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Thinking Out Loud: Hope is the Power that Pulls us Into Tomorrow

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Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

NOTE: Give someone hope and they can make it through the most difficult time. All we need is to see a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. When we see that glimpse of light we grab hold of it and we hold on to it with all our strength. It’s a strange phenomenon but the hope can be real or imagined. As long as our brain registers it as a possibility our mind locks onto it as if it were a heat seeking missile. What are you hoping for today? Is it a hope strong enough to attract your mind. Take the first step toward making what you hope for a reality. Then follow it up with another step. With each step you get closer and closer to what you desire.

Today’s Inspiring Quote: Persevere, Never Quit

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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

Thinking Out Loud:

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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Erica Jong

NOTE: Discovering and following our talent takes great courage. It means, in many cases, letting go of what we’re doing now to go after something our heart tells us is the right choice. Choosing to follow your talent often means great sacrifice, enduring numerous setbacks and criticism. It’s as if the universe is asking us if we’re worthy of possessing the talent. It is assessing our courage and fortitude as we pursue it. The quest in following our talent, is akin to Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey in his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. If we dare to follow our talent, the quest will change us. Are you ready for the change?

Today’s Inspiring Quote: Experience Everything

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We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Cesare Pavese

Today’s Inspiring Quote: Celebrate Life

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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London

Episode 23: Recognizing the Strong Grip My Grieving Emotions Have On Me

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In Episode 23 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, I journal about the emotions I experience in my grieving state. I recognize, perhaps for the first time, how strong a grip the emotions have on me. Journaling about my grieving emotions made me face them. Although it was difficult, I think it’s an important step forward. 
You can listen to Episode 23 on your favorite podcasting app; or, you can click the following link to listen.
https://shorturl.at/bQRUX

Today’s Inspiring Quote: You’ll Remember Your Victories During Tough Times

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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.

Virgil

Today’s Inspiring Quote: Rise Each Time you Fall

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The key to life is resilience….We will always be knocked down. It’s the getting up that counts.

Dominique Browning

Thinking Out Loud: Live, Swim Upstream

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“Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

NOTE: I have a talented friend who lives in fear. He had many opportunities to have a more prestigious job, he turned them down making one excuse after another. He has a basement stocked with supplies in case of emergencies. He doesn’t venture more than a hundred miles from his home unless a business requirement necessitates travel. He is a prisoner to his fears. Fear can do that to us. It makes us turn unreal things into catastrophes in our mind. I like to recall my childhood memory of going with my dad to the herring run and catching herring with my hand as they swam upstream to spawn. It’s a great metaphor for life, swim upstream. That’s were life waits. If the salmon and herring didn’t swim against the flow of the rivers they’d become extinct. Live, swim upstream.

Episode 19: Using my Grieving Journal to Tell Babe What I am Experiencing

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In Episode 19 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing I follow M’s advice and talk to Babe through my journal. It was a tough journal to write. Like so many other parts of the grieving experience it’s not what I want to do. It’s what I have to do if I want to experience healing.
You can listen to this episode on your favorite podcast app or click on the following link:
https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-19-using-my-grieving-journal-totell-babe-what-i-am-experiencing/?token=d61f1d6827ba4878ff5942ed0f146844

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