“I think that happiness is the experience which encompasses our ability to live, inclusive of all the mini pangs of being-alive-passions that we have. For example, just because you're sad, I don't think that means your state as a person is "unhappy." You can be a happy person and feel fully sad, fully joyous, fully worried, fully lighthearted, fully calm, fully expectant or nervous... happiness is being a full person. It's not living life in this one corner where you've curated everything to suit your ideal of what a happy person should be made up of. It's not this single, linear mode of thought or of being. I think it's the full experience of life and the art of living with the zest that you choose to live with.” HappinessLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesLife And LivingHappy LifeLiving LifeHappiness AdviceHappiness Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Love in romantic relations is a many-tempered subject, can really not be seen through a single lens. A great number of people will say that they "want love". And it's true: they want LOVE no matter where it comes from, as long as love is being given to them. They'll want it even when it comes from someone they don't like, someone they don't admire, can't stand to be around, and don't even know well enough to say what their favourite colour is. In this light, I do not want love. I don't want love in itself, distinguished apart from where it is coming from. I want to love someone that I want to be around; someone I am connected to in a way that their presence sparks with my presence. I want a person to belong to, because I want to belong to that specific person. Coming home to someone because I like being home with that someone. Because they can add value to my life. So, I don't want love. Not the way that people do. I won't gulp love down no matter where it's coming from. I'd rather not. I will gulp down a person. And that person should want to gulp down me. And that's all I'm looking for.” LoveRelationshipsLove QuotesWisdom QuotesLife And LivingRelationship Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It is astounding how it's harder to find a person that you "really, really like" than it is to find someone "you love." Why is this? Because we accept the love that we think we deserve. And that usually is ANY love that wants to come along and love us. Also, we are very giving of our love. We love things that we don't like, all the time! We do in fact measure "love" based upon our ability to love the unloveable or the least loveable. If we can do that-- our love must be pure! We love a parent who made our lives hell, we explain away all their wrongdoings; we love someone who has abused us, beaten us up and betrayed us; we take pride in loving what is not loveable. And this is why romantic relationships fail left and right: because we should be with someone we really, really like. And that's harder to find. We should find someone whom we actually really dig, and who really digs us. A person. Not a concept of what we want to perform and enact just because we believe that makes us able to fulfill a "pure love". We cannot stay in toxic, unfulfilling relationships just because we love the person or just because they love us. We have to actually really, really like them and they us.” Life LessonsRelationshipsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingLove Quotes And SayingsRelationships QuotesAbout Love Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Positive thinking is a coping mechanism, an automatic coping mechanism. It is void of life. Feeling and experiencing the realness of what is actually happening are the essences of being alive. Feeling, connecting, reacting to the flow-- this is all living. Positive thinking happens in the head, meanwhile, it denies the heart its authentic, genuine feelings. Not only does it have the potential to rob you of real and deeper connection which is ultimately necessary to living a passionate and compassionate life; but it even has the potential to cut you off from reality itself. A mask that you put on your face, other people's faces, and throw over everything around you. We do not become positive by refusing to be real. We become positive people by really living, really feeling, and really rising above anything that would threaten to sink us. You can't even see what threatens to sink you if you refuse to acknowledge that it's even there. Why did Titanic sink? Someone refused to see the icebergs.” TruthLife And LivingGuidanceTruth Of LifeWarning QuotesToxic PositivityDenialismFake Positivity Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I feel that quarantine has brought me closer to other people, to everyone. Like, we are all finally on the same page now. I have spent my life attending to, and cultivating, my inner world. Moving outwards from what is within my heart and within the deepest recesses of my mind. "From-in-to-out" has always been my mode of living. I have always looked at everyone else and thought that they fill their hearts and their minds with static noise, so much noise. They feel things, but then they can just go and drown all of that in work immersion; they have pressing issues on their minds, but they can just go and drown the sounds of their own thoughts in a one-night-stand; they have wounds on their spirits, but they can evade feeling those wounds and healing them, by blowing themselves into larger-than-life projections in the workplace, at school, on social media. So much noise, just so much noise. I feel as though, all my life, I have been screaming at the world, begging people to go inward, to face their angels and their demons, to know themselves. Now in quarantine, I think everyone is forced to do exactly that. The world is forced into a quietness that should of happened long ago, every day, all the time. A quietness of retreating into the knowledge of, and the acquaintance with, the mind, the heart. I feel that now, at long last, everybody else is on the same page as myself. Being alone in quarantine is not mentally or emotionally or spiritually difficult for me. This is because I know the person I am with, I know me. And I like her.” Life LessonsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingIntrospectionKnow ThyselfInner WorldQuarantineGuidance QuotesInner WorkPandemic Inspirational Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The humans who are kind to you in hell are the ones you're supposed to take with you to heaven.” Wisdom QuotesLife And LivingLiving LifeGuidance In LifeHumans Humanity Author:C. JoyBell C.
