“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” Doris Lessing “We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.” Patti Smith “We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” Katrina Mayer “This life is mine alone. So, I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been.” Glennon Doyle “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” Brené Brown #7 Love can
In 2011, a loved member and chat leader, TeddyBear started the Teddy Bear Challenge. In 2021, the Teddy Bear Challenge raised $77,274! 155 financial donations, including 9 of $1,000 or more $50,000 from our anonymous WFS angel The sale on eBay of 13 Statement bracelets were also contributed The main
“Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.” ~~Julia Alverez “If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.” ~~Betty White “I’m all about spontaneity. I think it makes for greatness.” ~~Camille Kostek #6 Life can be ordinary or it can be great. Greatness is mine
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” ~~Eleanor Roosevelt “Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions…do
“Walls turned sideways are bridges.” ~~Angela Davis “Fear builds its phantoms which are more fearsome than reality itself.” ~~Jawaharlal Nehru “Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.” ~~Vincent Van Gogh #4 Problems bother me only to the degree I permit. I now better understand my problems.
“There is an amazing power getting to know your inner self and learning how to use it and not fight with the world. If you know what makes you happy, your personality, interests, and capabilities, just use them, and everything else flows beautifully.” ~~Juhi Chawla “I wanted a perfect ending.
Do you have a particular interest or expertise that you can share with the WFS community during our 2022 Annual Conference? WFS is planning for our in person conference and seeking workshop presenters for the event. The conference theme of “Bloom” opens up a very wide range of potential workshop
Negative thinking is contagious. Do your best not to dwell on negativity, it will consume you and prevent you from becoming your best self.” ~~Germany Kent “Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.” ~~Charles F. Glassman “Don’t ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is
“I chose sober because I wanted a better life. I stay sober because I got one.”~~Unknown “Live less out of habit and more out of content.” ~~Unknown “Sometimes when in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, when actually you’ve been planted.” ~~Christine Caine #1 I have a life-threatening
