#therearenoaccidents

[bicycle-culture]

[nikkisnugs]

Rosin comparison... The first video is Super Glu Rosin The second is Gelato Rosin. Both genetics by @verano , thank you accidental seeds😁 Grown and Squished by @nikkisnugs Now, in the first video, this Super Glu has been hanging for 10 days, the buds are on the smaller side, but super frosty and sticky icky, and just look at that rosin! She just goops out🍯. So delicious! The deep, musky, skunky, gas, and power just punches you in the face, in a good way🥊. The second video, Gelato has been cured for two months, and clearly not as ooey gooey. Still delicious, and orangie, and sweet, but the yield is so much less. In my opinion the best time for squishing is before you jar your cannabis, after the flower has been hanging for 10-14 days, but before it is cured. If the flower is fully cured, you can always toss a humidity pack in with the jar overnight to fluff up the buds. Happy Squishing ❇️ ❇️ ❇️ ❇️ #nikkisnugs #cannabis #cannabisadvocate #medicalcannabispatient #cannabisheals #homegrown #homesquished #homegrowers #womenwhogrow #ladygrower #cannabisvideos #timelapse #thisistheway #dakepress #dabpress #therearenoaccidents #happiness #positivity #positivevibes #plantsoverpills #rosin #rosinqueen #stonerlady #dabwithme #illinoiscannabiscommunity #cannabiscommunity #nikkisnugz (at Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRXzNhpMudf/?utm_medium=tumblr

[suze-art]

Abstract Paddle Earrings with gemstone dangles. This intense color and contrast was the result of leaving the enameled piece in the kiln a little longer. My goal was to get the blackened copper edges, which did happen. This deep aqua blue was quite unexpected! 💙 -- #aquablueearrings #blueearrings #happyaccident #therearenoaccidents #funearrings #riojewelers #riogrande #rocknroll #enameledearrings #vitreousenameljewelry #colorfulearrings #summerfashion2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CcRzzPSuiR0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[saintsaddiction]

@SaintsAddiction There are NO Accidents or Coincidences in LIFE - @EverythingOnShirts is Synchronicity - because Everything has a Frequency it's Simply The Physics of LIFE and The Universe In Action!!! @SaintsAddiction - www.SaintsAddiction.com Home to Everything on Shirts #EverythingOnShirts #EverythingIsSynchronicity #Everything #Synchronicity #ThereAreNoAccidents #TheUniverseInAction #Wow #MindBlown #Woke #EyesOpen #Coincidences #ProvidenceOverCoincidence #TheUniverse #Universally #Frequency #WeAreAllOne #HowsYourVibe #Vibbing - www.fb.com/SaintsAddiction I Don't See Coincidence I See Providence https://www.instagram.com/p/BntmPRdBf-aA1-rn3DyiEVblsq3yXO9TY-HTDM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a8sz0kv2feeg

[bouquet-mag-blog]

There Are No Accidents, 2018 © Danielle E. Faulkner

New work on my website: daniefaulkner.com

[memesforhumanity-blog]

There are no accidents

[amyperonayoga]

The Lonely Feeling

Brene Brown writes in her book, Braving the Wildness “the lonely feeling is that moment when you don’t feel alive with connection.”  Research goes further to talk about it as “the level of how society and our role or position (or lack of) a role/position can bring about or cause a sense of not knowing what group you belong to,” and therefore bring into light the lonely feeling.  Just like hunger is a warning that our blood sugar is low and we need to eat and thirst warns us that we need to drink, loneliness tells us that we need connection, something as critical to our well being as food and water.  Cacioppo explains, “Denying you feel lonely makes no more sense than denying you feel hunger.”  Yet we often deny our loneliness. 

I have a memory of being somewhere between the age of 11-13 where I am laying in the snow in the front yard of our house on Erie Street.  I know my dad was still alive but I’m guessing very sick or going through a round of sickness that left my siblings and I heading in different directions.  My brother and I would typically stay together, with my two younger sisters going somewhere else.  It made sense given our age and where we were in our schooling, but as I think about it now - it was so traumatic.  I image we were all just yearning for normal, togetherness and despite everyone’s efforts to help we were having anything but a normal experience.  

So, there I am in the snow and it was DEEP (I need to research significant snow falls during this period of time).  Nonetheless, I vividly remember laying in the snow, I can feel it coming up around me and despite how cold it was, it felt incredibly comforting.  I also remember feeling loneliness for the first time that I could identify with.  I put a label on it that day.  It was the beginning of what I would define today as mild depression, but I had no idea then and I certainly had no clue of how to deal with it other than to isolate myself or retreat to my room.  I carried depression with me for a long time, even to this day.  What’s different now though is I don’t wrestle with it.  I don’t resist when I feel it coming.  I don’t run and do foolish things.  I instead surrender to it.  

