Tag: wisdoms
Make the change
Make the change.
This is one of the hardest things you will ever have to do in your lifetime and it will also be one of the most important.
Stop having in depth conversations with people who don’t see a problem in their actions.
Stop being there for people who have no interest in your presence.
When you begin to fight for a life with happiness, passion and commitment, not everyone will be ready to follow you to this particular place.
This doesn’t mean you need to change who you are, it just means you should let go of the people who aren’t ready to accompany you.
If you are forgotten or ignored by the people who you give your time to, you do yourself a favor by not continuing to offer your energy and your time to these particular people.
The truth is… that you are not for everyone, and not everyone is for you.
That’s what makes it so extraordinarily special when you meet someone who can reciprocate the love you give to them.
The more time you spend trying to make someone love you, the more time you waste depriving yourself of the possibility of this connection to someone else.
The more you stay involved with someone who uses you as a pillow, or a therapist for emotional healing, the longer you stay away from the person you long for.
Maybe… if you stop showing up, you won’t be wanted.
Maybe… if you stop trying, the relationship will subside.
Maybe… if you stop texting them, your phone will stay silent for days.
That doesn’t mean you ruined the relationship, it means the only thing holding it back was the energy that only you gave to keep it.
This is not love, it’s an attachment.
You deserve so much more than what you are settling for.
The most valuable thing you have in your life is your time, and it’s very limited. When you give your time to someone, that is something you can never get back so choose wisely who you decide to spend it on.
Make your life a safe haven, in which only compatible souls are allowed.
You are not responsible for saving anyone. You are not responsible for convincing them to improve. It’s not your job to exist for people and give your life to them.
Take my advice and make a change that will give you the protection, happiness and the love you truly deserve.
~ Cody Bret

Holding a hand vs Chaining a Soul
“After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
And company doesn’t mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
And presents aren’t promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn…
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure…
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth…
And you learn and learn…
With every good-bye you learn.”

Letting Go
The Art of Letting Go
I have arrived at a threshold, and I step over it without looking back.
I do not ask for too much anymore—not because I have given up, but because I have grown. If you choose to leave, I will not block the door. If removing me from your life brings you peace, then go ahead—drag me to the edge of your story and press delete.
I will not chase. I will not plead. Love, when it is real, does not require pursuit. Effort, when it is mutual, does not leave one person breathless while the other barely lifts a hand.
There was a time when I made myself smaller, softer, easier to swallow—when I folded myself into the shape of what others needed, hoping they would see me, choose me, stay. But I have outgrown that version of myself, the one who begged to be held. I am done pouring from an empty cup, done holding out my heart like an offering to those who never meant to cherish it.
This is not bitterness. It is clarity. It is knowing that love is not something you should have to convince someone to give. It is understanding that real friendship does not hinge on apologies that only one person ever makes. It is realizing that you can miss someone and still let them go.
So I do.
I let go of the hands that do not reach back. I release the weight of one-sided devotion. I stop explaining myself to those who were never listening in the first place.
Instead, I turn toward the ones who stay. The ones who see me in my fullness and never ask me to shrink. The ones who do not keep score because love—real love—does not require tally marks.
So take my advice: Guard your energy. Protect your heart. Stand tall in the knowledge that you are worthy of effort, of reciprocity, of love that does not ask you to prove yourself first.
Your circle matters. Let it be filled with people who would never dream of leaving you behind.
-Brave Girl
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Luminous Souls
“The most luminous souls among us are not those untouched by hardship, but those who have walked through the fires of defeat, sorrow, and struggle—only to rise from the ashes, adorned with resilience. These are the ones who have knelt before the altar of suffering and, in doing so, have cultivated an exquisite tenderness, a rare sensitivity, and a wisdom carved by the hands of experience. Their beauty is not an accident of fate but sculpted through adversity and burnished by endurance.” -Katie Kamara.
And so, when an unbidden guest arrives at the doorstep of your heart—be it sorrow, anger, shame, or grief—pause. Listen. There, beneath the noise of resistance, an ancient whisper beckons: Will you welcome this visitor as your own? Will you cradle it with the same reverence you would offer a child yearning to be held?
Resist the well-worn impulse to push it away, to drown it in distraction, or to weave it into the old, familiar narrative of avoidance. Instead, remain at the sacred center of your being—still, unwavering. Offer this presence a refuge within you, a quiet space where it may unfurl without judgment, where its tangled energies may soften and transform within the boundless vastness of your awareness.
Before dismissing your pain as an adversary or a detour from your path, consider this: What if it, too, is a messenger? What if, within its ache, it carries an invitation toward deeper wholeness?
By tending to these inner stirrings with reverence, you do more than heal yourself—you extend this compassion to all living things, the trembling earth beneath your feet, the rivers that carve their way home, and the distant stars that burn and fade. Your nervous system, this miraculous bridge between the seen and unseen, holds the power to ripple kindness across the fabric of existence.
And as you return—again and again—to this spacious tenderness, you may find that what once felt insurmountable begins, at last, to dissolve like mist in the morning light.
Katie Kamara
[Image: Unknown]
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Life is to be lived
For the longest time, it feels like I have been trying to make sense of life but now I see there is no sense to be made, only life to be lived.
There is no set purpose to fulfill, there are no checklists to complete, just an ephemeral moment to breathe, to love, to be kind, to feel.
Life is in all the simple, little things that we so often overlook. Uncomplicate your heart.
Be here, be present, embrace your own journey .
~Mada Hayyas
Art: Anna Ermolaeva