“To one degree or another, generally, people feel comfortable within their own echo chambers. Surrounding themselves with many others who share the same religion, eat the same food, share the same spirituality, etc. The problem with that, is, you never become who you were meant to be, you never come face to face with yourself and with your angels and your demons, you never become MORE. Because you're just echoing back into yourself what's already a part of you.” Life LessonsLife QuotesWisdom QuotesLife And LivingBecoming MoreGuidance QuotesGuidance In LifeIndividuality QuotesEcho Chamber Author:C. JoyBell C.
“What does magnanimity look like applied to daily life? How can you be magnanimous every day? Well, it looks like resisting the urge to take offense in other people's lives and in their words or actions (people are not fashioned for your feelings); it looks like not having to launch an emotional reaction to every perceived action or inaction (you are not just a tall toddler with inferiority issues); it looks like letting people go more easily than they thought you could (you have time for more important things other than their tactics); It looks like treading lightly but thundering gently. That's magnanimous.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingMagnanimityMagnanimousMagnanimity Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“When you give good things to people often, they are going to think you're seeking their approval. This is because they come at you from their own mind which is limited, they have minds that are compromised and small. They are unable to decipher that you give good things simply because you are overflowing. Never for once let them think that you need to please them. And never fall into their mindset. You are a wellspring formed by the hands of God, not a device they keep to their convenience.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesLife And LivingEvolveGuidance QuotesWarning QuotesEvolved ConsciousnessLimited Thinking Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Everyone says they want change. They want their lives to change, they want their nations to change, they want this whole world that we live in to change. And perhaps rightfully so. I respect that. But what everyone forgets is that change entails CHANGE. For anything to change, things must in fact CHANGE! Now, these very same people are hard pressed to make any drastic changes in their own minds and in their own ways and when you cannot make drastic changes in your own mind, you cannot make drastic changes in your community, city, state, nation, this world. Then nothing will ever change. Remember: in order for things to change, they must in fact CHANGE.” Life LessonsChangeWisdom QuotesLife And LivingChange Your LifeChange The WorldChange Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The facing of life is not through material objects; the facing of life is through the materials we carry with us in our minds and in our souls.” Life LessonsLife QuotesLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Quotes And Sayings Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Isn't it amazing... how this life will break your heart, but then there's no special lane for the brokenhearted. There's no special lane for the broken minds, the broken souls, the broken hearts, the broken spirits. There's no special parking lot. There's no special space for you in this life. Life will break you and demand the same from you as she demands from the unbroken ones. Some of us are beasts; beasts of bravery! Getting up in the morning, deciding to be happy, deciding to be at peace, deciding to be unbroken.” Life QuotesLife And LivingMental HealthMental Health AwarenessBrokennessLife And Living InsightEnd The Stigma Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It is said that we must take the time to stop and smell the roses. What they don't tell you, is that YOU are the rose that you need to stop for the most. You are the rose that you must stop and love the most, you are that flower.” Life LessonsLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsSelf WorthKnow ThyselfGuidance QuotesHow To Live LifeStop And Smell The Roses Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The worst thing women can do for men, is spoil them. I see this all around. A woman thinking that the way to keep a man is by showering him like a baby, giving more than any other woman around could give. It disables men, it creates babies out of men, it removes their ability to be doers and givers. It turns them into sitting ducks. It is the worst thing women can do for men: spoil them. Yes, it ruins them for any other woman; but, not for the good reasons. I never want a woman to come into my son's life and spoil him. I will not let that happen to him. I always tell him: you be with a woman who is your equal, someone you can run with, someone who enables you to be a doer, a giver. Another wolf: someone you can run