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You Don’t Have to Feel Guilty for Feeling

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It’s okay to feel discouraged sometimes.
It’s okay to cry.
It’s okay to feel your heart break.
It’s okay to ask, “Why?”
It’s okay to stand and it’s okay to kneel.
It’s okay to just sit in it for a while.
It’s okay to feel whatever you feel.
You don’t have to feel guilty for feeling.
You don’t have to fight it. You don’t have to run.
Just know that the sun will rise again
and show you all that you’ve won.
-Karen Molenaar Terrell

“The sharp experiences of belief in the supposititious life of matter, as well as our disappointments and ceaseless woes, turn us like tired children to the arms of divine Love.”
-Mary Baker Eddy

Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.

You Are Worthy Just as You Are

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You are not alone.
Know this.
You are not alone.
There’s nothing expected of you here
There’s no obligation to me
There’s nothing I require of you
There’s nothing you have to do
to earn my love
You are worthy just as you are.
-Karen Molenaar Terrell

I Like the Face That’s Looking Backing at Me

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I’m looking at the photo Scott took of me this morning for my campaign. I’m seeing a 63 year-old face looking back at me… and… here’s the really cool part for me – because I’m not sure I’ve felt this comfortable with myself before – I like the face that’s looking back at me. I like the wrinkles – the lines earned from laughing and squinting into the horizon. I like the way she’s looking at Scott – direct and engaged. I really like this person – wrinkles and all. Maybe especially the wrinkles. Oh, the stories those wrinkles could tell! 

Yeah, I guess I was pretty once. I was young and strong and light and quick once. I had a body that could jump over a high jump and could take me up mountains and could climb trees and balance on a log over a river and give birth to children. And I’m glad for all that – grateful for that body and how hard it worked for me to get me where I am now.

But I’m okay with who I am right now, too. And isn’t that great?! 🙂

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“As the physical and material, the transient sense of beauty fades, the radiance of Spirit should dawn upon the enraptured sense with bright and imperishable glories…Except for the error of measuring and limiting all that is good and beautiful, man would enjoy more than threescore years and ten and still maintain his vigor, freshness, and promise. Man, governed by immortal Mind, is always beautiful and grand. Each succeeding year unfolds wisdom, beauty, and holiness.”
– Mary Baker Eddy

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A Feeling of Tenderness

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A soft gentleness settled in her heart
a tenderness and sweet acceptance
of the whole of life
Sadness, grief and mourning
transformed into something bigger
brighter, more beautiful and her joy
became deeper, richer, and filled
with meaning. There was no word
for what she felt then – neither “sorrow”
nor “bliss” – this feeling blurred
the boundaries, broke down
the lines between one thing
and the other, did away with judgment
of “feeling good” and “feeling bad”
and what was in her heart was just
that –
love-filled.
– Karen Molenaar Terrell

“…for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
– William Shakespeare

 

Accepting the Moment

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Trying to change the moment into something more comfortable instead of just accepting it for what it is… is really a waste of energy, ain’t it? … Of course, if you’re sitting on a tack or something you might want to remove it, but still…

change the moment

photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell