Love does not indulge in falsely luxuriating the self in the warm, shallow end. Love goes far and deep for their loved ones, the treasures of their lives, whatever the temperature is.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.
Chinese proverb
It’s a good thing to heal those wounds so they can’t become your loved ones’ inheritance.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
No one heals themselves by wounding another.
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Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns gets passed on, generation after generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, cruelty with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon of the future.
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When you have a rare disease you face two battles. One being the illness itself, and the other, living in a world where so few understand what you’re up against.
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Dig deep to find new strengths and new ways to be brave. Love and joy are there too, in the midst of the pain and the rest of it.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
The twisted tree lives its life, while the straight tree ends up in planks.
Chinese proverb
Forgiveness brings freedom.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Love each other deeply to the marrow of their bones and the fullness of their souls. Love is always a verb and our highest calling.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Being handsome or beautiful has nearly nothing to do with how you look.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
All the flowers of the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
Indian Proverb
Not everything *given* to you is a gift and it is not for you to *keep* because it’s their stuff.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.
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I think the most beautiful thing in the world is watching the light come on in someone’s eyes when they’ve been lost in the dark so long.
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There is new life for you in these depths.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese proverb
It’s the carrying of the heart wrenching and near back breaking heaviness of adversity that can strengthen us. Alternately, avoidance has the power to cause all sorts of long term pain, atrophy and destruction. We choose.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Integrity is a verb.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Every present moment is a seed of your future.
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Compassion is a fabulous response.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
What is done in love is done well.
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Certainly your pain plays a role in your story but it is not the author of your story.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Stop buying your kids what you never HAD and start teaching them what you never KNEW.
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Strong humans aren’t simply born. We are forged through the challenges of life. With each challenge we grow mentally and emotionally. We move forward with our head held high and a strength that can not be denied. A person who’s been through the storm and survived. We are warriors.
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Think of it this way: You are a beautiful, brilliant and breathtaking mosaic of all the shattering experiences you are overcoming. Reflecting the Light, the mosaic of you is redeemed. You are infinitely valued and treasured.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Live in such a way so that at the end of your life you won’t wish you had loved more. It's never wrong to err on the side of love. Love, as a verb is never, ever a waste. Live like today is your last day but not everyone else’s last day. Do what you can to fill their hearts and souls with the best love for now and for the journey ahead of them.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT
Instead of focusing about what’s not perfect let’s find what we can be grateful for in the imperfect. Gratitude rewards us when we keep desiring what is here, what is now, what we have.
Relinda Vanderwal Fisher, MA, LMFT