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Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts

Saturday, August 20, 2011

people, places and things

Hi blog family!
pls forgive error, I LOVE adoptuskids.org they are an outstanding organization that does great work to help foster kids get adopted!!! 

I will be short today.
 Have you experience people that ALWAYS have something negative to say? Are you a  person that ALWAYS complains....(think real hard)...
Perhaps you grew up in a place with a negative environment (people always thinking you never did "good" enough, perhaps they always downed you and told you negative things OR never told you anything YOU did good, right or better than usual...
Maybe you were around an abusive partner..(I know many who ran away from group homes, only to fall into "victim" mode by linking up with an abusive partner)..
If any of this applies to you, no worries... this is the good thing about waking up EVERY day- you can change your reality!! I can't imagine growing up in a negative place! How can we expect someone to be "positive" if this is not how they grew up? change your reality!

As of today; stop being around naysayers...people who always have bad things to say ALL the time!! People who only see the bad in a situation....never the good! People who always want you to  "hang out" in bad places! If you want your life to be productive, fruitful and filled with joy and love....first start with getting rid of negative people who say and or want you to do bad things and be in places that will cost you your freedom or put bad thoughts in your head... Life is short, why waste it on bad things OR anything that does NOT help you grow as a person?
Find people who may not give compliments all day BUT do point out your good traits or actions!
Find places to go that make your mind strong and your soul happy...(looking at art, a concert, a walk in nature, the ocean, good book, there are many good things to do in this life and many good people, find them!
If you come from an abusive relationships or past, you have to work harder because your mind was trained to think and do negative by your abuser or in that abusive environment.
 Even if you watched abuse, it plays a part in your life; some will NOT be like there abusers, others will gravitate toward partners/friends...just like their past...You can change that by practicing and committing to surrounding yourself with love and peaceful people...fall back on the yellers, liars, manipulators, stalkers, deceivers, abusers....

I always say: show me your "friends" and I will see you!"
 I have hung around all types of people, I never judge by your situation but by how you treat others...poor, rich, homeless, even if your doing a job I don't agree with- you must have a good trait somewhere for me to have you as my friend!
I learned when i was homeless, never judge a book by its cover but how it reads..... lol..
find good people who are positive and
 try not to surround yourself with anyone who talks negative all the time, it rubs off!

You are a gift to this world, you are loved and its your turn to enjoy life!! :)



smile, someone is watching you! lol..xo
Tanya
below is some of this text in french...there are orphanages in all countries (they are still called that many places, not group homes... sometimes if i see I have  readers who are from other countries, i will post in those languages...)
En French..................................................................................
Negative gens, les lieux et les choses Salut blog familial! 
Je serai bref aujourd'hui. Avez-vous l'expérience des gens qui ont toujours quelque chose de négatif à dire? Etes-vous une personne qui se plaint toujours ....( pense réel dur) ... Peut-être que vous avez grandi dans un endroit avec un environnement négatif (les gens pense toujours que vous n'avez jamais fait "bon" assez, peut-être ils toujours vous dit que vous abattus et les choses négatives ou jamais dit tout ce que vous avez de bonnes, à droite ou mieux que d'habitude ... Peut-être que vous étiez autour d'un partenaire violent .. (je connais beaucoup qui ont fui les foyers de groupe, que pour tomber dans la «victime» le mode en s'associant avec un partenaire violent) .. Si rien de tout cela s'applique à vous, pas de soucis .. . c'est la bonne chose à propos réveiller chaque jour, vous pouvez changer votre réalité! Je ne peux imaginer de grandir dans un endroit négatif! Comment pouvons-nous attendre que quelqu'un soit "positive" si ce n'est pas comment ils ont grandi? changer votre réalité En date d'aujourd'hui;!! cesser d'être autour d'opposants ... les gens qui ont toujours de mauvaises choses à dire tout le temps des gens qui ne voient que le mauvais dans une situation .... jamais le bon peuple qui en veulent toujours vous à «traîner» dans des endroits mal! Si vous voulez que votre vie soit productive, fructueux et remplis de joie et d'amour .... commencer d'abord par

Friday, February 11, 2011

recovering relationships

Hi blog family- I'm back!
Relationships after foster care.

It is hard to have any-when you have no good example to choose from.
 So if you are not sure how to pick a good mate or friend-stop picking the bad ones- the one who has all the drama, gossip, negative words!
If nothing else, you know that ANY relationship should consist of two people that respect, admire and love each other for whom they are-never trying to change them or mold them, accepting them with flaws (as long as it is not drama or you doing all the work).. both parties should get something out of each other that makes them do better, love harder and want to be greater!
Don't settle for crazy, lazy, drama friends and mates-
life is short-only surround yourself with people that love you and have your best interest at heart IF there is any hint of jealousy, envy, hatred, mean spiritness- ABANDON SHIP!! God put plenty of people on the earth for you- its up to you to find them!
You are loved, and the universe needs you to get yourself together so that you may help the other 500,000 kids in foster care!!
xo Tanya

Friday, May 7, 2010

The company you keep

hi blog family!
It's friday...plan to be out with your friends...speaking of friends..
How do you pick your friends?
I hope with caution!
Often we let people in our lives and we don't have a criterior. You should choose your friends carefully because they reflect you as a person. Choose people with charector, loyalty, humor and plans for the future. If your friend has no motivation, you may lose yours, depending on whose energy is stronger. It is ok to let go of friends that have no purpose, at this stage in your life your friendships should be give and take and both of you should inspire each other!
I had to let go of alot of my old friends because I found they always thought i was too big of a dreamer wanting to be in TV...they thought I should just give up my dream and get a 9-5, (knowing that I was not meant for conventional work, i am an artist), they would often want to go out drinking...that too me was pointless unless it was a holiday/birthday....and they never inspired me or liked that i traveled outside of the country.
I had to drop them, they were no longer needed in my life and i was not needed in there's...and it's ok..life is a journey and as we travel God brings us new friends, places to see and things to do...pick and choose your friends carefully, they could make or break you!
xo Tanya

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Racism

Hi blog family!
Just wanted to talk to you about racism. Often as foster kids we experience prejudice in some form or another. I often had teachers who I knew was not in my corner because of the color of my skin.
This did not stop me from realizing that not all people are like this. I have been blessed to have been raised and helped along the way in my life by ALL nationality's and religions!!
Noticing what makes up unique is good but knowing what makes us the same is greater: the fact that my  friend and I had ancestors who survived slavery and the holocaust....commonality...
I often look for friends who are looking for the one thing that WE both like, not what is different.
I remember, even today, what it feels like to have people not like me because of my sex & color, it is awful and I have since learned to tune out racist people, they can't exist in my world. I am known to call someone on their racism, if it if effecting me or my friends, but overall, i will ignore people like that because in this day and age if you have not caught up with the new world of acceptance, it is a sad day for you!
Learn to love and appreciate ALL people. I know we may have been victums of ugly remarks or got less help than others, but that does not mean that it was right. The only way to rid this world of prejudice is to teach others to look for the common trait not what makes you different!
and yes, I still have not found my spell check on this thing!!
You are blessed and special, smile, be kind, someone will be changed by you!!
XO Tanya