with.” MenRelationshipsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingMen And WomenGuidance QuotesHow We Treat Men Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Don't leave me", "Don't go away", "Don't forget me"... it seems to me, a tragedy, that these words so divine are the words that everyone is trained to never say. We are trained to never say and to never listen, to these words. These are the sentiments we were born into this world with as infants, the purest form of soul, the same sentiments we are trained to murder in ourselves and in others. We wage a war against what it means to be alive and then we wonder why we're killing ourselves. If I say these things to someone, and they still leave me, I have not lost anything because I have truly lived.” HumanityLife PhilosophyLife And LivingCondition Of HumanityCondition Of SocietyCondition Of The Heart Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Bitterness is what happens when we view the things we want which we don't have. Those harbouring bitterness in their hearts have the tendency to alienate themselves from those things that cause the bitter taste. Which is why bitterness never works. Because in order to acheive that which we want but don't have, we need to be putting ourselves in that river, in those rivers, and flowing in them. Bitterness is an anchor that denies you the right to flow in, and towards, the things that you really wish you had. Grace of the Soul is what empowers you with the ability to be joyful for the ones who have what you don't yet have. Grace of Soul is the canoe helping you to flow with and in those rivers.” GraceWisdom QuotesLife And LivingBitternessGuidance QuotesGrace DivineBitterness Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is a part of blooming which I did not understand, you see. You can be a flower all your life but still not understand it. Blooming is one thing; but blooming where you are planted is another. It's so easy to say, "I will bloom when I am there", but you need to be saying, "I will bloom right here, where I was planted." Because until I bloom "right here", I'm never going to actually bloom; because we cannot do it in concept, you see, we must bloom now. We must bloom here. The flower must trust.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsTrust QuotesFlower QuotesBlooming QuotesBloom Where You Are Planted Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The issue here is that we tend to believe that darkness is the enemy in this world. It's not. The enemy in this world is that extremely blinding light that says, "You are flawed, you have dark patches on your face, you have cuts on your fingers, you have scars on your feet, and look, everyone can see all of that here in this light! There's nowhere to hide any of that here! Everyone can see it! You don't belong here!" A blinding light where there is no place for people to hide. That's the great evil in this world. A useless light, one that does not know that light is only useful when it is placed in the darkness! It's not darkness that is the enemy. We have vilified people's scars, people's wounds, and people's hiding places and we have told them that they don't belong "out here like that." Instead of going in there where they are, lighting a candle, and saying, "thanks for letting me inside".” Life And LivingHuman ConditionMental Health QuotesMental Health AwarenessDarkness And LightSuicide PreventionSuicide AwarenessHow To Love People Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is a part of blooming which I did not understand, you see. You can be a flower all your life but still not understand it. Blooming is one thing; but blooming where you are planted is another. It's so easy to say, "I will bloom when I am there", but you need to be saying, "I will bloom right here, where I was planted." Because until I bloom "right here", I'm never going to actually bloom; because we cannot bloom in concept, you see, we must to bloom now. We must bloom here.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingBloomingBlooming QuotesBloom Where You Are Planted Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Don't let the mental images of what's "supposed to be", take away your right to "just be". Always remember that.” Life And LivingMental HealthMental Health QuotesMental Health Awareness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Every single sorrow in my heart came about as a result of my forgetting who I am. Every single catastrophe that has happened in my life was designed to cause me to forget who I am. If there is one weapon you need to repeatedly pick up and continuously hold onto, that is the sword and shield and armour of KNOWING THYSELF. Know your soul, see your spirit, look at who you are and breathe it. This is your mission in life. This is the treasure your enemy wants to steal.” Wisdom QuotesLife And LivingSelf RealizationKnow ThyselfThe Art Of WarSorrows Of LifeTactics Of The EnemyThe Wart Of Warfare Author:C. JoyBell C.