Calling that girl back
“I started calling that girl back. The girl who loved living, the girl who danced instead of walking.
The girl who had sunflowers for eyes and fireworks in her soul.
I started playing music again, hoping she would come out.
I started looking for beautiful moments to experience, so she would feel safe enough to show herself, because I knew she was in there.
And she needed my kindness and my effort to come to the surface again.”
(✍️ S.C. Lourie — ‘Butterflies and Pebbles’ )
Art : Luciana Nascimentto Neres

Being held /hugged
~The Importance of Being Held.
The average length of a hug between two people is 3 seconds. But the researchers have discovered something fantastic. When a hug lasts 20 seconds, there is a therapeutic effect on the body and mind. The reason is that a sincere embrace produces a hormone called “oxytocin”, also known as the love hormone. This substance has many benefits in our physical and mental health, helps us, among other things, to relax, to feel safe and calm our fears and anxiety. This wonderful tranquilizer is offered free of charge every time we have a person in our arms, who cradled a child, who cherish a dog or a cat, that we are dancing with our partner, the closer we get to someone or simply hold the Shoulders of a friend.
A famous quote by psychotherapist Virginia Satir goes, “We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.” Whether those exact numbers have been scientifically proven remains to be seen, but there is a great deal of scientific evidence related to the importance of hugs and physical contact. Here are some reasons why we should hug:
1. STIMULATES OXYTOCIN
Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter that acts on the limbic system, the brain’s emotional centre, promoting feelings of contentment, reducing anxiety and stress, and even making mammals monogamous. It is the hormone responsible for us all being here today. You see this little gem is released during childbirth, making our mothers forget about all of the excruciating pain they endured expelling us from their bodies and making them want to still love and spend time with us. New research from the University of California suggests that it has a similarly civilising effect on human males, making them more affectionate and better at forming relationships and social bonding. And it dramatically increased the libido and sexual performance of test subjects. When we hug someone, oxytocin is released into our bodies by our pituitary gland, lowering both our heart rates and our cortisol levels. Cortisol is the hormone responsible for stress, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
2. CULTIVATES PATIENCE
Connections are fostered when people take the time to appreciate and acknowledge one another. A hug is one of the easiest ways to show appreciation and acknowledgement of another person. The world is a busy, hustle-bustle place and we’re constantly rushing to the next task. By slowing down and taking a moment to offer sincere hugs throughout the day, we’re benefiting ourselves, others, and cultivating better patience within ourselves.
3. PREVENTS DISEASE
Affection also has a direct response on the reduction of stress which prevents many diseases. The Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine says it has carried out more than 100 studies into touch and found evidence of significant effects, including faster growth in premature babies, reduced pain, decreased autoimmune disease symptoms, lowered glucose levels in children with diabetes, and improved immune systems in people with cancer.
4. STIMULATES THYMUS GLAND
Hugs strengthen the immune system. The gentle pressure on the sternum and the emotional charge this creates activates the Solar Plexus Chakra. This stimulates the thymus gland, which regulates and balances the body’s production of white blood cells, which keep you healthy and disease free.
5. COMMUNICATION WITHOUT SAYING A WORD
Almost 70 percent of communication is nonverbal. The interpretation of body language can be based on a single gesture and hugging is an excellent method of expressing yourself nonverbally to another human being or animal. Not only can they feel the love and care in your embrace, but they can actually be receptive enough to pay it forward to others based on your initiative alone.
6. SELF-ESTEEM
Hugging boosts self-esteem, especially in children. The tactile sense is all-important in infants. A baby recognizes its parents initially by touch. From the time we’re born our family’s touch shows us that we’re loved and special. The associations of self-worth and tactile sensations from our early years are still imbedded in our nervous system as adults. The cuddles we received from our Mom and Dad while growing up remain imprinted at a cellular level, and hugs remind us at a somatic level of that. Hugs, therefore, connect us to our ability to self love.
7. STIMULATES DOPAMINE
Everything everyone does involves protecting and triggering dopamine flow. Low dopamine levels play a role in the neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s as well as mood disorders such as depression. Dopamine is responsible for giving us that feel-good feeling, and it’s also responsible for motivation! Hugs stimulate brains to release dopamine, the pleasure hormone. Dopamine sensors are the areas that many stimulating drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine target. The presence of a certain kinds of dopamine receptors are also associated with sensation-seeking.
8. STIMULATES SEROTONIN
Reaching out and hugging releases endorphins and serotonin into the blood vessels and the released endorphins and serotonin cause pleasure and negate pain and sadness and decrease the chances of getting heart problems, helps fight excess weight and prolongs life. Even the cuddling of pets has a soothing effect that reduces the stress levels. Hugging for an extended time lifts one’s serotonin levels, elevating mood and creating happiness.
9. PARASYMPATHETIC BALANCE
Hugs balance out the nervous system. The skin contains a network of tiny, egg-shaped pressure centres called Pacinian corpuscles that can sense touch and which are in contact with the brain through the vagus nerve. The galvanic skin response of someone receiving and giving a hug shows a change in skin conductance. The effect in moisture and electricity in the skin suggests a more balanced state in the nervous system – parasympathetic.
Embrace, embrace with your heart.~
http://www.so-tango.com/…/thedanceofthesincerehugand9r
art | Lucy Campbell
#midwivesofthesoul #lucycampbell #hugs