In the yoga practice many teachers including myself talk about “surrendering.” I once associated this (and sometimes still do) with that feeling of euphoria, warm, soothing, ocean vibes where the sun is shinning and my body is completely removed from pain, suffering and worry.  When “the lonely feeling” comes surrender is something entirely different.  It’s a dark place.  There is no warm fuzzy feeling, it’s scary.  It’s painful, exhausting and filled with incredibly low emotions.  Who wants to go there, right?  Why would I when “the lonely feelings” come up, surrender to all of that?  It’s simple really - what we resist persists and if I can have the courage, and vulnerability to know that this too shall pass, to work through it, then maybe, just maybe “the lonely feeling” will show up less frequently.  I can tell you from experience I am noticing far less “lonely days.”  I attribute this to sitting in the seat of discomfort, uneasiness, and the unknown.  I’ve written about this in an earlier blog.  I don't let the thoughts of others and the stories I tell myself become part of the fabric of my life anymore.  I don’t ignore them but I most certainly no longer pitch a tent and stay for awhile with them.  

When I am experiencing “the lonely feeling” I tend to go into a little hibernation mode.  I take my yoga practice home instead of heading to group classes.  I’m not running from you or your help or your love - I’m going deep into the cave of my heart to rest, reconnect, heal, learn and come out better than when I went in. 

I want to be clear about a couple things.  

1.  I was never diagnosed with depression or anxiety (clinically) 

2.  I was given anti-depressants after the birth of my son

3.  I no longer use prescription medication to help with my depression and anxiety but wholeheartedly believe it can help and should NEVER not be considered under the advice, guidance and direction of professionals

4. Finally, I am so grateful we’ve grown away as a society from thinking this is a negative stigma that shouldn’t be talked about.  

Why this post and why now?  Well, I recently had to surrender.  “The Lonely Feeling,” came back recently and I could no longer avoid it.  She is a force to be reckoned with.  I tried fighting her but I knew all too well how this would turn out - so, I surrendered.  When I felt tired, I slept regardless of the time of day.  When I felt lazy, I moved through a gentle yoga sequence in my home practice.  When I felt hungry, I ate.  When I felt sad, I cried.  When I feared I would self-medicate, I went for a walk, read a book, BAKED, listened to music.  When I wanted to be angry, I took it out on my journal, and not the people I loved (at least I tried, there are a couple of you who might disagree, I’m sorry).  Either way I didn’t put a time limit on it, I just surrendered.  I went there and I told myself I will stay  as long as needed. 

When I’m in “the lonely feeling” I don’t want to surround myself with a bunch of people, I want connection but not with others.  I want less on my calendar and more time wrapped in a blanket, getting a massage, sitting on my infrared mat and laying on my yoga.  Now this can be challenging when you have commitments.  During this time I’m not afraid to ask for help.  See if someone will sub out my class and maybe cancel on you (you know who you are).  Making these choices (for me) are the steps I take to climb back out of “the lonely feeling.”  Every year it gets easier and each time a little less painful. I don’t know what to attribute this to other than my own knowledge.  I know that when I used to resist “the lonely feeling” I would make awful decisions.

*spend money (I didn’t have)

*self medicate

*get in fights with people I loved

*over consume 

*beat myself up

*shut down

*numb myself and become incredibly defensive

These things accomplished one thing and one thing only - temporary relief married with a deep level of guilt.  Worse yet, it just buried what I was avoiding, which allowed it to come back bigger and more ferocious the next time.  I know the exact moment I said no more to this way of “coping.”  And yes, it was during a yoga class. 

You see for me yoga heals everything.  It’s my teacher, my medication, my chance at beginning again.  It’s radical, powerful and transformational (if you want it to be).  I know the moment I shifted into owning my own identity but I also remember clearly that this was also when “the lonely feelings” peaked.  I’ve learned over many years that my greatest gift is who I am.  The more I fought this reality the more I suffered.  The more I tried to be someone else, it didn’t work.  In part I think this is because the moment we decide to take control of our lives, others feel we’re either abandoning them or worse yet not the person they wanted us to be, or thought we should be.  When this would I became more defensive, more numbing. I started to check-out, not check-in.  It is also when I leaned into anti-depressants and self-medicating behavior.  Thankfully, YOGA also started to intensify in my life.  Thankfully I began to see that beyond the beautiful and strength building poses was a lifestyle that erased “the lonely feeling.”  I was hooked. 

YOGA isn’t for everyone but it’s definitely worth trying.  Give it a month with full permission to hate it at first.  Make it your non-negotiable and see what happens.  Challenge yourself each day to sit in stillness, breathe and become silent so you can hear. 

At 49 I can finally say, I know where I belong and after years of searching that feels good.  

“if you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts would tell.”

