MERRY MARIE

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Remember to maintain your inner light. People who have nothing but snarky comments about you are not your friend. They are not your cheerleader. You should love them unconditionally from afar, but by no means should you let them in. People who have nothing but snarky comments hate others because they hate themselves. They do not want to see others succeed because they are stuck. They have lost their light. Their light is still within, but

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Always treat the person in front of you as if you are speaking to a program, a lens. All people are programmed to be a specific kind of person; by their parents, by their community, by their society. If you are lucky, you were never programmed. But most of us are at a young age because we do not know how we are as souls yet. As a child, you are a blank slate. The environments and people around you shape you as a person. Every trauma or int

Bonjour mon ami! How are you today? I am split between my dual self, honoring the old and receiving the new. Change is hard...for everyone. The anxiety and fear that comes with any transitional phase manifests in everyone's life differently. Some people embrace the change wholeheartedly because they see it as God's plan (#Amen, #TrustTheUniverse, #TrustGod). Some people grip tightly to sentimental reminders or memories as if they are going to forget their past experiences and

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Trust your inner voice and intuition. That is God and your ancestors sharing wisdom embedded in your subconscious. Maybe you noticed a few signs that don't make sense out of context or to anybody else but you. For some reason, unbeknownst to you, the order of events and signs shared with you is a complex message for you to decipher. That's your inner wisdom. Your brain is the original computer (#OGComputer). Your spirit is the energy to pr

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? You should develop your own belief system (#LifeLongLearner). You need to be a student of people, cultures, and sociology. Study people and try to understand what motivates them. People are the sum of their parts. They wear multiple masks in their daily routines. Do not judge. Do not intervene. Ask questions. Try to understand and accept. Many people in your life will try to tell you who you are. You will either agree or disagree with thes

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Yo, yo, yo. I'm not about hating and I'm not about gossiping (#FlappinLips). You are what you consume and that includes information; the stories you tell yourself and to others. The more and more you tell these stories, the more you believe them. But sometimes you get the story wrong. Gossip is not truth. Gossip is an interpretation of someone's perception of events from their lens and their lens only. So why do people believe the stories

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? The cousin to kindness is humbleness. Admitting that you screwed up is not only mature, but it's also freeing. Did you say a word you didn't mean to? Apologize, acknowledge, be better next time. Did you make an assumption about someone you didn't know and you caught yourself being prejudiced? Apologize, acknowledge, be better next time. Did you not know something that indirectly affected someone else? Apologize, acknowledge, and think of o

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? I often fall into dark moods. I can't help it; it's like my power-down mode. If I've been around a lot of people for an extended period of time or if I've been around a lot of noise, I must power down to recover each and every time (#InternalBattery, #Ambivert, #Balance). If I do not get adequate rest, then those brain wires start to get a little erratic (#Human, #SleepAndDrinkWater). But my dark moods are not necessarily a bad thing. Why

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Do you feel connected and most alive when you're listening to or playing music? (#Me) I do, I do! Something about deep bass and rhythmic beats is invigorating. Music has always connected people. You don't need to speak the same language to understand how music translates emotion or sentiment. Music is so closely aligned with our spirituality and we have become unaware. We see music as a form of entertainment when really it is meant for all

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Life is painful, but it is also pulsed with joy. Joy is not given, joy is created. Joy is the gem we gain after we've experienced the extreme pressure of growth, pain, and turmoil. Have you ever wondered why you have your (#AhHaMoments) after you've been crying for days? Perhaps you are mourning a loved one or you are freaking out over the constant change that is life (#ChangeIsConstant, #ChangeIsGrowth). You are trying to control things i

Bonjour, mon ami. I know a lot of us are conflicted (#AllTheTime). We don't know what to believe anymore because so much information is being thrown at us at all moments of the day. You can customize everything you consume, which means there isn't a lot of oversight in the information being served to you, except for you. Your consciousness is the decider. Be a lifelong learner. Do not accept what is presented to you as the one and only fact. Ask questions, investigate, ponder

Bonjour, mon ami! Why don't we play anymore as adults? Why don't we play with our families? It's not only a great way to bond with older members of the family. But it is also a great way to learn who the little ones are becoming as human beings. We don't talk to our children enough. We don't get to know the real them. We allow them to make their own decisions and we allow for them to tell us who they are on their own accord. But do we take the time to sit down with them, hang

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? If you've ever cried for days and prayed to God asking why you are so sad all the time, I feel you. We are (#CovidConnected) and I feel your pain (#ForeverConnected, #PrayForUkraine). Everyone has their moments. Everyone goes through the ocean of emotions. Sometimes there is a light wave, and sometimes there is a tsunami (#ClimateChange). We all experience extreme pain and trauma in one way, shape, or form and we all respond to trauma diff

Bonjour, mon ami! We each have a light and dark side. People say you become the side you feed the most. I need both my dark and light side (#Balance). The dark side of me is not a bad thing. My dark side was created as a result of the trauma I've endured over the years. My dark side is the protector of my light side. My light side is my child-like pure self. The (#MeBeforeTheWorld) reached its hands into my brain and tried to pick me apart. Have you ever looked at someone and

Bonjour, mon ami! Growing up I was expected to question everything. I was raised among intellectuals who studied religion like a history course rather than a guide to finding spirituality. My folks grew up with religion stuffed down their mouths. So naturally, they allowed the choice to be mine when I turned 13, whether or not to continue with my spiritual education. I chose the intellectual side and decided to study the things I wanted to learn about. I had gone to enough ch

Bonjour, mon ami! Love your mundane life. I really mean that. We grow up so fast and we are blitzed with loads of information since the dawn of computers (#Millennial, #PluggedIn). We overcomplicate our lives with other people's stories and trauma (#RealityTV, #MurderMysteries). We feel other people's pain so deeply because we're all connected. But why do we run towards the pain so often? We want to help because we are human and empathic, but then we become desensitized. The

Bonjour, mon ami! If you haven't binge-watched (#SchittsCreek) yet, get with it. One of my favorite episodes is when Alexis reminds David that (#NobodyCares). When she said it, it rang in my ears because it is so obvious and so very true. People love to obsess about themselves, including me (#ILoveMe). We can get so self-absorbed that we lose sight of the big picture and other people. Nobody cares because nobody is thinking about you as much as you. They are not thinking abou

Bonjour, mon ami! I prefer people who are emotionally consistent instead of emotionally distant. I understand when the distance is necessary. Self-care sometimes requires extended periods of quiet, contemplative thought. However, emotionally distance as a pattern to block out the people in your life will stunt your evolution as a human being. We can only learn from each other. People transact best when sharing anecdotes; you know, real shit (#KumbayaMoments). Emotionally dist

Bonjour, mon ami! How are you today? Remember that person who called you a bad name? Remember that person who said you can't make it to your goal? Remember that person who didn't believe in you? Remember that person who tried to make you feel devalued? One, fuck them! (#WishYouAllYouDeserve) Two, love you! (#Fierce) Three, use the disgust you have for their disbelief in you as your spiritual fuel (#IBelieveInMe). Feel the anger, don't ignore it. Now use that anger as your fue

Knowledge is my #LoveLanguage. I love learning about people. I love learning about new cultures. I love learning about what motivates people to continue even when life is not so great (#Resilience, #OldSouls, #BuddhistNinjas). These people that keep it going inspire me. Some of us do not want to watch the world burn. Some of us want to heal the world through prayer and action, real commitment, not just false promises. Be my inspiration my sweet #JoySprites. You are the future