Birdy and Grandy...I loved these and they are both something I need to remember! Thank you for posting :)

Very true baet123 :)

I'm in the middle of this very thing with having started uni this semester

Just letting someone speak their truth can sometimes be the biggest gift you can give them, to just hold the space for them ❤

- Amanda Palmer

I am learning every day
to allow the space
between where I am
and where I want to be
to inspire me and not
terrify me.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Hey Music,

The amazing thing about university is that yes it is tough and may seem impossible sometimes but its so rewarding and in the end, that small piece of paper is worth it. All the best with your studies and your exams coming up shortly. Crush em!

Nick.

Thanks Nick :)

I'm constantly stressed with uni, but I'm doing it to improve my life (buy a house etc.), so hopefully all the stress and tears are worth it. As for exams...I don't have much confidence, but we'll see. I'm all done by the 24th of November, having only two.

On growth and learning:

I wish for a world where everyone understands that discomfort is the price of legendary. And fear is just growth coming to get you.

- Robin S. Sharma

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

- Confucius

P.S. and beautiful birdy, a heartfelt thank you xoxo

For anyone struggling with the distance between where they are now and where they would like to be:

Some days doing

“the best we can”

may still fall short of

what we would like to be able to

do, but life isn’t

perfect on any

front - and doing

what we can with

what we have is the

most we should

expect of ourselves

or anyone else

- Fred Rogers

do not fast forward
into something
you're not ready for

or allow yourself
to shrink back
into what's comfortable

growth lives in the uneasiness
the in-between
the unfinished sentence

you are a season of becoming

~ Danielle Doby

P.S dear Pepper, I love: discomfort is the price of legendary ... fear is just growth coming to get you. Thank you so much xo

If the finish line feels too far away, don't look at it. Just look down at your feet and take your next, best step.

from TooMuchOnHerPlate dot com

Don't place your mistakes on your head, their weight may crush you. Instead, place them under your feet, and use them as a platform to view your horizons.

Unknown author

It's a beautiful thing when you
realise your happiness doesn't
lie in changing yourself but just
allowing yourself to be, that the
people who are toxic in your life,
you don't need anyway, that when
doors shut in your life, it's because
there is something more true to
your heart waiting for you around
the corner, and that it's the small
moments and gestures of life that
matter and we can all find
some of those.

S.C. Lourie

Hi everyone, this is my first time on here and just had to say thanks Birdy77 for your post! It was exactly what I needed to hear and which allowed me to get off my own case for the first time today, yay!

That is going on my bathroom mirror for me to read every day.

Thank you.

Love this, thanks for making me feel special, like a new season dawning, and like I am somewhere and not nowhere.

I should have logged onto this sight a long time ago!

xo

Welcome Rainbow Hunter.

You are special.

You are enough, as you are, right now.

You are right where you need to be.

You are worthy.

Thank you for being here.

🌻birdy

Your journey has moulded you for the greater good. It was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think you've lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.

Asha Tyson

I appreciate that this next one may not be for everyone, and that’s okay...

But it’s personally meaningful to me. So I still wanted to share it...

On personal growth, especially compassion and self awareness plus awareness of the “other”:

There is a price to be paid for every increase in consciousness.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

- Alan Watts

Thank you :)

Tonight, you may
be sorrowful or
silent, empty or
alone, but you
have the moon, and
you have your
breath, and in
inhaling the
wonder of these
alone, you might
find yourself
wrapped in the soft
shawl of gentle
relief that this
very moment is
beautiful, and is
more than worthy
of perfect love.

Victoria Erickson

On making positive changes and showing compassion in our behaviours and actions:

It is not enough to

be compassionate,

we must act.

- Dalai Lama

P.S. as always, a very grateful and loving thank you, dear birdy :) Also, I’m pleased that the earlier quote about discomfort and legendary and fear and growth resonated xoxo

i am drawn to the light in others.
it is how i know i am not alone.
to be a seeker of the light is to be
connected to the very truth itself
--- the way out of the darkness is when
we can look across the table and find
our face in another's. when we let our
stories exist we invite others to
see more clearly in a space where pain, struggle, stunning resilience and belonging are not unique to just one person,
they live in each of us, proving we are
not on our own. i heal. and you heal. and when we heal, the world heals with us.
an open heart is the key that unlocks hope's reach. the sun is here within you now open your eyes.

- danielle doby

Surround yourself with people

who add value to your life.

Who challenge you to be greater

than you were yesterday.

Who sprinkle magic into your

existence, just like you do to

theirs.

Life isn’t to be done alone.

Find your tribe - and journey

freely and loyally together

- Alex Elle

P.S. dear birdy, your latest quote brought a tear to my eye. Thank you so much for sharing :) xoxox

On daily life and survival:

You’ll have good days,

bad days,

overwhelming days,

“too tired” days,

“I’m awesome” days,

”I cann’t go on” days,

And every day,

you’ll still show up.

- unknown

be messy

and complicated

and afraid

and show up anyway.

Glennon Doyle Melton

Sadness has taught me
things that happiness just
can't, like in the same
way the daylight can't
teach me about the stars.

S.C Lourie

On having an inquisitive mind, an open heart and seeking eyes...

Develop a passion

for learning

If you do, you will

never cease to grow.

- Anthony. J D’Angelo

He or she who

has the greatest capacity

for discomfort

rises the fastest.

- Brene Brown

allow yourself to transform as many times as you need to be fully happy and free.

yung pueblo