“People will think they can break your heart and then go around saying, "I can't deal with that energy right now, that energy is not to my highest purpose." Going around, tearing people up, then complaining about the blood stains on their walls.” Life LessonsHeartbreakHeartbrokenBad PeopleBrokenheartedMurderers Author:C. JoyBell C.
“One day, I will look back upon my life and I will say, "That's not the life I planned, but I lived it." I may not have lived the life I planned, but I will have lived the life that I have.” Life LessonsLife QuotesLife PhilosophyWise WordsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingHow To Live LifeTenacity Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Flowers that are offered for the dead, do not know the difference of where their beauty will be placed, they do not say, "This is not a palace" or "This is not a garden"; they just are. They are just beautiful, without giving regards to whether they are placed on a grave or in a castle. Flowers are just beautiful, whether they grow by the wayside or in a manicured garden. If we were all like flowers, then we would all be beautiful, with no regards to why or how. We just are. We are just beautiful.” BeautifulInspirational QuotesDeathLife LessonsLife QuotesBeautyInspirational LifeWisdom QuotesFlowersBeauty QuotesTrue BeautyBeing BeautifulReal BeautyFlowers QuotesQuotes About DeathQuotes About BeautyGenuine Beauty Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don't even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It's time to put an end to this. It's time for us to let ourselves be loved.” PeopleLoveInspirationalRealityInspirational QuotesLife LessonsHumanityLearningGrowingInspirational LifeLife And LivingTrue LoveReality Of LifeInspirational LoveReal LoveWhat MattersTo Be LovedThose Who Love Us Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We often talk about being kind, but how do we define "kind" at its very root? Where is the root and what is the root of "kind" and "kindness"? I truly believe that kindness is rooted in the acceptance of the flaws of life, the acceptance of the turns life has taken which we couldn't have planned for and that we didn't hope for. Kindness is rooted in the acceptance of the fact that life is a wild thing that cannot ever be caged. Some people are going to get married and divorced seven times before they find the one they are meant to be with; that's okay. Some people are going to be born with disabilities; that's okay. Some people are born in heaven while others are born in hell; both are okay. Some people are born in hell later ending up in heaven while others are born in heaven later ending up in hell; it's all okay. Life, whether belonging to you or to others, is never going to be a painting fitting into your prepared picture frame. How dare we come into this monstrous, joyous, incredible, terrible world, thinking that we can dictate what's wrong and right, what's better and what's lesser? Come into this world with your wings and your claws and your paws and your laughters! With your feathers and your fur! Because you're going to need all of it! And when you look at other people, sometimes they are going to be donning feathers and other times they are going to be clawing things, jumping in and out, screaming or laughing or crying or being quiet; it's all okay. Because we are ALL living with this monstrous and beautiful creature called Life! So, kindness is the realisation of this, the readiness to see this in others, the willingness to embrace everything that happens-- whether it is happening to yourself or to other people. Kindness is waking up to the true and full nature of life, looking her in the eyes, and being ready to embrace her.” Inspirational QuotesLife LessonsLife QuotesKindnessInspirational LifeLife And LivingInspirational AttitudeKindness QuotesKindness To Others Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Many of us have this view of ourselves being "captains of our ships", and just like the old adage, "the captain goes down with his ship"; we sit on our adamant moral high horses and would rather go down with our ships than let go of something to give it, and ourselves, a chance at something better. But I'm a mermaid. We don't go down with ships. We don't try to conquer the ocean; we swim and flow with the waves. We sink the ships that need to be sunk and we save the people that need to be saved.” Life LessonsLetting GoInspirational AttitudeLife Quotes And SayingsCaptainsToxic RelationshipsWisdom InspirationalMermaidsSurrenderingMermaid Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“I have made it my mission to inject life into each moment, filling these moments up until they are fat and ready to burst! Life is short, it should be lived.” Life LessonsInspirational LifeInspirational AttitudeLiveLiving LifeLiving Life To The FullestWisdom InspirationalZest For LifeLiving Now Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Many of us want to have relationships because we want a nest, a cozy place of acceptance; that unconditional circumstance. Relationships have become the using of another person as soft stuff to build nests with. Many can do this without even liking the other person, or feeling connected to them, or even wanting to actually be near them. I think the animals are better; an animal would never live with someone they don't like, because they don't have to. They have no religion, no laws, no society. And yet, we see swans and wolves and others: mating for life! For no other reason than that they've found their one-and-only.” Life LessonsRelationshipsInspirational LifeRelationship QuotesInspirational LoveLove LessonsLessons In Love Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We become so focused on the individual events and circumstances