I wonder if other members feel like I do sometimes -

Sad and a little overwhelmed at all the pain and confusion contained within these boards.

Do you feel like pouring every bit of knowledge and experience and wisdom you have out onto these pages in the hope that it may be of help to someone?

If so here’s your chance.

I have created this thread in the hope that you all will have some words of wisdom that you would like to contribute.

curlybenswife

She is our world there is no doubt about that and yeah there are times i think heck what am i doing but it never lasts long she has taken her first un aided steps this past weekend she never stops amazing me and making me chuckle

bluerose

curlybenswife,

I brought up 3 ‘ankle biters/rug rats‘, hard work but worth every second.

Best wishes to you and yours.

bluerose

The key to real independence lies in knowing that at every moment in every instance you are creating your own reality from the thoughts you entertain. The more you acknowledge this the more power and freedom you will experience. And instead of blaming others or society for the things that go wrong in your life you now realise you are creating your own reality and therefore have the power to change it any time by any degree.

ordinaryguy

Know your motive for inviting in
The guests you entertain
And how you make the choice to keep
The thoughts that crowd your brain

TheSavage

Not mine but its a quote that has been stuck in my mind since I read it years ago
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
--- Frank Herbert, Dune - Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

curlybenswife

My favourite has to be if you love someone set them free.....its so true in many that i read

bluerose

View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the whole movie. View your life from your funeral, looking back at your life experiences, what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to accomplish but didn't? What were the happy moments? What were the sad? What would you do again, and what would you change?

RubyPitbull

So many wonderful and inspirational messages have been posted here. It would be nice if people would take the time to read through this before posting their questions. Unfortunately, when it comes to their problems, they only want someone to focus on them. They are not patient enough to look around the website and get the lay of the land. I am guilty of that too. So, if I could give out any advice or words of wisdom here, I would say quite a lot, BUT, I will limit this to one thing for now:

If you are having a major crisis in your life, whatever it may be, DO NOT expect it to be magically resolved because you have chosen to post on a forum that is free of charge. Yoda does not reside here.

valinors_sorrow

Wow, many excellent sentiments here. I would add only this:

The only way in with people is Love.
The only way out of trouble is Truth.
What we do matters and we are all connected, like it or not.
If we manage the details well, nothing is ever too big for us.
The bravest thing anyone can ever do is heal thyself.
And lastly, the most important in all of life is to raise a child.

bluerose

Have a Life Plan. ~ Without a plan for your life, it is easier to follow the course of least resistance, to go with the flow, to drift with the current with no particular destination in mind. Having a definite plan for your life greatly simplifies the process of making hundreds of daily decisions that affect your ultimate success. When you know where you want to go, you can quickly decide if your actions are moving you toward your goal or away from it. Without definite, precise goals and a plan for their achievement, each decision must be considered in a vacuum. Definiteness of purpose provides context and allows you to relate specific actions to your overall plan.