Real strength comes from quiet consistency more than dramatic gestures.
-Mandy Ricks
Strength
Tag: Wednesday Thoughts
Never jump first
Summer arrived in a ball of heat
and humidity.
People bask in the sun wishing for
a great tan, an icy drink, and a hot companion.
And it’s true, your summer wishes may come true,
But sometimes the sun shines too bright,
blinding us to things that aren’t gorgeous at all.
So, remember, stay on guard, and never jump first.-Mandy Ricks
Too fierce to mourn
Scarred hands clutch broken dreams.
I bled through nights no on dared to scream.
Ashes crown the ones who burn.
Each wound a page no chance to turn.
Still, I rise, too fierce to mourn.
-Mandy Ricks
Shifting Sands
Broke my chains with trembling hands.
Built a kingdom from shifting sands.
No hero came – I wore the crown.
Found my fire when the world burned down.
I am my own salvation now.
Mandy Ricks
Tiptoe
Life’s too short to tiptoe through someone else’s rules. -Mandy Ricks with Willow
Facades
I’d rather see your battle scars. Your lines, wrinkles, and wounds, Than you facade. -Mandy Ricks
Graceful harmony
Evening rolls in, softly, gently, a soothing reprieve.
And as the leaves turn and drop with graceful harmony so does my need to please.
-Mandy Ricks
Great Love
Do small things with great love.
Fall
Fall: Where summer’s promises start to break as fast as they were made.
Regrets cling like early evenings watching the sun say goodbyes.
The heat of day starts turning to a dark coolness promising more.
Have we really aged as much as our hearts feel worn or is it just another summer gone in a pile of selfies and beach days?
See you again next year.
To shine
You too have been brought into this world to be filled with light and to shine. -Mandy Ricks
Your treasure
Don’t worry you still have time to find your buried treasure. -Mandy Ricks
So here we are
So here we are, it’s grey, it’s, dull, it’s winter, and we’re fighting a sadness that wants to settle over us.
But remember this, everything needs a rest, maybe the sun does too, before it comes back to shine it’s warmth, optimism, and happiness on our life again.
-Mandy Ricks
Mandy Ricks 