of our lives, so eager to label them as "good" or "bad", when in fact, everything is just LIFE! Everything, all of it, it's all just LIFE.” LifeLife LessonsInspirational LifeLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsAttitude Toward LifeAttitude In Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“We come into this world and we are taught that life is a process of attainments. Or the collection of attainments. But I have since discovered that life is a process of rising above in the moments. The river wants to flow downhill or the wave wants to take you under; but you instead sit on a rock or surf the top of that wave. We essentially all have to be mermaids, every day, to live this life. There is a constant flow of water current: going up and going down. You go up to be happy.” Life LessonsInspirational LifeLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsMermaidLiving WellLiving In The PresentLive Life So WellMermaid Quotes Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!” PeopleLifeWisdomLife LessonsWisdom QuotesLivingLife And LivingThornsPetals Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Don't let your heart fall into perceived kindness right away. You might be taking a person's light, putting it onto a thousand candlewicks, only to discover that the light was not a flame, that it was only a faint and unreliable reflection. Very few people are truly kind. Hold the hands of the ones who are.” Life LessonsKindnessLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesGuidance QuotesDo Not Be Deceived Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There's going to be that little voice inside you, saying, "this isn't it, this isn't it, this isn't it" and you've gotta listen to it. You've gotta. Then one day it's gonna be there again, it's gonna say, "this is it, this is it, this is it" and you've gotta listen to that too. You really have got to. It's so small, it's like a whisper, like a tapping of water droplets on a metal sink. It's small but it doesn't stop, it won't let go of you. It'll kill you. It will kill you.” Life LessonsLife And LivingLove Quotes And SayingsLove StoryLife Lessons QuotesStill Small Voice Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Life just happens. That's not the crazy part. The crazy part is when people fight it, when they don't let it just happen.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyWisdom QuotesLife And LivingLife Quotes And SayingsLiving Well Author:C. JoyBell C.
“What you deeply resent in another, is actually a reflection of what you wish you had or what you wish you could be. Resentful of how another speaks her mind? Because you were silenced and therefore fell silent. Resentful of how another wears (or doesn't wear) whatever she wants? Because you are controlled by your own ideas of morality and societal expectations. Resentful of how another's life is not constructed to pander and please others? Because you are bound by the cruel chains of people-pleasing, you don't know how to break out of. What you resent in others is what you actually wish you could be.” Life LessonsLife QuotesLife And LivingTruth Of LifeInsecure PeopleTruth About LifeHuman Nature WisdomResentment QuotesInsecurities In LifeResentfulness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Life is a river. Life is not the mountain which speaks of struggle, nor the ocean that speaks of depths unknown. Life is not the sky which tells stories of greatness, nor the trees that tell stories of purpose. But life is a river that flows and the only way to live is to go into your river and flow with it. That is where life is. That is how you will arrive at where you are meant to be. Flow in your river wherever it may lead.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Lesson QuotesLife And Living Life PhilosophyRiverLiving Your Best LifeRiver QuotesLife And Living InsightLife Is A River Author:C. JoyBell C.
“It is difficult for me to have a great amount of respect for those who make decisions based upon their comfort levels, rather than upon bravery to challenge fears, courage to challenge insecurities, and boldness to hold an unapproved, unpopular stand. I need people who march to the beat of their own drums. I respect that. I respect colours made outside of lines. I respect those who live to be uncomfortable, to be wrong, to see themselves. There is nothing more uncomfortable than seeing yourself.” Life LessonsLife PhilosophyLife And LivingLife Philosophy InspirationalLive Life So WellLive With Boldness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“There is much discussion about consent within the context of sex. But consent is about so much more than that. Consent is about time and it's about energy. It's also spacial in scope. Physical space and mental space. People will act entitled to your time, energy, and space. They need to understand that they're not entitled to these things; these things require your consent.” Life LessonsRelationshipsWisdom QuotesLife And LivingConsentGuidance QuotesConsent Is SexyConsent Of The Woman 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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“All pain comes from the distance between where you are now and where you want to be; from the distance between what you have and what you want; the difference between who you are now and who you wish to become. And all joy comes from the constant flow in the river of life: flowing with the reality of what is, right here and right now, and moving freely into wherever direction that river takes you. Control leads to pain because control assumes that one knows better than life itself.” Life LessonsLife QuotesLife PhilosophyLetting GoLiving WellLiving In The PresentLiving In The MomentMovement QuotesControl Issues Author:C. JoyBell C.
