Never forget
how far you’ve come.
Everything you have
gotten through.
All the times
you have pushed on
even when you felt
you couldn’t.
All the mornings
you got out of bed
no matter how hard it was.
All the times
you wanted to give up
but you got through
yet another day…
Never forget how much strength you have learned and developed along the way.
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Wishing you all a safe and lovely weekend.
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“Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves.
The healing comes
from letting there be room
for all of this to happen:
room for grief,
for relief,
for misery,
for joy.”
-Pema Chödrön
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You are beautiful. You are loved.
You are worth it.
Wishing everyone a blessed day.
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“No matter how we think the future might be,
it always seems to work itself out.
Life is made of moments.
Learn to appreciate each moment.
Each moment is a fresh opportunity to be happy.
This moment is your change to walk in love with others.
Today is a gift to enjoy and to rejoice.
We only have to teach ourselves to love the journey
and not the destination.”
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Wishing you all a most blessed day.
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By Barbara Leonhard | Featured Contributor
In this article, I would like to share my story of how an illness I suffered as a child affected me. Particularly with the climate of today, I hope this will help inform people of the consequences that can develop in young children who are at risk of getting certain illnesses.
It was the summer of 1958, and it seemed to have happened all at once, where I turned from an active six-year-old girl to a helpless baby overnight. At that time, my family was living in Lewistown, Montana, where my dad was a Presbyterian minister. Mom was at home with three children, aged seven to four. That summer, all three of us contracted measles. But while my siblings’ illnesses took a more benign course, I developed a life-threatening complication: measles encephalitis—a serious and potentially fatal inflammation of the brain that can occur either during the rash phase of measles or following the illness itself.
I have often contemplated my own battle with measles encephalitis…because it did indeed nearly kill me.
Continue reading “Hope Was Not a Loss: A Story About Measles Encephalitis”
One tree can start a forest
One smile can begin a friendship
One hand can lift a soul
One word can frame a goal
One candle can wipe out darkness
One laugh can conquer gloom
One hope can raise our spirits
One touch can show you care
One life can make a difference…
Be that one today.
-BJ Gallagher
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May we be those willing to take the first step.
Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
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We have a choice each and every day.
I choose to feel blessed.
I choose to feel grateful.
I choose to be thankful.
I choose to be content.
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Wishing everyone a truly beautiful day.
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By Catarina Rodrigues, Featured Health Story
Three and a half years ago, I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia. A hiatal hernia is what happens when the upper portion of your stomach slides up into your chest because there is an opening (a “hiatus”) in your diaphragm. This causes the person to experience severe acid reflux and discomfort, among other symptoms. When my doctor explained this to me, as—you may imagine—it all sounded quite frightening. He told me that this was essentially an incurable condition and that surgery was not recommended at my age.
Continue reading “Mind Over Body: Catarina’s Path to Health”
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