Relationship with a narcissist in a nutshell: You will go from being the perfect love of their life to nothing you do is ever good enough. You will give everything and they will take it all and give you less and less in return. You will end up depleted, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and probably financially, and then get blamed for it
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
The sad thing that many of us empaths don’t realize is that often our desire to heal others is a disguised cry for help for our own healing. Because many of us weren’t taught how to value or nurture ourselves at a young age, we tend to unconsciously seek out our own healing in the healing of others
A good day is a good day. A bad day is a good story.
People appear like angels until you hear them speak. You must not rush to judge people by the color of their cloaks, but by the content of their words!
I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it
Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun’s shining or not
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.
You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life. It’s one thing if a person owns up to their behavior and makes an effort to change. But if a person disregards your feelings, ignores your boundaries, and continues to treat you in a harmful way, they need to go
We are all damaged. We have all been hurt. We have all had to learn painful lessons. We are all recovering from some mistake, loss, betrayal, abuse, injustice, or misfortune. All of life is a process of recovery that never ends. We each must find ways to accept and move through the pain and to pick ourselves back up. For each pang of grief, depression, doubt, or despair there is an inverse toward renewal coming to you in time. Each tragedy is an announcement that some goodwill indeed come in time. Be patient with yourself.
It’s a great day to be alive. I know the sun’s still shining when I close my eyes
If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces
Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which ones to surf
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines
Frustration is a very positive sign. It means that the solution to your problem is within range, but what you’re currently doing isn’t working, and you need to change your approach in order to achieve your goal
Frustration is the first step toward improvement. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forward
Don’t ignore the lessons of pain nor walk the same path again, or it may happen again. Strive to preserve your new-found peace.
A day is a day. It’s just a measurement of time. Whether it’s a good day or a bad day is up to you. It’s all a matter of perception
We’re taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear, and sadness, and to me, they’re of equal value to happiness, excitement, and inspiration
Relationships with narcissists are held in place by the hope of a ‘someday better,’ with little evidence to support it will ever arrive
Losing will not always amount to a loss, sometimes you have to lose those toxic relationships and bad habits to create a space for better things
Don’t let people get the best of you they can say what they want but don’t let that distract you from achieving your goals
Create boundaries. Honor your limits. Say no. Take a break. Let go. Stay grounded. Nurture your body. Love your vulnerability. And if all else fails, breathe deeply
No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past.
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it
Frustration is the fuel that can lead to the development of an innovative and useful idea
Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world
It is okay of airing out your frustration, just don’t dwell on them. Find out the cause and find a solution of getting rid of it. If you can’t have the solution much as well accept it
If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use
Once you choose hope, anything is possible.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be
You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in one drop.
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss
It has been said that time heals all wounds. The truth is that time does not heal anything. It merely passes. It is what we do during the passing of time that helps or hinders the healing process
When I stand before thee at the day’s end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing
Empaths may hesitate to save themselves first because they think that doing so is selfish, which is not the case. If you’re an empath, know how important it is to take care of yourself first in order to be able to help others. Sometimes there is only so much you can do for others; you might even be doing everyone a disservice by stepping over boundaries
The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.
On a good day, when you have a clear plan, you are able to execute whatever you wanted.
Frustration is the nagging feeling that tells us we are not listening or following our intuition
Love doesn’t die a natural death. Love has to be killed, either by neglect or narcissism
An empath is an emotional sponge. They absorb the stress and also the positive emotions into their own bodies from other people
She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter
To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.
Sensitive people care when the world doesn’t because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self-taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten
No matter what type of anger or frustration we have to struggle with, a clear picture of how our faith in God is the answer to anything we need to overcome
A narcissist paints a picture of themselves as being the victim or innocent in all aspects. They will be offended by the truth. But what is done in the dark will come to light. Time has a way of showing people’s true colors
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are
Invalidation is about dismissing your experiences, thoughts and above all your emotions. Indeed the intention is to not even allow you to have those thoughts, experiences and emotions. It’s a way of invading your head and reprogramming it. It’s psychological abuse (messing with your thoughts) and emotional abuse (messing with your feelings)
Healing requires from us to stop struggling, but to enjoy life more and endure it less
The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop
To recognize one’s own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.”
Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own
When being in a toxic relationship in life at times you may have to step outside yourself, to see yourself, so you can find yourself and love yourself again
Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life you will never be able to grow into your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
I found peace of mind when I walked away from small fights not worth fighting. I stopped fighting for people who gossiped about me. I stopped fighting for those who didn’t respect me. I quit worrying about those who wouldn’t value me for being me
Rule number one is, don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it’s all small stuff.
My encouragement: delete the energy vampires from your life, clean out all complexity, build a team around you that frees you to fly, remove anything toxic, and cherish simplicity. Because that’s where genius lives
Empaths have often been labeled as ‘overly sensitive’ and told to ‘get a thicker skin.’ As children and adults, we are shamed for our sensitivities rather than supported. But at this point in my life, I wouldn’t give up being an empath for anything. It lets me sense the secrets of the universe and know passion beyond my wildest dreams
Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person
P.S. You’re not going to die. Here’s the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you’ll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired…it’s not going to kill you. Ask anyone who’s been through it.
Cutting people out of your life doesn’t mean you hate them, it simply means you respect yourself. Not everyone is meant to stay
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest taken between two deep breaths.
You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway
The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not
For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open – into the light, out of the darkness
A great attitude is like a perfect cup of coffee – don’t start your day without it
The Empath is often said to have such a great degree of empathy that they can literally feel what others feel, and thus intuitively know many of the yearnings, sensitivities, tastes and even thought patterns of the people they’re around
Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever
Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment
There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you
A broken wing simply means, you have to find another way to fly. Have a wonderful day people
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.
In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive