Donna Ashworth Quotes

Be loyal, love hard. Be a soulmate, be a sister. Be strong, be kind. Listen hard, laugh lots. Tell the truth but keep the secrets.

Take the love you shared with me and spread it out with gladness my life will not have been in vain if you can fight the sadness Take the love my darling it’s yours to carry on grow that love forevermore and then I won’t be gone.

You cannot be everyone's cup of tea, but you can be someone's first sip of a cold drink on a sunny day. Or a warming hot chocolate when you come in from the rain. Or the pop of a long-awaited champagne cork. Or a stiff shot of tequila when things go awry. Find your people. Love them hard

Your body, my friends, has but one job, to see you safely through this adventure of life, to allow your spirit to reach its potential.

Watch your words they can break down walls and build bridges but they can just as easily break a beautiful spirit.

I miss you today but I’m trying to find a way to move on but not leave you behind

Watch your words in moments of anger in moments of fear in moments of envy let them filter through your throat and ask three questions at the gate: Do I mean it? Is it true? Will it hurt?

JOY CHOSE YOU Joy does not arrive with a fanfare on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life joy sneaks in as you pour a cup of coffee watching the sun hit your favourite tree just right and you usher joy away because you are not ready for her your house is not as it should be for such a distinguished guest but joy, you see cares nothing for your messy home or your bank balance or your waistline joy is supposed to slither through the cracks of your imperfect life that’s how joy works you cannot truly invite her you can only be ready when she appears and hug her with meaning because in this very moment joy chose you.

Follow the flawed, the real, the messy. Follow the women who say it like it is, no filter, no glossing, no bull. Follow those people who accept themselves, and you, as you are. And leave the rest to edit their lives to perfection,

live your life flawed and beautiful.

You can have a friend, one single friend, whose support is so fierce, so fabulously fierce, that you feel like there is an army behind you.

There are many things to fear in this life but I have found that there is one to be feared above all the things you failed to say.

Follow the flawed, they will teach you how to be, just as you are, and like it too.

Don’t change the way you look sweet one, change the way you see.

Small wins little things look for the beauty in everything.

If you seek flaws, you’ll find flaws, if you seek beauty, you’ll find that too

you are pretty outstanding, just as you are and you don’t need their approval if you have your own.

Your light is simply made of the you-ness that makes you you

Don’t hitch your self-worth to something that moves. It’s the biggest asset you own.

All the times you touch the hearts of others are stars on that trail.

You are snaking a shimmering pathway full of love and joy sincerity and kindness companionship and loyalty and you-ness all over the place and you don’t even see it.

people who like themselves as they are don’t judge they don’t look for flaws neither do they filter your words for signs of weakness they have learned to stop all that they accept themselves naturally and so they accept you too just as you are

And as the years abound and you read your story back it will suddenly appear that your life was right on track. Don’t be fooled into thinking that all paths should look the same you’re not here to walk their road you are here to change the game.

LOVE CAME FIRST… You don’t move on after loss, but you must move with. You must shake hands with grief, welcome her in, for she lives with you now. Pull her a chair at the table and offer her comfort. She is not the monster you first thought her to be. She is love. And she will walk with you now, stay with you now, peacefully. If you let her. And on the days when your anger is high, remember why she came, remember who she represents. Remember. Grief came to you my friend because love came first. Love came first.

waste time wisely, my friend. Time spent in rest, joy, company and kindness is never wasted. As for everything else, just do it. You won’t regret the things you tried and failed at. But you will regret a life spent waiting. Those who wait, wait. You have a life to live.

The worst thing you can be, unequivocally, is locked in a prison of your own self-doubt, riddled with insecurities, afraid to venture out into this life, lest the world sees who you really are. In short, the worst thing you can be is someone else. When you were only ever meant to be you.

your grass is green enough.

Your body, your face is the doorway to you and nothing more. The real stuff is inside.

Be your own work in progress you’re a masterpiece in the making.

Find your people they are out there you know and they need you too. It’s chemistry. Feel them out.

The thing about rock bottom is that it’s hard and beautiful buildings need that, to keep them up.

Just be sure you don’t strive to be like the crowd. Be sure you never strive for that.

Friendship is showing up for the worst of times as well as the best and knowing which one is the most important.

I hope you find someone who ticks every item on your list.