“When you are only able to fight for another person when they share your own lifestyle, your own religion, your own beliefs, or your own gender; that is not fighting for "another person" or for "other people" at all. That is fighting for YOUR OWN IDEALS, YOUR OWN PERSON, and WHAT YOU WANT! Empathy is not empathy when it is only applied to what benefits yourself, your circle, and your beliefs. Empathy is NOT empathy until it reaches beyond your own personal limitations and your own personal interests!” Life And LivingEmpathySelfishnessEmpathsSelfish PeopleEmpathy QuotesWhat Is Empathy Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Those that feel shame, will want you to feel shame. Those that cannot speak, will want to cut your tongue. Those who are in cages, will trip you with sticks and pull you into their cages. Things never never want to be alone: bound things, shamed things, mute things-- they never want to be alone. They are the plagues of life. Rid yourself of them.” Wisdom QuotesLife And LivingGuidance QuotesGuidance In LifeRise Above QuotesGuidance For LifeRise Above Your Weakness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Sometimes the cure for depression is not seeing more happiness around; rather, is in fact seeing how much happiness can exist in hell. From day one, we are fixated on attaining a state of envisioned "paradise"; both here in this life on Earth and in the "afterlife" in the form of "Heaven". Us humans are always reaching for this Heaven-state while still here on Earth, making anything and anybody that falls short feel like a less-acceptable living thing. We are making the Gargoyles feel unwanted because all we want are Angels. Those who are less than happy do have a place in this world, a place in this life. And it's time everyone stop reaching for illusions and start reaching in front of them and beside them and behind them, to hold the hands of those around them. We chase after illusions; we forget people.” Wisdom QuotesDepressionLife And LivingMental IllnessAnxiety DisordersDepression QuotesGuidance Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Happiness is a strange thing; even when it's a deep happiness and makes you see everything in a soft glowy light. It's like this cloak that you wear so you only see the good parts on top of the soil. But then you can't forget that the soil is where the roots are. You can be happy for so long looking at all the roses, that you start to miss what it felt like to be curled amongst their roots, entwined within the warmth of the damp dirt, roots wrapped around your limbs. You can begin to forget that depth. You can begin to forget who you are. Maybe happiness isn't any better; maybe it's just something we do to make the days brighter. Like a lamp post. But lamp posts drown out the stars, you see.” HappinessWisdom QuotesLife And LivingDepthHappiness Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Life is never a complacent thing. It's more like a verb. You're not just alive; you have to consciously fuel every moment with life, regardless of whether or not your reality lines up with your ideals. Your life is not what your ideals are. Your life is what you actually have when you wake up in the morning and when you go to sleep at night. So what are you gonna do with that?” LifeLife LessonsLife QuotesLife And LivingLiving Life To The FullestLiving WellLive Life So Well Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Don't make the mistake of ruining your future, so that you can save your past. You've got this one, precious life. So what are you gonna do with it?” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsLife Lesson QuotesFuture InspirationalLiving Your Best Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“She said to me, "I'm just looking towards the day when I get out of this hell, and asking myself if I will ever get out of it." And I said to her, "Something I have learned in life is that we often don't get out of hell; we just learn how to live in it." And tears fell down her face.” Life LessonsHellWisdom QuotesLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsLearning ProcessLearning To LiveGoing Through Hell Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I was talking to a friend last night, about pain. She said, "Pain doesn't go away, does it? It just lessens with time." And I said, "I think that the pain can be turned into other things... the pain is like the holes in the ground, but I think that we can turn the holes in the ground into little pools of water we can jump into. It's still a part of us, but, we can change its nature. Hopefully. Sometimes." And I think that just might be true.” PainLife LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsLiving LifePain QuotesWisdom InspirationalLiving WellLiving Well Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We choose the countenance that we wear each day.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife ChoicesLiving WellLiving In The Present Author:C. JoyBell C.
