#makelifebeautiful❤️

[megpie]

One of my favorite Irish quotes: "Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!" 🍀 Today was the most lovely day I've had in forever. Spent the afternoon reading on the patio - started and finished an entire book today! Murder, Mississippi River bayou, bit of magic and mystery, so good. That's my 3rd book I've finished this week. Huge nerd, 🤓 Then kitchen dance party with the wild child. Music loud, singing even louder, I hope the neighbors like Olivia Rodrigo, lol. She baked brownies to top with mint chip ice cream, I cooked potatoes and pork chops. 💚 Now, she's leading some epic online Dungeons and Dragons shenanigans, and I'm taking a bath with the biggest bubbles. Tomorrow the wild one's dad takes her to the salon - she's going shorter and dying her hair blue and is *ecstatic* we finally allowed her hair to match her personality, lol. Then Sunday she has a mall date with friends from musical theater for lunch and chaos. You have no idea how happy my heart is to see her happy for a minute. 💙💙💙 Cheers to the weekend! If you're out, drink 3 green beers and eleventy seven whiskey shots for me. 😘 #stpatricksday #shenanigans #bubblebaths #sunshinevibes #bookishgirl #readinginthesun #booksarelife #booksaremagic #momlife #singlemomlife #beautifullife❤️ #makelifebeautiful #littlethings #everydaylife #whatimreading (at Terrace Heights, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6ulg5sMut/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bouquetoflife1]

“ You never look good trying to make someone else look bad.” Unknown. . . . #opinion #opinionmatters #defame #badchoices #makeorhersfeelgood #makeotherssmile #uplifted #upliftingquotes #helpotherssucceed #makeothersbetter #makeotherslookgood#makeothersbetter #makethislifecount #makelifebeautiful #makelifememorable #makelifemeaningful #makelifehappen #makeotherslookandfeelgood #upliftpeople #uplifttheworld #makeotherslookandfeelgood #lifegoals❤️ #lifegoalsinspirations #lifegoalsinprogress #inpiringquotes #inspiringotherseveryday #inspireotherstogrow #inspireorherswithpositivevibes #inspireotherswithhope #inspireandbeinspired #bepositive✌ #bepositivealways https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZfYEIsGzJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[nourishinglovebites]

Don’t Put Restrictions Upon YourSelf or Limit Your Own Potential! Life Has Infinite Possibilities & So Do You — Own Your Infinite Potential! ♾ Life is meant to Be Lived Fully! What Have You Been Holding Back On & From the World? Don’t Wait to Step Up Into Your Personal Power in Authenticity — BE Accountable & Show Us Your All! ❤️ #newyearnewyou #memesdaily #tipoftheday #quotestoliveby #lifeiswhatyoumakeit #lifelessons #makelifebeautiful #lifeisprecious #lifeadvice #liveoutloud (at Clearwater, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX_5HBxJdVe/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fitmomjoanna]

Our life is only limited by our own imagination. Dare to imagine. Dare to dream. Dare to take action. Dare to change. Dare to make life beautiful. Dare to be awesome. Dare to win. Dare to succeed. Dare to impact others 💪🏻👍🏻❤️ . . Be open to change, you never know just how Beautiful it can be 🤗 . . Direct whatsapp for fitness & lifestyle solutions consultation 📲👉🏻 bit.ly/fitnessjoanna . . Coach Joanna +60126716674 . . #heatherstillufsen #beautiful #changeisgood #embracelife #successmindset #love #mission #changingpeopleslives #bigheart #daretoimagine #daretodream #takeaction #daretochange #makelifebeautiful #beawesome #daretowin #daretosucceed #impactothers #malaysia #asiapacific #kualalumpur #selangor #puchong #petalingjaya #klcc #bukitbintang #bukitjalil #oug #oldklangroad #jalanklanglama @fitmomjoanna (at Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTiPURHfS3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sbzwly00grjp

[mindurbeeswax]

I LOVE The Beauty Industry because I love helping people feel better about themselves! 💗 . . . #nationalmakinglifebeautifulday #beautyindustry #makelifebeautiful❤️ (at Butte, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byktq7pgT17/?igshid=cgmfz9z5cm9t

[megpie]

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin. People see life through a filter of their own lived experiences. Example: try asking for relationship advice - each person you ask is going to frame your issue based on their own heart, not so much your specific situation. If they've recently been cheated on, they'll tell you he's probably cheating. If they're in a stable, loving relationship, they may have the ability to evaluate more rationally. If they've been broken up with and miss that person, they'll advise you to make it work, to never lose someone you love. We often see things as WE are, which clouds our ability to clearly see them as they truly are. So... be the good. Be love. Be peace, and calm, and a bright light that warms other people and guides them and brightens the path when they're in a dark place. Every day, make life a little more beautiful - for yourself, for those around you, for the planet itself, for everyone. Smile, hold a door, give a compliment, pick up trash, give an extra big tip, make some art, plant some flowers. Because the best way to ensure that the future is filled with flowers... is to plant the seeds today. 💛💛💛 *FYI: I am fully aware and educated to the fact that yes, sir, I am cheesy af. ;) Also, I do not care. Lol. I mean every word. 🖤 The world perhaps needs a bit more cheesy and kind and lovely. So, fck off if you don't like it. I'm not everyone's cup of tea. 😘 #lovelikethemoon #lovelove #loveagain #loveanyway #bethelove #bethegood #bethechange #loveyourselffirst❤️ #beyourownhero #beYOUtiful #makelifebeautiful #keeploving #keephoping #keepdreaming #cautiouslyoptimistic #gratitudedaily https://www.instagram.com/p/CoA2mjsy4K6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[megpie]

