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Even on the days when you're sick, when you're curled up on the floor or in the bed in misery. Maybe especially on those days. How much our body is constantly doing, that busy work that goes into the everyday miracle of being alive.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#eothursday #extraordinaryordinary #michelleweilert #alive #gratitude #pollyanna #pollyannaAF #pumpingblood #breathe #thislife #everyday #thankGod

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“This was the pleasure of a long life: the way some things worked themselves out.” While I hope we all live long enough to see some of that for ourselves, in the meantime I suggest you experience it in novel form via this literary treat. Ann Patchett is one of the best and this exploration of stories, memories and identities is so beautifully done. 10/10 for a mix of pure pleasure and plenty of wisdom.
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#bookclub #book #bookrecommendation #bookrecs #annpatchett #commonwealth #womenwisdom #wednesdaywisdom #reading #readers #joyofreading #readingtime

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This is a question I've been asking myself a lot lately (because in 2020, I'm employing that tough-love truth). I'm only sharing it today because maybe it'll speak to you too. Sending love to all on this wild journey. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#tuesdaytransformation #toughlove #truth #transformationtuesdays #qotd #quoteoftheday #michelleweilert #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writer #life #neutrality #soulgood #heartgood #heartmedicine #makesyoursoulfeelgood

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Some days it’s enough to just be like “this exists in the world.” By this, I mean the ceiling of an opera house that looks like what I believe a very specific subsection of happiness feels like. Yes, there is a tragic lack of goats playing the violin but alas, nothing is perfect.

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First #extraordinaryordinary of the new year is inspired by Miss Meghan Markle. I know her situation is an outlier--as most of us do not risk pissing off a monarch when we decide to say, "hey I think maybe I want my life to be about something else"--but it reminded me that it still requires bravery to take that step. Some evolutions are easier than others (if your taste buds change, no big deal, now you just eat something else) but no matter the size, they're happening constantly. Let's love ourselves enough to make room for them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#extraordinaryordinary #EOthursday #thursdaytransformation #marklesparkle #queenmeghan #empowered #femaleempowerment #girlboss #ladygang #loveyourself #makespace #makeroom #dreamschange #peoplechange #evolve #evolution #love #neutrality #receive #peace #kindness #compassion #fullmoon #eclipse

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Emerging from the Christmas cocoon I’ve been in to say this. I won’t come all the way out until the new year (I take that long winter’s nap thing pretty seriously) but I am wishing everyone a sweet step into 2020. 💗✨🌻

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My 17-month-old nephew’s contribution to the Christmas tree: a single cracker. I hope today on this winter solstice, we all find ways to embrace whatever’s most precious to us. Go ahead and put it center-stage, surrounded by those bright twinkles. It may be the shortest day of the year but we can always embrace the light. ✨
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#wintersolstice #christmas #thecrackerinthechristmastree #christmastree #joy #embraceyourloves

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Good news: I've just now become the person capable of writing the next project I'll be working on. I'm so happy to welcome her; I've been waiting. 😊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I hope the next version of you is showing up too---it really is the present everyone deserves this holiday season ✨💗.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#tuesdaytransformation #qotd #quoteoftheday #writersofinstagram #michelleweilert #becomingme #theartofbecoming #writingcommunity #poetry #13waysoflookingatmyselfasawriter #13ways #13wayshomage #poetryforever

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In the season of shorter days, it’s good to think about the shadow side of things; to appreciate it even. It’s all part of it. We need both sides.
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#shadow #light #yingyang #michelleweilert #transformationtuesday #transformationtuesdays #transformationtuesday❤️

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As a teenager, I liked to lie on the carpet in my room, close my eyes, and and listen to an album from start to finish. It felt like a whole experience, something almost sacred. I don’t do this as much as I used to (especially with whole albums!) but a song is almost always possible, even—maybe especially—when I’m short on time. Because it returns me to myself, to what’s real and important. Honestly it’s like 3 minutes of heaven. Try it. Turn on a song you love. Step out of everything else. Be present completely. Let the music move you. ✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#extraordinaryordinary #eothursday #writersofinstagram #tunein #magicofmusic

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About five years ago, I told my best friend, "I feel like the older I get, the weirder I get it." Which was kind of true but what I really meant was the older I get the more myself I become. So I've been pretty obsessed with the song "Show Yourself" from Frozen 2, which is all about becoming yourself even if it's scary....and I think to some degree it's always scary but it is always so so worth it. So please, go ahead and show yourself---because you really are the one you've been waiting for all of your life.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#moreme #muchmuchier #tuesdaytransformation #showyourself #frozen2 #frozentwo #elsa #writersofinstagram #humansofinstagram #michelleweilert #trueselftuesday #iamtheoneivebeenwaitingfor #allofmylife #dyingtomeetyou #dontdiebeforeyoumeetyou

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I'm sure you know what I mean by 'stuck' but movement? Well, that could mean a lot of things. Maybe it's sending those emails. Maybe it's returning that phone call. Maybe it's some other nagging to-do list item that's been hanging over your head. You can start there, or if that's too much too soon, well... maybe try just standing up and going for a walk. After that, do something else. Then something else. Just one thing after another. Those small tasks add up and guess what? You're moving, friend. Good job. Keep going.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#mondaymotivation #mondayinspo #mondaywisdom #qotd #stuck #moving #onethingatatime #yougotthis #wegotthis #alltogethernow #writersofinstagram #michelleweilert

