How to Be Resilient

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
John...

I ate snake on a Mekong Delta riverboat in Vietnam and broke my tooth last month.

When I got home
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Today, I’m reminded how incredibly blessed I am.

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙂𝙖𝙯𝙖 -

I miss the warmth...

“Death is but the next great adventure.”

Albus Dumbledore

I like to believe...

I remind myself…

We always have the option of
having our own back.

This sounds like

𝗜’𝗺...

It’s only human

to want to control
all the things
out of fear

that we will
feel pain.

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Caregiving often looks like…

𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 tripping yourself
Stress eating
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 yesterday
...

My daughter has much, much
more patience than I do
with my mother.

What I think is irritating.
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My daughter asked me to
swim in the open ocean.

I am not a strong swimmer.

And, there’s the...

Often we just have to suck up
the boring, tedious jobs.

But, absolutely
𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼...

“You sounded mean.”

Ooof. Gut punch.

My daughter called me out
in the way I spoke to my...

There is beauty, even in the struggle.

Can you see it?

That’s my wish for you today.

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