10 years on WordPress, sharing positive quotes and writing from the heart. It’s been a journey of ups and downs, but I feel incredibly blessed to be here and to share this experience with all of you who follow me. Grateful for another year on WordPress.
Simply just live in this moment
Where everything feels good and calm
And for once at peace.
But I know that’s only because the countdown is on.
The days when my freedom is limited and the unknown occupies my mind.
Why can’t I run from this
The one thing that tires me out to the very soul of me.
When will I be free to breathe, laugh, and not pretend to care?
Because a piece of me dies every time I step foot into that place where those who think they are too worthy to be there aren’t.
Those who are worthy choose to leave because they are tired of being the ones others rely on.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes
Will you be gone
I haven’t had my full of hot chocolate and tea
But I’m done with your bitter coldness nipping at me as I go out into the night on my way to work.
Or as I come out of work and go home.
And even probably wrapped up I still feel you in my bones.
You have brought chaos this season with the snow and increased illnesses around.
It’s time you let us breathe the spring air and see the flowers again.
I know every season has its moment but I do think you are hogging the spotlight for a little too long.
So goodbye and I think I’ll skip you next year.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes
The hope for a new experience and joy
The anticipation of something great happening.
Finally, I won’t be standing in my way because this year is all about taking a leap of faith and trusting it’s gonna work out.
Because I believe in myself and I want a lot to happen this year.
So Heres to working hard and playing hard and trusting myself and taking the time to rest because self-care matters too.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2025 By Deirdre Stokes
But trying to find my way to something new.
As the past is long gone
And present is eye-opening
But where do I fit in now?
Everyone is moving around me, and I am stuck trying to figure it out.
I have moments when the picture pops up, and I see what I could be.
And I know only time will tell if it will work out, and right now, to be alive in the present moment is all I could honestly hope for.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes
How it goes struggle then victory
And then thanks to God.
At least that’s how it went today as I went live in my confidence coaching Facebook group today.
I did a 15-minute live about unleashing your inner confidence; it was my first one. Boy, was I nervous before, but when I hit live, I just talked as people can in and out of the live stream, but for the most part, it was just me.
And it’s funny how even talking to the camera by myself still made me nervous, and once it was over, I was relieved, but I went back to watch it and the volume was a little low, and the connection on Facebook was not great.
But God got me through it, and maybe the next time I go live, it will be better, and I will have more women in my group helping and supporting each other as they gain their confidence in themselves.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes
Of self-doubt and uncertainty wash over me, I fear the unknown.
Like the raging wind outside, I feel all the confidence and faith of being ready in time ripped out of me.
And I want to give up and throw in the towel as the fear of being in the spotlight overpowers me.
Then God wrapped his arms around me, and I felt peace again, and hope soared through me.
And I remember what my life coach said: self-doubt is the devil, and I feel it is trying to discourage me from becoming a better me.
But also, I’m not becoming a coach for me but to help others because that’s all I’ve done and love to do.
So, as I sit here confident that I can do this and know how it feels to lack confident in myself and my voice and it suckes.
But I also know how beautiful it is to have confidence in myself and my voice and how it feels to have something to say and say it.
I want to help women be confident and find their voice because doing something different is scary on your own, but doing it with someone else feels unstoppable and alive.
For the walls that come down and the ear that listens will care, and in that moment of change, maybe you too will hear your calling or at least feel that hiding isn’t something you need to do anymore.
So I hope you all have a blessed night and I know whatever happens on March 8th with me coaching someone or not, it’s not the end, but I hope that I won’t lose faith but hold strong because my journey maybe bumpy and first I know it will smooth it’s self out eventually.🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes
To live in the light
But you kept seeing how great I was
And so you used me until I became a shell of myself.
Now, the darkness is where I stand, even though there is still some light in me.
I can’t call on it for help anymore, for I saw the good in you, and what a fool I was.
Now, I barely have compassion or care for anything or anyone.
And now, when I see you, I don’t see a human but the devil himself, and I can’t help but feel nothing for you.
I blink at you and walk by you, and it’s like you don’t exist anymore.
I know you’re there, but my sense of cutting you off because toxic and liars have no place in my paradise.
And as I stand in the darkness and see the reflection of the light maybe one day I will go back but for now, I feel safe here in the dark where you seem to not notice or care for me.
And for the first time, I’m happy being left alone.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2024 By Deirdre Stokes
Want to wait around for something to happen.
I’m tired of feeling like I’m the only one they can relay on.
When do I get my break?
Before I break down and become useless, too?
I can’t trust you anymore, for lies pour out your mouth like a waterfall.
Leaving me angry and annoyed
But who am I to complain when I’ve known for a while who you are and what you do!
So here I am, tossing and turning, but sleep will not come, and yet again, a long night awaits me.
To dislike you is my truth because hate is a strong word, and you are not strong enough to deserve it.
One day, I won’t look back and wonder whatever happened to you, for I’m sure you will still be playing the same games as before I left.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
And I am awakened again, and this time
I feel like everything is clear on what I don’t want anymore.
I want out like never before; I’m screaming on the inside to find the exit from this hell of a place.
And you can’t talk me down. I’m done, and I have no more excuses to stay.
For a second, I was mad at you, but this war has nothing to do with you.
And so please forgive me if I don’t come towards you when you give me that look.
I must escape as the anger and sadness battling inside me may erupt from me and tear my world apart tonight.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
See that I was one-of-a-kind
From the way I look
To the glasses I wear
From the rainbows reflecting on my arms that day, I was just another girl you took a photo of and may not see again.
But then there I was, the girl everyone wanted a photo of because, well, they had never seen so many rainbows on one girl.
Because of you, I now stand out more than I did before, and when you called to work with me, I told you I was looking for a different kind of photographer this time.
And as you got mad and stated, I wouldn’t be where I am if you hadn’t taken that photo that day.
I realized that was true, but sometimes how you treat someone at the moment lasts a lifetime.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
In a peaceful place, I long to be
In a place where time slows down and I get all that needs to be done.
I need a vacation to a place of relaxation, as that’s all my body wants to do on my days off.
So here I am, looking at a picture of a place I would rather be.
Maybe one day, but for now, back to reality, my tired body and soul go.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted Jo ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
bowl everything in my life seems up in the air
To my surprise I’m still discovering new things as my journey is unclear
I’m at a standstill right now on the path that felt so right, and I am resting longer than I wanted.
But I am refreshed and awake right now
And soon all that is happening around me won’t be up in the air
And all that I pictured it would be like will fall into place as I open my eyes and know that through the difficulties, I did not quit.
Even when I had no clue what I had walked myself into.
Written By: Deirdre Stokes Copyrighted ©️ 2023 By Deirdre Stokes
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