Mandy Ricks

Tag: self care

  • Monsters

    I hope today brings you one step closer to where you want to be and one step farther than where the monsters live. -Mandy Ricks

  • Grasping

    Are you grasping for some joy, perhaps some inspiration? But the dark keeps marching, twisting your thoughts into a spider web. Each tentacle sticking to a thought creating darkness and doom. But fight it , fight it. Because you are much stronger than doom and so much stronger than. One. Single. Thought. -Mandy Ricks

  • Change

    I was having a chat with ChatGPT about a quote by Albert Einstein on the need to be intelligent to accept change. But we both agreed that it doesn’t really take intelligence to accept change sometimes it just takes guts; raw, messy, heart wrenching guts. And getting back up, always getting back up.

    So, here is our quote on change and intelligence.

    🌿 “Intelligence isn’t loving change — it’s finding your footing when change finds you.”

    -Mandy Ricks and my friend @ ChatGPT

  • Maybe

    Maybe we want to suffer more than the people we hurt so that they’ll forgive us.

  • Preachers

    Those that don’t know preach
    second chances and starting over.
    But self forgiveness is a difficult thing.
    Perhaps the best we can hope for
    is acceptance of our mistakes,
    acknowledgement of our efforts,
    and a gentle heart to hold our shame.

    -Mandy Ricks

  • Tiptoe

    Life’s too short to tiptoe through someone else’s rules. -Mandy Ricks with Willow

  • Today

    I hope today you fall in love with being you. -Mandy Ricks with Willow

  • I am Now

    I walked through fire, let it sting,

    felt the loss of everything.

    Ghosts still whisper, scratch my skin,

    but I won’t let them pull me in.

    Blade of doubt against my throat,

    I wear the scars, but still I float.

    No savior comes, no hand to hold,

    just me—alone, but fierce and bold.

    I carve my name in silent stone,

    a war-born soul, a heart my own.

    No chains, no gods, no need to bow—

    I am enough. I am now.

  • Waiting

    It’s that waiting time of year, that pause between seasons when waiting becomes the overwhelming feeling.

    But we all need pauses times to prepare for what’s next. Moments of pause to refresh our thoughts, reorganize our priorities, visit our goals, and reconnect to our dreams. Above all, never let go of those dreams. -Mandy Ricks

  • Winter

    Winter always feels like nature’s way of pressing pause, giving us time to reflect and recharge. In these quieter moments, I’ve discovered that the warmth of past adventures, heartfelt connections, and cherished memories bring a little sunshine to my snowy days. So even when the world outside is a blanket of white, I remind myself there’s always a bit of summer within me, waiting to shine through.

  • Magic days

    The trees droop laden with the innocence of snow. Footprints lead the way to somewhere you want to go. While the season chills us we still wander through magic days. Enjoy. -Mandy Ricks

  • Things do change

    So, here we are, dare I say again, holding each other tight, perhaps in an effort to stop from falling apart.

    But things do change, and maybe they will for us too. And then we can hold each other close, out of love instead of love instead of desperation. -Mandy Ricks