiveness is big. Very big. Important. And, life saving.
It’ s in there, it just needs to be let loose.
I smile now. It’s not always a big smile, but it comes out at least once a day.
I was struck and remain intrigued by two thoughts that came to live side by side in your composition. Just these two lines – so close together – are something worthwhile to ponder:
“Humble yourself. Seriously.
Can you walk with your head held high, with integrity and grace?”
Humble with your head held high? Humble has usually been portrayed with an opposite stature.
Thanks for adding this post to the Saturday Sampling. Your words have nudged the writing muse in me.
Visiting from Saturday Sampling. I love this post. Your first part is something I wrote a post about recently. The John Mayer song with that title is an absolute favorite of mine yet speaking my mind has often been a big challenge, but I wrote about how much I am learning to be more open thanks to my three year old little girl. I also wrote about saying sorry and forgiving too – another thing I find hard to do but again my daughter is teaching me to do better. I guess it took having my own child for me to really learn some key lessons in life
A lovely post, you write very inspiringly well.
A prisoner I am.