“You've got to find a man who will build you up. Enough with the boys who like to break things apart and put them back together just to see how they work. Even though you have already built yourself up, the value in adding anyone else to your life lies in the question if whether or not they can add more to that structure. If not, you're better off alone. You've got this one life, who are you going to let into it? And why?” MenLife LessonsRelationshipsWomens Inspirational 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.
“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.
“In a noisy world like ours, the best gift to have is a quiet mind. In a dangerous world like this one, the best gift to own is a calm soul. In a life like we are placed in, the best gift to receive is a serene outlook. May we have all three of these gifts.” Life LessonsLife QuotesWisdom QuotesSerenityCalmnessGuidance QuotesLife And Living InsightGuidance In LifeGuidance For Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Growing up means learning what life is. When you're little, you have a set of ideals, standards, criteria, plans, outlooks, and you think that you have to sit around and wait for them to happen to you and then life will work. But life isn't like that, for anybody; you can't fall in love with a standard, you have to fall in love with a person. You can't live in a criteria, you have to live your life. You can't wait for your plans to materialize, because they may never materialize the way you think they will. You can't wait to watch your ideals and standards walk up to you, because you can't know what's yours until you have it. I always say, always take the first chance in case you never get a second one, but growing up takes that even one step further, growing up means that you have to hold on to what you have, when you have it, because what you have- that's yours- and all the ideals and criteria you have set in your head, those aren't yours, because those haven't happened to you.” LifeInspirationalInspirational QuotesLife LessonsHumanityGrowthLearningGrowingInspirational LifeLife And LivingHumanismLife Experiences Author:C. JoyBell C.
“When I was a little girl, everything in the world fell into either of these two categories: wrong or right. Black or white. Now that I am an adult, I have put childish things aside and now I know that some things fall into wrong and some things fall into right. Some things are categorized as black and some things are categorized as white. But most things in the world aren't either! Most things in the world aren't black, aren't white, aren't wrong, aren't right, but most of everything is just different. And now I know that there's nothing wrong with different, and that we can let things be different, we don't have to try and make them black or white, we can just let them be grey. And when I was a child, I thought that God was the God who only saw black and white. Now that I am no longer a child, I can see, that God is the God who can see the black and the white and the grey, too, and He dances on the grey! Grey is okay.” LifeInspirationalDifferentGodInspirational QuotesLife LessonsGrowthDifferencesLearningGrowingInspirational LifeLivingLife And LivingBlack And WhiteGreyLiving LifeRight And WrongChildishnessChildishWrong And RightGreyness Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Insecurity produces either of these two types of individuals: The first type masters those monsters, learns how to command them to and fro and seeks to reduce them in others. The second type is mastered by the monsters, spends the rest of their lives trying to prove themselves bigger than them and seeks to find them in others.” PeopleTruthLife LessonsWisdom QuotesInsecuritiesInsecurities In LifeHow People Deal With Life Author:C. JoyBell C.
“Inner Architecture is the skill of crafting your soul into a place so real and so tangible that you step into this area every time you look into your own eyes and other people step into this place every time they encounter you. What kind of place are you? What are the smells, sounds, colours? What kind of people can access this place and how do they get there? How does this place feel to all those who step into it? How does it feel to you? Is there food? What kind of food? What does the food taste like and what does it do for you? Each person is a place. It is not a matter of asking "what kind of person am I?",rather, it is a matter of asking, "what place am I?” Life LessonsSelf RealizationChange Your LifeSelf ActualizationSelf BuildingInner Architecture Author:C. JoyBell C.
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.” InspirationalInspirational QuotesLife LessonsGrowthChangeInspirational LifeLife And LivingInspirational Attitude Author:C. JoyBell C.