Northern Lakes Community Mental Health » Inspirational Poems and Prose http://northernlakescmh.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 “Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.” – Frederick B. Wilcox http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/02/06/%e2%80%9cprogress-always-involves-risks-you-can%e2%80%99t-steal-second-base-and-keep-your-foot-on-first-%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-frederick-b-wilcox/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/02/06/%e2%80%9cprogress-always-involves-risks-you-can%e2%80%99t-steal-second-base-and-keep-your-foot-on-first-%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-frederick-b-wilcox/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:33:20 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2216 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/02/06/%e2%80%9cprogress-always-involves-risks-you-can%e2%80%99t-steal-second-base-and-keep-your-foot-on-first-%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-frederick-b-wilcox/feed/ 0 “If you dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/30/if-you-dream-it-you-can-do-it-%e2%80%93-walt-disney/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/30/if-you-dream-it-you-can-do-it-%e2%80%93-walt-disney/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:33:52 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2214 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/30/if-you-dream-it-you-can-do-it-%e2%80%93-walt-disney/feed/ 0 “In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/23/in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-we-shape-ourselves-the-process-never-ends-until-we-die-and-the-choices-we-make-are-ultimately-our-own-responsibility-%e2%80%93-eleanor-roosevelt/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/23/in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-we-shape-ourselves-the-process-never-ends-until-we-die-and-the-choices-we-make-are-ultimately-our-own-responsibility-%e2%80%93-eleanor-roosevelt/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:33:30 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2212 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/23/in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-we-shape-ourselves-the-process-never-ends-until-we-die-and-the-choices-we-make-are-ultimately-our-own-responsibility-%e2%80%93-eleanor-roosevelt/feed/ 0 “What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/16/what-we-have-once-enjoyed-we-can-never-lose-all-that-we-love-deeply-becomes-a-part-of-us-%e2%80%93-helen-keller/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/16/what-we-have-once-enjoyed-we-can-never-lose-all-that-we-love-deeply-becomes-a-part-of-us-%e2%80%93-helen-keller/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:33:57 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2210 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/16/what-we-have-once-enjoyed-we-can-never-lose-all-that-we-love-deeply-becomes-a-part-of-us-%e2%80%93-helen-keller/feed/ 0 “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelou http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/09/%e2%80%9cit-is-time-for-parents-to-teach-young-people-early-on-that-in-diversity-there-is-beauty-and-there-is-strength-%e2%80%93-maya-angelou/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/09/%e2%80%9cit-is-time-for-parents-to-teach-young-people-early-on-that-in-diversity-there-is-beauty-and-there-is-strength-%e2%80%93-maya-angelou/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:33:24 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2207 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/09/%e2%80%9cit-is-time-for-parents-to-teach-young-people-early-on-that-in-diversity-there-is-beauty-and-there-is-strength-%e2%80%93-maya-angelou/feed/ 0 “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/02/obstacles-dont-have-to-stop-you-if-you-run-into-a-wall-figure-out-how-to-climb-it-go-through-it-or-work-around-it-%e2%80%93-michael-jordan/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/02/obstacles-dont-have-to-stop-you-if-you-run-into-a-wall-figure-out-how-to-climb-it-go-through-it-or-work-around-it-%e2%80%93-michael-jordan/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:33:11 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2205 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2012/01/02/obstacles-dont-have-to-stop-you-if-you-run-into-a-wall-figure-out-how-to-climb-it-go-through-it-or-work-around-it-%e2%80%93-michael-jordan/feed/ 0 Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying… “I will try again tomorrow.” ~Mary Anne Radmacher http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/26/courage-does-not-always-roar-sometimes-it-is-a-quiet-voice-at-the-end-of-the-day-saying%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%9ci-will-try-again-tomorrow-%e2%80%9d-mary-anne-radmacher/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/26/courage-does-not-always-roar-sometimes-it-is-a-quiet-voice-at-the-end-of-the-day-saying%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%9ci-will-try-again-tomorrow-%e2%80%9d-mary-anne-radmacher/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:30:14 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=1935 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/26/courage-does-not-always-roar-sometimes-it-is-a-quiet-voice-at-the-end-of-the-day-saying%e2%80%a6-%e2%80%9ci-will-try-again-tomorrow-%e2%80%9d-mary-anne-radmacher/feed/ 0 Burn it Bright for All to See! http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/21/burn-it-bright-for-all-to-see/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/21/burn-it-bright-for-all-to-see/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:33:44 +0000 Mary Beth Evans, Recovery Coordinator http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2321 It’s that time of year when many people have financial struggles to make ends meet and wonder how to get food on the table and buy Christmas gifts for our children and clothes to keep them warm. At some point in our lives, we have all watched the flame of hope disappear or start to flicker. When I first went through the Peer Support Training, one of the main things that the trainers discussed was that flame of hope and how it burned out for a lot of people throughout the many years of desperation they had to go through. Looking at my life right now, I think about that flame and how, even though it seems dull at times to me, it has the potential to reach a stronger pigment and will continue to get brighter day by day no matter what my struggles are. Never give up on that flame of hope and remember to shine it through on your life as much as you can!

]]> http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/21/burn-it-bright-for-all-to-see/feed/ 0 Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful. Welcome it in every face, in every sky, in every flower. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/19/never-lose-an-opportunity-of-seeing-anything-that-is-beautiful-welcome-it-in-every-face-in-every-sky-in-every-flower-ralph-waldo-emerson/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/19/never-lose-an-opportunity-of-seeing-anything-that-is-beautiful-welcome-it-in-every-face-in-every-sky-in-every-flower-ralph-waldo-emerson/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:30:50 +0000 Northern Lakes CMH http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=1933 http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/19/never-lose-an-opportunity-of-seeing-anything-that-is-beautiful-welcome-it-in-every-face-in-every-sky-in-every-flower-ralph-waldo-emerson/feed/ 0 Expectations http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/12/expectations/ http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/2011/12/12/expectations/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:03:43 +0000 Mary Beth Evans, Recovery Coordinator http://northernlakescmh.com/blog/?p=2201 A long time ago, someone told me that I was not good enough to do a lot of things I wanted to in life. Those things at the time seemed like huge goals that because of that one person, I would not be able to meet. I remember looking at that person and wondering how they got in the position they did because it definitely was not from being a positive individual. Years later, I now sit here and think about those goals and smile as I have realized that I have long passed those previous goals that at one time seemed so large, yet now seem funny. I guess I got mad and I should thank that person for being so cruel and telling me I could not succeed at something because, in all honesty, without that negativity in my life, I would not have found the challenges I face today as just that – challenges.

It only takes one person to motivate you and that person is you; it comes from within. Until you realize the capability you have as an individual, negativity will always feel like a driving force in your life. Remember to look at things like they are an easy task to accomplish and don’t be so hard on yourself all the time. No one gets things perfect the first time around (or I would be living in a huge house with a brand new car and my kids would be wearing designer clothes in all the latest fashion trends!). Although I have not yet made it as far as I would like to have made it in life by now, I look at that too as a challenge. What do I have to do next to make the next smaller step towards my own personal success? What do I have to go through to get there? Who will be there with me along the way supporting me if things go wrong?

Never stop believing in yourself because you have the inner ability to work through anything in life you set your mind to. Although a long time ago someone told me I couldn’t do something, I realized that because of them, I DID do something. . . I made it this far in life and have four wonderful children to walk along side of me learning how to grow with me instead of being told to. Expectations fall short in life when you expect the finest things to happen automatically. Go slow and remember that failure at first is okay and to get up from that and learn and continue on. Good luck!

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