I took these pictures on a “the lonely feel” day.  They’re a reminder to me that what we see isn’t always what it is, don’t judge, just love. Grateful to the beautiful Camron Windy who made me feel safe enough to be in this space and allow this moment to be captured. xo

[bkforeman]

Set it Up Sunday's Never in my life had I entertained the idea of a pub crawl. After all I don't drink and usually avoid tons of attention. But Walking around in DTLV in my favorite childhood sleepwear with a group of people who just want to connect and have fun called my name! and this is what happened! I had the Best time and realized its time to step outside my comfort zone even more! Growth requires change. If you want different results, you have to take different actions! 2020 for me has been about changing my routine. To obtain your goals you must first raise your vibration to whatever it is you want to achieve. What do you want to accomplish this week? Write it down, now take the steps to make it happen. I want to do some phycial activity every day this week...so Skates in the car, gym bag packed, headphones charged, scheduled times and days set! Nothing is by accident. Success is a plan no matter the size of the goal! #HOLX #WitchDrB #Motivated #plansuccess #Mindfulness #Meditation #Sol #Planning #Lifeskills #Yoga #Wellness #Therearenoaccidents (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/B70Hd-kn3vW/?igshid=1ewvxzd1yo6lo

[luminalqueen]

The pull for October. Btw, "random" selection is anything but lol #faith #spiritualprinciples #october #youvegottobekiddingme #therearenoaccidents #randommyass #thankyouuniverse #theuniversealwaysknows #thestruggleisreal #wordoftheday #wotd #picoftheday #photooftheday #potd #recoverylife #program #doingthework https://www.instagram.com/p/B27Rg2lAzr6/?igshid=3ny8rmcw11gq

[scrumptiouskidprofessorfish]

Remember when Lucas from FBE called Snoop Dog "omg Fortnite"? This is his enemy. - #omg#fortnite#omgfortnite#lucas#lucasmains#pkfreeze#oogway#therearenoaccidents#turtles#iliketurtles#FBE#kidsreact#trynotolaugh#fartnite#edgymemes#dankmemes#spicymemes#goodmemes#yes#lmao#lol#funny#weirdmemes https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVC6REHkco/?igshid=bsam5ykn7nfu

[rowenasinclairlongworld-blog]

#Siblingsareblessings. #mothersneverdie. #30yearsago. Happy a beautiful Friay!!! Yesterday was my beautiful moms heaven birthday ( She passed when I was pregnant with Derek...man 30 years ago...I was 32. I can’t believe it’s been that long:))))) and I’m reflecting on everything she’s done For me! One of the biggest blessings she gave me are my siblings Zeke Sinclair Browning. And Lance H. Sinclair!!! Lance and I had one of the funniest and funnest conversations we’ve ever had ( no coincidence...thanks Mother💖💖) and I’ve had similar times with my sister Zeke, and my other brother who passed away years ago, George. Truly siblings are precious and my mom was amazing!!! BTW Two days ago I met an elderly lady who had a mom and her mom’s name was Rowena ...I never meet older folks that have a Rowena connection😳 (I’m the 4th Rowena in my family) then later that day I met another gal and her favorite aunt’s name was Rowena 😳😳I think my mom was just touching base with me 💖💖💖. Also I have these giant Iris that are so big they pulled the plant over....crazy! I’ve never seen such BIG Iris!!!! Iris were a big deal in our life as I was growing up...we had them on our farm we sold in the mid 60’s and Both my siblings still have some💪🏽 of those Iris and I’m going to steal some of them BTW😂😂😂😇( I accidentally left them in the Napa property). So hug your parents if they’re alive, laugh with your siblings and LOVE ON those people you love today! #ThereAreNoAccidents. #FamilyisLove #SignsAllAround #MomsNeverReallyDie (at The Highlands Golf Course) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByI-0kUlxvm/?igshid=nthm78o5oz6c

[bicycle-culture]

[nikkisnugs]

Corleone Kush The Don cut is looking super fine! This lady is just ridiculous! The frost is intense, the aromas are super skunk, lemon, earthy, kushy, and delicious! Day 46 of flower, and she is teetering on being finished. Just a few more days......🤤 Happiness is growing🌱💚🌱 🤤 🤤 🤤 #nikkisnugs #cannabis #cannabisadvocate #medicalcannabispatient #cannabisheals #cannabisismedicine #healyourself #plantsoverpills #natural #beautifulflowers #cannabisphotography #weedporn #420 #420photography #plantporn #thedon #corleonekush #therearenoaccidents #cannabisislove #love #flowerpower #weed #ouid #devilslettuce #nikkisnugz (at Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR2h943sjyS/?utm_medium=tumblr

[haydnej]

#symbolism #symbology #myth #allseeingeye #therearenoaccidents (at Los Angeles, California)

[woodanchor]

Wood Anchor's @j_capitano doing what he does best! Having blast and sharing it with friends and family! ❤️🍻🎆⚓️ #woodanchor #therearenoaccidents #fireworks #fire #jfest2017 #Repost @j_capitano (@get_repost) ・・・ 📷@nicolelumgair Thanks to everyone for coming to JFest 2017!!! Sorry the fireworks accidentally shot into the crowd again (at Winnipeg, Manitoba)

[s0medayisn0w-blog]

Never look back. Always move forward. There's a reason it happened. Learn from it. Grow from it. Be thankful for the experience whether it be positive or negative 💯💯💯 #everythinghappensforareason #dontlookback #moveforward #neverlookback #learnfromit #growfromit #selfgrowth #selfdevelopment #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #spiritualgangster #s0medayisn0w #therearenoaccidents #therearenomistakes #instaquote #instadaily #instagrammer #instagramer #lifequotes #lifejourney #enjoythemoment