Trouble
Trouble is the untamed wildfire that refuses to be subdued, the storm that laughs in the face of restraint. It is rebellion in its purest form—not mindless defiance, but the primal instinct of the free-spirited to shatter the chains of convention and carve their own path through the world. Like a rogue current that resists the tide’s pull, it is the heartbeat of those who will not be tamed, the anthem of souls who would rather burn bright for a moment than fade quietly into the background.
It does not tiptoe through life; it crashes through doors, turns heads, and leaves behind the exhilarating chaos of change. Trouble does not ask permission—it ‘demands’ presence. It is the knowing smirk of the rule-breaker, the gleam in the eye of the misfit, the laughter of one who has tasted both defiance and liberation and found them intoxicating. There is poetry in its recklessness, a strange romance in its audacity, and a delicious humor in the way it unsettles those who worship order.
But make no mistake—this is not destruction for its own sake. It is the necessary upheaval that shakes the foundations of stagnation, the force that makes way for something bolder, truer, and more alive. It is for the wanderers, the firebrands, the ones who would rather run barefoot into the unknown than live a life dictated by the fearful.
To be trouble is to be truly free. It is to dance on the edge of expectation, to rewrite the narrative in your own unbreakable voice, to set the world ablaze with a spirit too wild, too fierce, too ‘alive’ to be silenced.
Katie Kamara
[Art: SensualPixelsbyKinia]
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Turn back time
If I could turn back time, I would…I would turn back the hours and seconds of every hour on Earth. I would pause, just to kiss certain people again. I will do it once, twice, dozens of times until the meaning of life is filled again.
But, unfortunately, it is impossible. Time and life follow only one direction: always forward. Not a moment goes back, not a second goes back.
There will always be a new tomorrow, but there will never be another yesterday.
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Words of wisdom by Leo Tolstoy.
There will always be a new tomorrow, but there will never be another yesterday.
With love
Fiona