“My pursuit of spirituality does not consist of ritual, nor of regimen. My spirituality is embodied by laughter and heartfelt enjoyments. My spirituality does not make me look serious and dignified. But my spirituality makes me look awe-inspired like a child. Try to take this away from me and I will run from what you try to feed me. There is no truer truth than innocence, no truer truth than joy.” Life LessonsReligionSpiritualityWisdom QuotesLife And LivingGuidance QuotesGuidance In Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Life is beautiful and weird.” LifeLife QuotesLife And LivingReality Of LifeReality QuotesLife And Living Insight Author:C. JoyBell C.
“If you feel that there is something more for you, that there is something more in this life that is meant for you, if you believe that, if you feel your bones ache at night echoeing this yearning back at you; then by all means, go and find it!” Life And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsLife Lesson QuotesPassionate LivingFind It Author:C. JoyBell C.
“People say: "This is how to win" and "That is how you lose." But what if we're not here to win? What if we are here to live?” Wisdom QuotesLife And LivingWise SayingsWise QuotationsLife And Living Life PhilosophyLife And Living Insight Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Everyone screams for help in their own different way. Just because you don't understand it, does not mean they're not screaming. Let's not have opinions or judgments on how people survive their lives.” Life QuotesLife And LivingMental HealthWords To Live ByJudgmentalitySurvive LifeSurviver Author:C. JoyBell C.
“My life is a daily celebration. I choose who to invite to my party, and who doesn't get an invitation. And I'd be damned if I spent my time standing at the door, looking out and wondering where some people are, while my home is filled with people who are there to celebrate with me. Every day, I am going to party with the people whom I invited, the people who matter.” Life LessonsLife QuotesLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesLife And LivingMoving OnCelebrationCelebration Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Someone asked me, "What does it mean to be unforgettable?" and I answered, "Being unforgettable means having an absence that is felt just as much as your presence." An absence that is felt just as strongly as the presence. Today, people strive to become unforgettable and they believe the way to achieve this is by constantly reminding others of their attributes and their existence, lest they are forgotten. Lest anyone forget they are beautiful or talented or powerful. But that is not unforgettable; that is desperation. Absence is an attribute, this is what people do not know! Absence is an attribute just as much as presence is. When people feel your absence just as much, or perhaps even more than, they feel your presence-- this is what it means to be unforgettable.” Life And LivingAbsencePresenceUnforgettable Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relationship with their significant other, just because they do not want to go through the trouble of breaking up, because it's safe, because other people expect it of them, because there is a fear of being alone... and in the process of doing this, they miss out on the life that is meant for them. Our lives must not be lived to be safe, to be out of trouble, to meet the expectations of others, and to avoid fear. On the contrary, our lives must be lived with courage, which can only be present if there is fear; our lives must be lived for what we know in our hearts is for us, not for what other people believe is for us; our lives must be lived even when it is not safe and even when things are troublesome. To die in full knowledge that you have pleased everyone safely, or to die in full knowledge that you seized what you knew was meant for you -- which way do you choose to die? Because that is the way you must choose to live!” RelationshipsCourageLife PhilosophyLife And LivingSeize The DayCourage In LifeCourage To Be OneselfHow To Live LifeHow To LiveTime To Let GoRelationships QuoteThe Life That Is Meant For You Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Acceptance" is a very important word in our lives. People drive themselves into madness and death thinking about the chasm that exists between their ideals and their actual reality that they are living. There must be a balance between improvement of one's self and one's circumstances and the acceptance of reality. There is a beautiful dance that one must learn, which involves embracing the reality of your life as you would embrace a Latin dance partner on the ballroom floor, and moving that partner (your reality) in graceful strides, towards where you want to be situated, on that dance floor. If you dance with no partner (your current reality), you will arrive at your destination empty. Empty. That is, if you ever arrive at all. But when you dance with that partner, embracing and accepting it for all of its flaws and its redeeming qualities, you will be able to move across that dance floor as a full, whole person. Wherever you end up stopping in that ballroom, you will stop there as a whole person, not an empty one. So, accept the mistakes that have been done unto you and the mistakes that you have done. Accept the fact that you didn't grow up perfectly and