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Thanksgiving #throwback Happy day to you and yours 💕

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I don't necessarily mean this about people, like in a "peace out, mofo" kind of way (though it could definitely be true!) but I'm thinking more about places and things and processes that have been so, so good for you but that you're also, well, done with. That's a kind of gratitude too, and sometimes the sweetest way to say thank you to a thing is to let it go. To acknowledge it's served its purpose and is not needed anymore. It's an essential part of making space for whatever is coming next: be ensuring something else isn't in its way. What do you think, friends? Is there anything you'd like to bid farewell on this, our national week of Thanksgiving?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#gratitude #qotd #writersofinstagram #michelleweilert #goodbye #levelup #makespace #thankyou #developmentallyappropriate #pruning #makingroom #honoringyourself #honoringyourselfinthehereandnow

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It’s hard to see growth while it’s happening. So hard, in fact, that it’s easy to think it’s not even happening—and when you can’t see the progress you’re making, it’s easy to get discouraged. So it’s nice to occasionally take a moment to think how far you’ve come. Friday is a good day to do it, especially a Friday at this time of year. It’s difficult to see how all the dots connect while you’re right in the middle of it but remember the times you’ve been in this place before: how once you got out of it, you could see that that you were growing, blossoming as if in slow motion. That’s what’s happening now too. Look forward to the day you can see it. Let yourself celebrate all the progress, even the subtle shifts you cannot see.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#decadechallenge #friday #friyay #growth #progress #youaregrowing #slowcontinualgrowth #gratitude #change #celebrate #celebrategrowth #celebratenow #celebratetheshifts #ilikeyouexactlyasyouare

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You know how some days you feel like everything sort of sucks, then you talk to one of your close friends and all the things that are in your heart and head come tumbling out and you feel SO much lighter and by the time you're done talking, it's like, suddenly the world is good again? You know, that thing? A chat with a friend is such a simple but significant thing. Common enough to be ordinary and yet an extraordinary occurrence. Thank God for friends, those sweet little flowers sprinkled in our lives. May we always take the time to appreciate the beauty they bring to the everyday. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#extraordinaryordinary #EOthursday #everydayextraordinary #writersofinstagram #michelleweilert #gratitude #compassion #friendship #friends #flowers #convo #friendssavelives #talktoafriendtoday

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I spent way more time than I expected thinking about what I wanted to say for #internationalmensday. For multiple reasons (I know so many incredible men and I also know that wanting a better world for girls means also wanting a better word for guys because they go hand-in-hand and one does not exist without the other) but mostly because I have a nephew now and 16 months of knowing him has offered new layers to my viewing of men. I’ve started to think about the little boys they were, back before the world told them how to be. Because my God, this little nephew of mine, he is soft and sweet and so full of feelings. He likes to share with others; he loves dancing and music; he cuddles and loves openly. The thought of someone taking that away from him—of squashing his ability to be his full self—makes me furious. (And I let myself feel that anger because I’m not gonna shame myself for any emotion, ya heard?) So on International Men’s Day, I want to say that I hope all men get to live the same way my nephew does right now as a young boy: feeling all his feelings and being his true self. Because when we don’t make space for that, we damage men and when we damage men, we damage society. We can do better. We must do better. I want a better world for my nephew; I want a better world for all of us.
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#internationalmensday #internationalmensday2019 #abetterworld #equality #fullfeelings #nogenderbias #nogenderstereotypes #smashstereotypes #lettoysbetoys #speakup #speakupdontmanup #letboysbesoft #letboyscry #letboysbeemotional #letboysbesensitive #letsboysbe #LETBOYSBE

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I mean this in so many ways. I'm talking the physical (letting someone into traffic, scooting over in a waiting room so another person can sit) and the emotional (having a conversation with a lady in a check out line who seems a little lonely, allowing a friend to vent even when you've already got a lot going on) and a whole other bunch of ways that I can't put names to. Make space for each other today, friends. Make space for other people's humanity and for yours. We're better together. We really are.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#extraordinaryordinary #thursdayEO #michelleweilert #writersofinstagram #gratitude #makespace #share #letpeoplein #misterrogers #whatwouldmisterrogersdo #friendship #love #compassion #humanity #receive #eachother #smallkindnesses #littlejoys #ordinary #beautifulordinary #beautiful #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #moveforward #humanconnection #human #humanity #onlyhumanafterall #onlyhuman

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Newborns at a Pittsburgh area hospital dressed up in red cardigans a la Mister Rogers for #worldkindnessday. I was going to do the same but honestly they wear the look so much better and I don’t want them to worry that I’m stealing their thunder. (Though obviously Mister Rogers would say there’s room for all of us to shine!) Anyway, whether you own a cardigan or not, I hope you’ll commit an act of kindness today—even it’s only for yourself. I recommend looking in the mirror and saying, “I like you very much just the way you are.” The warmth you’ll get from embracing yourself like that is basically a cardigan for the heart ❤️ .
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#worldkindnessday #worldkindnessmovement #kindworld #worldkindnessday2019 #misterrogers #mcfeely #cardigans #danieltiger #feelings #embrace #likeyourself #itsabeautifulday #itsabeautifuldayintheneighborhood #misterrogersneighborhood

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