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Introduction Text Looking for my Princess-dom all over the TERRI-tory. Can't seem to find it. Have plastic tiarra, will travel. Family Manager & SLP. Highly Extroverted Texan. I see life as a journey albeit accident prone for me(have had broken bones ....OUCH). I am learning self-love and self-celebration. Experiencing bumpy off-road travels along with smoother paths... PRINCESSTTM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Diagnosis: Spiritual Growth ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The purpose of life is to be happy. XIV Dalai Lama ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Excellence rarely integrates well into chaos -a comment made to me -about me-during a major hurdle of life by a co-worker who is a psychiatrist. Now I want to own his observation of me. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GIFT OF DEPRESSION: Gift of vulnerability: to God, to self, to community. Gift of discovering one's self as a child of God: reunite mind, body, spirit; honor self; reclaim Sabbath time; listen, symbolize; remember who I am. Gift of patience w/in a process: knowing God's presence. Gift of living w/paradox: good & evil; known & unknown; chronos & kairos time; paradox & power; independence & dependence; doing & being. Gift of creativity: self-discovery, transformation. Gift of hope: perseverance; remembering; expecting the good ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ True happiness fact: challenge brings happiness (after it brings frustration and anxiety) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "The inclination to exchange thoughts with one another is probably an original impulse of our nature. If I be in pain I wish to let you know it, and to ask your sympathy and assistance; and my pleasurable emtions also, I wish to communincate to, and share with you." Abraham Lincoln, February 11, 1859 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ to be enlightened is to be without anxiety over imperfection. Allow myself to find happiness in the only place that it can be found: my real messy, imperfect experience... anon +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing.-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are but princesses that are waiting to see us act just once with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love. -Rainer Maria Rilke +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Baby steps spark miracles. Miracles do not spark baby steps. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “By perseverance the snail reached the ark” — Charles Haddon Spurgeon +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.- Buddha +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Are the paths to my goals paved or cluttered? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Between Feb 1888 and May 1889, Vincent Van Gogh produced an incredible 187 paintings. How many did he produce from Aug 1890 to Sept 1891?Answer: Zero. On a brilliant day in July 1890, Van Gogh aimed a pistol at his chest and fired. He died two days later. He was 37. The paintings would stop. (ME: Let this remind me & others that we do make a difference.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ...I think we have a duty to be happy.Feel happier yet?-Gretchen Rubin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. William James +++++++++++++++++++++++++ worry is the darkroom where negatives develop - anon +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I've been through some terrible things in my life and some of them actually happened." -Mark Twain +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. -Anais Nin +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it. -Tallulah Bankhead +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.-Gen. Norman Schwarzkoff (ouch the truth hurts... I need more 'doing' the right thing) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ And the Creator has a one-track mind: how can I help? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” - Buddha +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carl Sandburg: nothing happens unless we first dream +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Everybody is unique. Do not compare yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum. Baal Shem Tov +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “To understand everything is to forgive everything.” - Buddha +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her." Luke 10:41-42 I CHOOSE BE LESS MARTHA AND MORE MARY...SEEKING THE SPIRITUAL, THE SUPERNATURAL ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Take care of yourself — you never know when the world will need you. Rabbi Hillel +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gandhi: WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Robert Frost: THE BEST WAY OUT...IS ALWAYS THROUGH +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Every survival kit should include a sense of humor. Anon...... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.-Carl Jung +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Before my accident, there were ten thousand things I could do. I could spend the rest of my life dwelling on the things I had lost, but instead I chose to focus on the nine thousand I still had left. -W. Mitchell +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "I have not failed seven hundred times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those seven hundred ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work". Albert Einstein +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the SPARK of life inside me ablaze. Etty Hillesum;An Interrupted Life +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 'Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!' +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "How do you get world peace. You get world peace through inner peace. If you've got a world full of people who have inner peace, then you have a peaceful world." Dr. Wayne Dyer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 'Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Matt 6:34 - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you really want to be happy, nobody can stop you. Sister Mary Tricky ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. Joseph Addison ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." William James +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NORMAL IS OVERRATED: DR. HOUSE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Soul Soil ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I like to journal on grid paper or graph paper, because it reminds me to think outside of the box. Terri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: MARCH 2, 1936

Behappy, healthy & fit to enjoy my life & loving family/friends. Improve my inner peace. Become a 'wise-woman' rather than an elderly woman. Get back on my bike. Use to cycle 100 miles a week before crushed foot.

Journaling is essential to me. SparkPeople is helping my discipline regarding exercise, sleep & exercise. WOW! Accountablity is impt. Return to cycling ASAP. Take care. Take comfort. Take courage. Take control. Take JOY wherever you find it. (DOWNEASTCAGUN)

I am a speech language pathologist. a teacher of the deaf. educational diagnostician as well as a FAMILY MANAGER. Have a Royal Consort, a Princess-to-be and two Princes-to-be. I love reading research about language development and the brain. I love learning about my purpose in the universe.

I am highly interested in the abstract, the order of the universe, Kabbalah, A Course in Miracles and the path to God. Having worked with clients who have 'communication disorders', I know that there is another dimension/sense that flows between us all. AND it seems that the SparkGuy knew it also. This website is awesome. OHMYGOODNESS-- ya'll have honored me for having a positive attitude. I am truly humbled!!! blessings

Add a Link Terri, Princess of the Terri-tory~~Sure is hard to be a princess around here. WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY *to be enlightened is to be without anxiety over imperfection. Allow myself to find happiness in the only place that it can be found: my real messy, imperfect experience Anon + Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You” Dr. Seuss+ SorryTHX,Forgive,Love+
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