Cynthia N Riley Lpc-Mh

Yes we do! ✨️Have a beautiful night friends!

60 Seconds of Serenity (#2058): Each day I am sharing 60 seconds of nature to help “take the edge off” a bit. Spellbinding autumn beauty in the gorge at Watkins Glen. Like the water flowing along Glen Creek, the countless leaves are cascading down. The gorge trail here is now closed for the off-season.

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Once I stopped trying to be everyone’s cup of tea, I found so much more peace in just being me. There’s a certain kind of freedom that comes when you stop performing for approval and start living from a place of self-respect and quiet confidence. Here’s to loving ourselves, quirks and all. ☕️🫖✨

#𝒸𝑜𝓉𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝓎 #𝒸𝑜𝓏𝓎𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 #𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 #𝓈𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒿𝑜𝓎𝓈 #𝓅𝑒𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 #𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓂𝓃𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓂𝓈𝓎 #𝒸𝑜𝓉𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓇𝑒

Remember. ♥️ ~ Nanea

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🖼️ The Visit, George Clausen

Tend the Garden of Your Own Heart

Don’t wait for others
to make you happy.

No one can fill
the spaces meant
for your own light.

Happiness isn’t a gift
handed to you,
it’s something you build
quietly within,
moment by moment.

It’s the peace that comes
when you stop chasing approval,
the warmth that rises
when you choose gratitude
over longing.

Let go
of waiting,
or wishing for someone else
to make you happy.

Others may add to your light,
but they cannot create it for you.

This is your work,
your sacred, lifelong task,
to tend
the garden
of your own heart.

~ 'Tend the Garden of Your Own Heart' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Annacozysoul

Abundance flows from a grateful heart

Art | Edward Cucuel