you are not perfect now. Accept, embrace, love the people who are given to you to love. And love yourself just as you are.” AcceptanceWords Of WisdomWisdom QuotesLife And LivingReality Of LifeBeing RealSuccessful LivingSuccessful LifeGuidance QuotesAttaining GoalsInspirational Quites Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Misunderstandings are a normal part of life, and the outcomes of these depend upon how we choose to react to them.” Inspirational QuotesWisdom QuotesLife And LivingDaily LifeGuidance QuotesMisunderstandingsThe Power Of ChoiceChoose Your Reactions Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I am convinced--truly convinced-- that 99% of living is useless. The only--and I mean the ONLY--part of life that is worth anything, is the part where we love a few people in our lives, and to what degree we are able to love them, how much we are able to give, how much of our hearts we are able to put into it. Time moves fast forward; meanwhile, we spend that time on making money, chasing dreams, building names for ourselves, achieving stuff that we want to achieve...time moves fast forward and instead of standing in moments with a few people that we love, we run fast forward with it! We forget how to love a few people given to us to love, we forget how to stay, we forget how to feel, we forget, we forget, we forget, so we can run towards death, leaving behind a house perhaps; kids perhaps; a bank account hopefully; a name worth remembering maybe. But did we love? Did you love? Did you stay? Did you love with all of your heart? Did you? Will you?” Life LessonsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingLiving LifeLiving Life To The FullestLiving Your Best LifeMeaning Of Life QuotesLiving Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I remember a relative of mine who used to pick on me all the time, constantly ridiculing my every move and making me feel inferior. One day she had a pimple on her face and was devastated. I told her "Why would you let a little thing like that bother you in such a way? It's just a pimple!" And she cried and said "You can say that, because you're perfect and even if you have ten pimples on your face, it wouldn't even matter!" And I never forgot how I felt in that moment, that moment taught me some important things! First, I realized that the whole time she was picking on me, she actually was feeling that I was perfect! And secondly, I realized that when people think you're perfect, they try to make you feel bad about yourself! I was so taken aback in those few minutes— I couldn't even say anything! I just looked at her while all my realizations flooded my mind and I decided that just because you think someone is perfect, doesn't give you the ticket to make them feel bad about themselves.” Inspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLife And LivingEnvyJealousyWarningsEvil EyeAttitude In Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.” LifeInspirationalInspirational QuotesHateStrengthInspirational LifeLetting GoLivingLife And LivingInspirational AttitudeForgetting Author:C. JoyBell C.
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” PeopleLifeInspirational QuotesInspirational LifeLetting GoLife And LivingForgivingMoving OnForgetting Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.” LifeInspirationalInspirational QuotesFaithHopeBeliefTrustInspirational LifeLivingLife And LivingWingsFlyingFlightUpliftingDirectionWindsFlying SpiritWinds Of Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces.” LifeInspirationalWisdomPainInspirational QuotesLife LessonsGrowthHurtFreedomInspiringHealingBeautyLearningGrowingWindInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesLivingLife And LivingExperienceWingsPainfulFlyingHealFlightLiving LifeHurtingWisdom In Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“A star falls from the sky and into your hands. Then it seeps through your veins and swims inside your blood and becomes every part of you. And then you have to put it back into the sky. And it's the most painful thing you'll ever have to do and that you've ever done. But what's yours is yours. Whether it’s up in the sky or here in your hands. And one day, it'll fall from the sky and hit you in the head real hard and that time, you won't have to put it back in the sky again.” LifeInspirationalLife LessonsFaithHopeStarsLearningLetting GoLife And LivingTreasureHeartwarmingCherishingLife And Learning Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.” LifeInspirationalHappinessInspirational QuotesHumanityInspiringSadnessHuman NatureLivingLife And LivingHumanHumanismBeing Human Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I think that we are like stars. Something happens to burst us open; but when we burst open and think we are dying; we’re actually turning into a supernova. And then when we look at ourselves again, we see that we’re suddenly more beautiful than we ever were before!” PeopleLifeInspirationalTruthInspirational QuotesHumanityStarsInspiringStrengthInspirational LifeLivingLife And LivingHumanSelf AwarenessSupernova Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You're aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can't be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn't be.” LifeRelationshipsLife And LivingSeparationMoving OnLiving LifeBreaking UpFixing ThingsParting Ways Author:C. JoyBell C.