{"quotes":[{"text":"Living without personal boundaries is like trying to hold my breath and gasp for air, at the same time, it doesn't work. My introverted nature requires solitary sanctuary, to breathe. My internal batteries need time to recharge if I am to give from a place of abundance.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["being-an-introvert","jaeda-dewalt","personal-boundaries","solitary-sanctuary","solitude"],"id":26243,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"All the external adoration, respect and adulation in the world, can't drown out the internal voices that tell us, we are not good enough and unworthy of; happiness, love and an abundant life. When we need others to tell us we're amazing, worthy and lovable, in order to feel good about ourselves, it is never enough. It goes into the bottomless pit where our inherent self-worth should be. It may feel like we are reaching out to receive love, but in actuality, we are seeking external noise to help drown out our negative core beliefs.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["advice","breaking-up","jaeda-dewalt","letting-go","love","moving-on","relationships","self-worth"],"id":30291,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"Poetry purrs like a kitten on the tip of our tongue. Each word fluidly floating from our lips, like little crystalline snowflakes, before settling onto an emotional wonderland of forgotten feelings. It has the power to pull our deepest emotions to the surface of consciousness and to serenade our soul with the haunting melody of a self, lost... And finally found.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["emotional-wonderland","haunting-melody-of-self","inspirational","jaeda-dewalt","poetic","poetry","poetry-purrs-like-a-kitten","serenade-our-soul"],"id":40701,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"I don't like and even resist, being broken wide-open. But, when the contents of my unconscious self spill out of me and I sift through all the disowned parts of who I am... It's an uncomfortably enlightening and eye-opening experience. It feels a bit like emotional bloodletting. I guess every now and then, I need that release valve to open all the way...","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["baring-your-soul","being-broken-wide-open","being-vulnerable","emotions","enlightening-experiences","exposing-your-truth","feeling","honesty","inspirational","jaeda-dewalt","self-awareness","self-examination"],"id":65188,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"Pain is a predator when we run from it, it will inevitably chase us down and catch us in its clutches. The goal isn't to wallow in the pain or to avoid it, but rather, to move through it. Pain only holds us hostage when we get stuck in it or try to repress it. Pain is a part of the human experience. Life is a bittersweet journey. Developing the ability to learn from our pain and to cope with it, effectively, is one of the most empowering gifts we can give ourselves.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["coping-skills","empowering-ourselves","healing","inspirational","jaeda-dewalt","life","pain","wisdom","wise-words"],"id":73924,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"One of the most connective things we can do for ourselves, is to become world travelers of our own internal landscapes. What I love about creating art, is the excitement of turning that landscape inside out for all to see. And the kind of courage that takes, when I don't know what the outcome will be...","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["being-an-introvert","creating-art","creativity","inspirational","internal-landscapes","jaeda-dewalt","poetic","world-traveler"],"id":96538,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"N our perfection-obsessed, air-brushed society, it can be tempting to measure our self-worth against its set of impossible standards. However, organic beauty is in the flaws that make us vulnerable, human and fallible. We are here to learn, evolve and grow. We do not need to become perfect to be worthy of love, there is no such thing. We can not love others when we are withholding love and acceptance from ourselves. We can not criticize ourselves and then reach with open arms to give and receive love from others. It has to start from within, radiating outward. We need to learn how to be unconditionally loving, accepting and forgiving of ourselves, first, if we wish to forge healthy and loving relationships with others.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["flaws","jaeda-dewalt","organic-beauty","perfection","self-acceptance","self-esteem","self-image","self-worth","society","unconditional-love"],"id":102143,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"When I spend too much time in my head, focused on things in the past or things in the future... When I lose sight of the present, I fold in on myself, mentally, my thoughts become toxic and distorted, my emotions, darken.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["being-trapped-in-your-head","distorted-thoughts","folding-in-on-yourself","getting-stuck-in-your-head","jaeda-dewalt","mental-illness","mental-strongholds","moodiness","thinking-to-much"],"id":129849,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"Like a kite, carried by the wind, he followed her into the fluffy white clouds of her imagination. He didn't think her silly for living in the sky, but rather, he marveled at the wondrous life she had created on the outskirts of reality. He knew her love would elevate him to new emotional heights.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["jaeda-dewalt","love-as-a-kite","man-loving-a-woman","poetic","poetry","relationships","romantic"],"id":176873,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"Mistress Creation keeps calling my name... I long for her, and she, for me... We will be reunited soon. In the interim, I bide my time dreaming of her, writing about her and stretching her across the vast landscape of my imagination. 'Soon', I whisper to her, 'Soon.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["being-an-artist","creativity","inspiration","jaeda-dewalt","mistress-creation","muses","poetic","the-yearning-to-create"],"id":183562,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}