Bryant McGill's Blog, page 57

Sometimes mercy is letting go

"People love to say everything will be okay, but sometimes it's just not true. Sometimes you hit a brick-wall, a limit, a point of exhaustion, a boundary or your last straw. You may feel so strong and have every good intention, and yet still get mercilessly beaten-down and defeated. You just can't win them all, and when that time comes you will have to accept it. To not accept a defeat is to be defeated again and again without mercy. Sometimes mercy is simple acceptance. If you are exhausted...

Every beautiful thing is damaged

"All beautiful things carry distinctions of imperfection. Your wounds and imperfections are your beauty. Like the broken pottery mended with gold, we are all Kintsugi. Its philosophy and art state that breakage and mending are honest parts of a past which should not be hidden. Your wounds and healing are a part of your history; a part of who you are. Every beautiful thing is damaged. You are that beauty; we all are."
— Bryant McGill

Be careful with negativity

"If your positivity immune system is low, any exposure to a person afflicted with negativity can poison your life."
— Bryant McGill

Be proud of who you are

"Don't deny yourself of your own experiences, no matter how tragic or painful they were. They belong to you. When you cover-up your pain within yourself, you are suppressing your best chance to grow. Respect your pain and honor your pain. Those scars are your stripes and badges of honor. Those injuries are a part of your sacred story. Don't hide from your truth. It is in what you have hidden, that you will find what you have been so desperately seeking. In the heart of your deepest wounds and...

It all adds up to something

"You may try a thousand ways to make it work before you find the one way that works for you. There may be long pauses between your best and brilliant moments where it all just seems cloudy. Looking back at all you had planned, you may find you are not even close to where you thought you would be. But it is happening; this life of yours. What works for you is good enough. Those long pauses may be some of your sweetest moments. Your journey may have taken an unexpected turn or two, but it took...

Change your people, change your life

"One of the fastest ways you can profoundly change your life is to rid yourself of toxic people. When you do come in contact with one of these people run for your life. Get to safety. Meditatively and spiritually decontaminate yourself. Scrub down your brain with a wire-brush and remove their insanity from the corridors of your mind. Inoculate yourself immediately by creating a safe space and aligning yourself with healthy people. If you have to go it alone for a while until you find your hea...

You will be reborn as a being of strength

"Your pain is a divine rite of passage through which you will be reborn as a being of strength, wisdom and purpose."
— Bryant McGill

Letting go is the only way

"Disappointment is coming, for sure! People are going to hurt you in ways you would never have believed even possible. You are going to be let-down and deeply betrayed. And there is only one thing to do when you are tragically let down — let-go. No matter how wrong they were, holding on will not make it right, and it will eat you alive over time. Don't let them kill you twice. Letting go is the only way."
— Bryant McGill

Be there for others

"No one wants to suffer. No one wants to be lonely. No one wants to live in fear. No one wants to lose everything. No one wants their heart ripped to shreds. No one want to be sick. And, no one wants to die. But these things happen in life. So the least we can do is be there for others, as we would like others to be there for us."
— Bryant McGill

It is within you

"The reason you can accomplish something is because you already had it within you."
— Bryant McGill