🎶"I can buy myself flowers Write my name in the sand Talk to myself for hours Say things you don't understand I can take myself dancing And I can hold my own hand...." But I'm not gonna lie. As much as one of my trauma response mechanisms is trying to do it all myself//rely on no one//stay independent.... my heart is happier with a partner to love on, who lives near right back. 😘 Trying to learn the balance. Self love + accepting love. ❤️ Anyone else feel this? *bought myself two little bouquets at Safeway today, when I was picking up all my new prescriptions. I figured I deserved it this week. I've had some extra stresses, extra hurts, an ER visit, worries over family, a pity-party breakdown... just a pile of things. But you can always find ways to make life a little brighter, and more beautiful. #beyourownhero #icanbuymyselfflowers #beYOUtiful #selflove❤️ #loveyourselffirst❤️ #bouquetofflowers #flowerstagram #flowersmakemehappy #chronicillnesslife #chronicallyill #chronicpain #anxietyanddepression #anxiousmind #anxietybelike #empathproblems #overthinker #makelifebeautiful #littlethings #practicegratitude #keepgoing #safeway #safewayfloral #safewayfinds (at Safeway Floral Department) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn_I-OBuiqM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[megpie]

I'm too much//But I'm not enough. I'm always wanted//Yet forever an option. Never alone//Always lonely. They want to warm their hands by my fire, use it to light their way, but never help to fuel me or keep me burning, just take, take, and take some more. I'm too hot, too cold, too loud, too soft, too emotional, too anxious, too much to be worth anyone's time or effort to listen to. The problem is... I no longer believe it, when they tell me these things. I've learned that if I'm too much of anything - then they're too lacking in something I need to be me. So my standards are higher, my walls are thicker, my boundaries are firmer. But the only person in life I can count on to protect me, is me. 🖤✨️ And at least *I* have finally learned to appreciate all this fire behind these eyes. #fireinmybones #fireinhereyes #loveagain #loveanyway #lovelikethemoon #trustyourintuition #trusttheuniverse #theuniversehasyourback #keeponkeepingon #keepgoing #keepgrowing #keephoping #loveyourselffirst❤️ #beYOUtiful #beyourownhero #makelifebeautiful #makeyourownmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm48ZEcyYyl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[megpie]

"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up." -- Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum. This weekend was a lot of feels. Had a surgery consult Friday - they're going to schedule me soon. Robotic laparoscopy, for double hernia repair. Neat-o. Having unrelated abdominal issues. Kinda miserable. But the "urgent" imaging for that isn't until late March. So, ugh. But, I also had one of the best days I've had in forever on Friday after the dr and labs - went out to lunch, visited The Distillarium for the first time, laughed hard enough and had so much fun with the bestest company ever that I was able to forget how crappy I've been feeling. ❤️ Got very little accomplished around the house, so I feel lazy. But got a fun evening out, a lovely evening in, a surprise gift of goodies, and a bit of much-needed rest. Life is up, and down, and upside down. But if you decide to make it a beautiful life - then a beautiful life is what it will be. #makelifebeautiful #bepresent #beyourownhero #beYOUtiful #chronicillnesslife #chronicallyill #chronicillnesses #spoonie #hernia #herniarepair #inguinalhernia #lifeisastory #lifeiswhatyoumakeit #keepgoing #chooseyou #choosehappiness #keepsmiling #spoonieproblems (at Terrace Heights, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CndoUBPL1dy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[megpie]

"The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections." -- Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me. Some days I feel bright and full, able to shine brightly even in the dark. Others, I feel nearly invisible, a sliver of my normal self, a bare crescent of light still trying to prove I exist. Today is summer solstice. And I'm a sunshine lover, 🌞 so much. But oh, the moon. 🌙 The moon feels more like home to my heart.... #storyteller #deepthinker #empathproblems #jmstorm #hugsmakeeverythingbetter #trustyourintuition #trusttheuniverse #makelifebeautiful #beyourownhero #loveanyway #loveyourselffirst❤️ #mentallyexhausted #fallingapart #quotestagram #quoteslover #wordsaremagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CfEliD7Lqb_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[megpie]

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. I'm going to keep believing that there are better things ahead than what I've seen in my past. That eventually I'll find more people in life that can be trusted; that are safe, loyal, supportive, + will love me back with the fierceness I love others. That there is more good in the world than bad. That me being a kind person matters. Even if the rest of the world yells that "everything sucks, everything is awful, give up, be tougher, stop being naive," blah blah. Imma love 'em all and try to keep shining this ol' lil light of mine anyway. Dammit. And one day... maybe the world will love me back. 💛✨️ #strongwomen #storyteller #keepgoing #keephoping #beyourownhero #believeinmagic #bethegood #cautiouslyoptimistic #loveyourselffirst❤️ #loveanyway #loveagain #makelifebeautiful #followyourarrow #keepdreaming #quoteslover https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda5fjZLbkO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=