Tag Archives: strong

More Often Than I Can Count

Posted on February 5, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Forever Awezome) This sounds like great advice to me, as I’ve been weak and wrong more often than I can count, and I’m getting older every day. Love, Russ

Posted in Aging, Quotes I Love, Strength | Tagged confess, old, strong, weak, wrong | 9 Comments

I just read a heart-breaking article that was also inspiring and heart-warming. It included several responses to young women who are living with horrifying traumas of various kinds. Snippets: “In a girls’ bathroom stall at my university, girls have written … Continue reading →

Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Compassion, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Stories That Touched Me, Youth | Tagged beautiful, brave, cares, courage, eating disorders, enough, horrifying, Love, loved, pain, raped, Reddit, stall, strong, The Lookout, trauma, women's, women's restroom, worthy, Y news, Yahoo, Yahoo News | 6 Comments

Humor That’s Heads and Shoulders Above the Rest

Posted on August 3, 2012 by russtowne

If you’d appreciate a laugh, these two are funny–and STRONG! The Jovers: http://biggeekdad.com/2012/05/the-jovers/ Russ

Posted in Humor, Strength | Tagged funny, Jovers, strong, The Jovers | 2 Comments

The Other Side Of Me

Posted on July 10, 2012 by russtowne

Below is a slightly revised repost that is important to me for my newer readers to see. I have received a number of great compliments from many of you lately and appreciate every single one of them. A lot. Thank … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Attittude | Tagged arrogant, ashamed, Baditude, brave, coward, generous, hard post to write, Hero, humble, Life, like, Love, other side of me, Pity Party", pretty, proud, selfish, strong, ugly, ugly attitide, weak, Woe is me | 18 Comments

The Strength To Let Go

Posted on June 11, 2012 by russtowne

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hess A friend shared the above quote on FB, and it triggered thoughts of times when I hung onto painful memories or situations … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgiveness, Friendship, Growth/Learning, Healing, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love, Relationship Lessons Learned | Tagged action, alignment, focus, friends, Helping, letting go, marriage, moving on, Relationship, romantic, strength, strong, the best me I can be, vision | 2 Comments

A Gift To Myself

Posted on June 11, 2012 by russtowne

A quote I just read at Genie Speaks at http://geniespeaks.wordpress.com/ that was attributed to Oprah got me to thinking, and then to writing. The quote was: “True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”” That statement … Continue reading →