Acceptance is when you can look back and say, hey, I may not be okay with the fact that that happened, and I may not ever be, but there are new things in my mind and heart. New things to take my energy and attention. Things that actually deserve it. Things that don’t force me into having to accept anything I don’t want to or move on. Acceptance is tomorrow. Even if the pain is still there, you realize it may always be, and somehow, that’s okay. ~Brianna Wiest

Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

This video shows Faa Mai enjoying playing with a hula hoop naturally.

It takes a lot of energy to be negative.
You have to work at it. But smiling is painless.
I’d rather spend my energy smiling.

—Eric Davis

http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/it-takes-lot-of-energy.html

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You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories, and make peace with them. ~Iyanla Vanzant

Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level belong together. As lovers, or as friends, or as family, or as something entirely different. You just work, whether you understand one another or you’re in love or you’re partners in crime. You meet these people throughout your life, out of nowhere, under the strangest circumstances, and they help you feel alive.  ~Unknown

I am fearless because I have been afraid. I can laugh because I have known sadness…
Sometimes God doesn’t change your situation because He’s trying to change your heart. ~Anonymous

This is the transportation for a poor little girl in my homeland, Cambodia

All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect,
without forced intrusions. ~Marc Bekoff

Max is very very hungry today…

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories, and make peace with them. ~Iyanla Vanzant

http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-memories.html

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Acceptance is when you can look back and say, hey, I may not be okay with the fact that that happened, and I may not ever be, but there are new things in my mind and heart. New things to take my energy and attention. Things that actually deserve it. Things that don’t force me into having to accept anything I don’t want to or move on. Acceptance is tomorrow. Even if the pain is still there, you realize it may always be, and somehow, that’s okay. ~Brianna Wiest

http://leelavadeeflower.blogspot.com/2014/09/in-my-mind-and-heart.html

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