#deserving

[haleyincarnate]

Inspired by @kosmiklia

[feminineenergylife]

[aurummarie]

Lori Harvey

[mrs-trophy-wife]

[succulentsiren]

[mikefrawley]

We Are Worthy

Greetings my friends, and yes that is the old poet in living color. I hope everyone is well today. I was thinking about my be good to yourself posts from two or three months ago, and decided I needed to remind myself how good life actually is and how blessed we all truly are. After making some growth producing changes, you could accurately state that I was indeed comfortably perched atop my own personal pink cloud, which is a 12 step phrase generally describing the emotional state of someone who just turned their lives around one way or another. Well I must admit that was quite a wonderful feeling, and I truly enjoyed sharing positive thoughts and words with my friends here and at work, but then life seemed to throw in a monkey wrench as life is ofttimes wont to do. May came along and after almost 42 years as a computer programmer it was obviously time to retire, even though I probably wouldn't have made the decision on my own, my company graciously assisted me by kicking my butt out the door. For the first couple of weeks I was pretty shook up. I mean, I've never been retired before. What was I supposed to do? Miracously it turned out to be a blessing in disguise by forcing me to keep both my mind and body busy. I've taken care of some admittedly confusing yet necessary financial updates, and with all the time on my hands, I've been taking several walks a day, meditating, and watching Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village Videos on my computer. That was a good start, but I still had too much time on my hands and needed to take action. I first started by checking my Medicare Provider and found out that they would pay for a gym membership. I went over the next mornning and got a full membership, and I have really enjoyed it for about three weeks now. I had been trying to find a place for Buddhist Meditation or a Temple with very little luck, and by coincidence (if you happen to believe in such things, which I do not), I found a martial arts school which teaches Tai Chi. After a little more digging I discovered the teacher was from the same Chinese Boxing Lineage that I had studied with over 30 years ago. It's a small world indeed, but wait, it gets even better. I found out that my insurance would pay for the Tai Chi Class as well, and yes I signed up immediately. I apologize if this post is selfish, but it felt good to write, and maybe there is a small moral to the story. Yes everything is going surprisingly well for me, and while I'm very grateful to God, Love, Grace or whatever you wish to call it, I'm partially in this very enjoyable position because I've done what I needed to do. Admittedly I haven't always done very well with that part of it, but maybe I am deserving of my best, aren't you deserving of your best? That's about all for now, but please remember, you are indeed worthy of good things. Love to all, Mike 🩷

[mschooseyy]

"You deserve love," He said. " Nothing short of it"

[remnantofabrokensoul]

"From morning to night,

And from a single day

To extended weeks,

Your fear of me leaving

Seems to be an unstoppable force.

I'll say this:

From the moment I have met you

In that secluded part of the world,

Still finding ourselves,

I think I was ready even then,

As I am now,

To completely let myself fall,

Rapidly increasing speed,

With not a one thing on my mind

Except the embrace of myself

Into your warmth.

The truth of course,

Which will never be accepted,

Is the fact

I don't feel deserving

At all

Of a person

Like you."

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“You often say, ‘I would give, but only to the deserving.’ The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for To withhold is to perish.

Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.

And what desert greater shall there be, than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, or receiving?

And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?

See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.

For in truth it is life that gives unto life— while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.”

–Khalil Gibran, from The Prophet (1923)

[Memphis Muse]

[random-xpressions]

When you have a mountain load of love to give, then you better find a deep ocean where you could immerse yourself. Never settle for little ponds or lakes...

Random Xpressions

[haleyincarnate]

Whether you believe that or not.

[living-with-bipolar]

You, yourself, as much as anybody, in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Buddha

[aurummarie]

[bfpnola]

avoiding hierarchies of deservingness in mutual aid! this is something i’ve been struggling a lot with, learning to also ACCEPT help not just provide it, yk?

(as you can see i’m working on sharing the tiktoks i see more often bc they can often be a valuable source of learning esp for folks who like watching videos/listening to folks speaking)

[quotelr]

The wishes of an honest man do not stretch beyond what he undoubtedly deserves.

Eraldo Banovac