Words to lighten our day.

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The fact that you're still here means you'll make it through this, too. You were made to survive.

 

(When I am lost in panic and agony, repeating "you were made to survive" helps me hold on 'til the wave passes. Always has.)

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Great words to help make it through rough times 

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"Life's like a movie. Write your own ending. Keep believing"  Jim Henson  "When you can't change the direction of the wind, adjust your sails". H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 

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"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on"    Thorton Wilder  "Every thing that is done in the world is done by HOPE"  Martian Luther     

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I just want you to know that I read this every day. I come empty handed. Thanks for doing this, begood!

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Thanks Benniejets, it is good to know that you are reading them. it is ok to be empty handed, because I know you give to others, and what more could anyone do. Peace be with you.  's of Healing and Support to you. 

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A dear family friend used to say "You can hug a bear for a little while" meaning that awful things can be endured for a finite period of time.  I am looking at my benzo woes as hugging a bear and it will feel so good when that bear lets me go! 

 

She

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SheWhoMust, that is a great analogy of what you are going through. Stay Strong. 

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"It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude"  Norman Douglas  "It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you"  Mark Twain     

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"He that jokes confesses"  J.J. Procter            "Everything is funny as long as it happening to somebody else"  Will Rodgers 

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Lots of things that couldn't be done have been done. ~ Charles Austin Bates

 

Hi there, begood!

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Benninejets, thanks for dropping in, nice 

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"Anger is one of the sinners of the soul"  Thomas Fuller                "Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours" Frank Moore Colby           

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"Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"  Mark Twain    "The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on, It is never of any use to oneself"        Oscar Wilde 

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Hi!

 

Reading a great book on recovery...just wanted to share this with you all.

 

"Trust that your resilient, self-healing nervous system knows exactly what it is doing. Your recovery is inevitable".

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Thanks Leo, great, you drop in anytime, glad to have you here with us BB. 

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"Put all thine eggs in one basket and ---watch that basket."  Mark Twain        "I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."  Mary Wortley Montagu         

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                                                    "Start where you are. Use what you have. DO WHAT YOU CAN"         

                                                                                                                                                                          Arthur Ashe 

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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

 

Buddha

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SheWhoMust, great quote, thanks for droping in, please come again. 

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"There is no never, just long periods of not yet."

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"Postive energy makes postive things happen"            "A seed if gratitude can plant a giant miracle" Ann Voskamp 

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"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice" Edgar Watson Howe      "What you don't see with your eyes, dont"invent with your tongue"    Jewish proverb. 

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Happiness is not having your problems go away,

Happiness is the ability to deal with your problems

 

 

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Thanks she and Saraa, both great quotes.