#strongerthanithought

I walked 12 miles today through towns, along dual carriageways and a brief stint past garlic-smelling fields ... angry and annoyed the entire time that I may as well have been walking the Osmotherley-Kildale route as planned. I’m frustrated that I gave up so easily, never acknowledging how resilient I usually am and that I could’ve carried on for at least the last bit and I wouldn’t now be feeling so trapped and weak. It meant I couldn’t actually enjoy where I was, yet stupidly I’d given up on the trail partly for the basis that I MAY not enjoy it. I should’ve risked it because I’d put so much effort into planning it, but instead I spent more time planning other things that were nowhere near as exciting or challenging. One more day to basically waste - what a horrible way to feel. ••• #afeelingofhelplessness #hindsight #whydidigiveup #strongerthanithought #eaglescliffe #yarm #cleveland #teesdaleway #teesdale #teesside #grassyfield #crops

Portrait of a woman who isn’t at all where she thought she would be at 37. The past few years have aged me. As it tends to happen with time. In this photo I have completely turned my life upside down. Just left my home, my city, my well ordered way of making sense of things .... until they didn’t .... and I just knew I had to go. I know I have strayed too far away from my center; although I can’t quite articulate yet what my center is. I just know I have lost touch with what really matters to me. It takes time sometimes to find ourselves again. And then again. And again. Here’s to our heart’s hunting! #loveyourself #whoamI? #gentlehearted #strongerthanithought #dealingwithshit #gettingolder (at Tulsa, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tYaa3BaIbQ3n6XrCg9cRTpNxk5LLPmxaZM040/?igshid=8el59x1zh2p9

#knowyaself #strongerthanithought #staywinning #warriormindset #withhonor #withlove #withvictry #guy #Nashvllefltrtho #guy #holove 1 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqJu7ROg3AtDkvfoESyvMTMRXx6bHtP7YduFXY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8m6kvgjwuiau

Recovery is a lot like walking through a corn maze: the path is long and hard and sometimes you get turned around, losing your way. But as long as you keep pressing forward, you can find your way to the clearing, out of the husks and the hay. Today marks 12 years in my corn maze, but each day is another step in the right direction. #cornmaze #recovery #journey #strongerthanithought https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNrOkqliXwyaK-n1b-PflUMPEdZOu8qoo1GUo0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1plmgblpfxt7w

#keepsmiling #bebrave #dontbreak #keepgoing #strongerthanithought

#penelope #vw #squareback #variant #type3 #strongerthanithought

Well then. #strongerthanithought #timefornextpair #brokenglasses #oopsies