There’s always a way through things if you work hard enough and look close. It all depends on your level of determination.
Acceptance is the only way out of hell.
If you have a setback, Don’t take a step back- Get ready for a comeback!
You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.
You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.
From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, “I survived.”
There is never a sickness Jesus cannot heal and never a disease Jesus cannot cure. To God’s power, nothing is impossible!
The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem.
It’s not a sin to get knocked down; it’s a sin to stay down.
It is always too soon to quit.
Your health and well being should be your number one priority, nothing else is more important.
So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.
You can’t hate yourself happy, You can’t criticize yourself thin, You can’t shame yourself wealthy. Real change begins with self-love and self care.
But I’ve also learned I am not powerless over some things. I am not powerless over my attitudes. I am not powerless over negativity. I am not powerless over assuming responsibility for my own recovery.
Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just... start.
Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.
It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living – one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.
I know it’s not the end... it’s only just the beginning.
Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.
If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started I was desperately wishing to be where I am now.