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~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

Hey hi hello! Welcome to the second iteration of...

~ The Toolshed ~

I decided to make a new thread, as the first one had errors and phantom pages, and was getting quite long! You can still find all the amazing pics, inspiring quotes, and uplifting messages of the first Toolshed here.

What is the Toolshed? Ain't a place to hang your hammer! Hehe this is a space where we can share the things that have helped us in our recovery. Tools, coping skills, inspiring ideas, and messages of hope and growth, is what this space is all about!!

You can stay connected and up to date on this space by favouriting, or by subscribing to the thread - head to the top of the page, and find the three dots to the right of the thread title (next to the star), click, and from the drop down menu you can 'favourite' or 'subscribe' - and clicking the star itself will also favourite the thread for you.

Favourite threads are then always available in your favourites list which should appear on the right hand side of most forums pages - or you can go to your profile and scroll down to the 'Favourites' section under your recent posts.

If you subscribe, it means that you will get a notification every time someone posts something new in the thread. So up to you if you simply want it to be always accessible, or if you want all the updates, or both!

I invite anyone who wishes to contribute to do so! It doesn't have to be pictures, it can be discussion, questions, videos, whatever you like! So without further ado, here's my latest batch!

Tagsalad (alphabetical order stolen from @Former-Member hehe):

@AlwaysMyself @Appleblossom @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Blackcloud @Bow @Captain24 @Chasingsunsets @creative_writer @Cuddlebear @Dimity @DownMoreThanUp @MissGremlin @ENKELI @GezzaP @Glisten @heartathome @Jacques @Judi9877 @Kashmina @lonemushroom @Meowmy @MJG017 @Mustang67 @NightFury @Oaktree @PeppiPatty @puppydoglover @rav3n @RebelliousAngel @REDLINEZ750 @RiverSeal @Ru-bee @Shaz51 @SleeplessRaven @The-red-centaur @Till23 @tyme @0ddsidian

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Awwww thankyou my sweet @Bunniekins. Love you beautiful ❤️.

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@Bunniekins @Cuddlebear @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Captain24 @Flutterbug9 @Chasingsunsets @heartathome @REDLINEZ750 @Bellaley @ENKELI @Glisten @Taali @Blackcloud @PeppyPatti @DownMoreThanUp @Realness @Shaz51 @Appleblossom @Mustang67 @Meowmy @SmilingGecko @GezzaP @StuF @TAB @Jacques @Dimity @Snowie @Eve7 @outlander @Emelia8 @creative_writer @The-red-centaur @lonemushroom @SleeplessRaven @MedicinalGypsy @LexieJo @Rosepetal96 @Sophia1 @Sadness2015 @happy222 @puppydoglover @DahliaDreams @Judi9877 @Jynx @Ru-bee @AuntGlow @0ddsidian @Oaktree @tyme

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Thanks gorgeous @MissGremlin

Am going to share image 2 with my sister who is facing a big bunch of challenges right now.

Taali 💙

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You're so welcome @Taali sweet ☺️.

Hope things get better for your sister soon ❤️.

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Thank you 💓

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@MissGremlin good morning sweetheart, thanks for the tools. Really help.

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Morning @Meowmy sweetheart, you're so welcome ❤️.

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@Bunniekins @Cuddlebear @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Captain24 @Flutterbug9 @Chasingsunsets @heartathome @REDLINEZ750 @Bellaley @ENKELI @Glisten @DownMoreThanUp @Realness @Blackcloud @Shaz51 @Appleblossom @Meowmy @PeppyPatti @Mustang67 @Taali @SmilingGecko @TAB @StuF @Jacques @Dimity @Snowie @Eve7 @outlander @Emelia8 @Rosepetal96 @Sophia1 @creative_writer @The-red-centaur @LexieJo @lonemushroom @Sadness2015 @happy222 @MedicinalGypsy @SleeplessRaven @puppydoglover @DahliaDreams @Judi9877 @Jynx @Ru-bee @AuntGlow @0ddsidian @Oaktree @tyme

GezzaP i can't tag you sweet, I'm sorry. Also still can't tag RiverSeal.

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@MissGremlin @Jynx @Meowmy @Taali @Bunniekins

From Lies Believed to Lies Released

I believed many lies about myself as a child.
I was afraid
I was not good enough to be.

That was what the voices would say,
not seeing truth,
only hearing fear speak
through the darkness surrounding me.

Through many storms,
the lies I lived
became familiar.

The lie dressed itself as a sheep,
offering protection behind its shields,
promising safety if I heeded its voice,
promising certainty
when my world felt uncertain,
promising answers
that never truly arrived.

The lie whispered:

"You are alone."

So I built walls,
each lie another stone,
protecting me from invaders
that seldom existed.

"You are unwanted."

So I hid my heart,
longing for love
that could not penetrate
the fortress fear had built.

"You must fight."

So I sharpened anger
into my battle axe,
calling rage my strength,
while good life quietly died.

Years passed.

The lies I lived
grew into my shadow.

Heavy chains became my clothing,
while a stranger's voice
slowly became like my own.

Yet my buried truth
kept knocking.

Not with strength or violence.
Not with accusation or blame.
Not with angry or hateful speech.

Only a gentle knocking
through sleepless nights,
through my tears,
through confusion,
through years of wandering lost.

Calling.

Calling.

Calling.

For when we believe lies,
we cannot hear the voice of truth.

All my life truth spoke truly,
yet I did not heed it.

Blind to see prisoners set free.
Deaf to hear true love say:

"I love you."

Yet when at last
I opened the door
of my hiding place,

I found no enemy standing there
to knock me down.

Rather,
I realised truth
was offering me
the freedom
to let love be.

The truth of my life lived
revealed to me
the child beneath my fears,
the grief beneath my rage,
the longing beneath my striving.

Truth met me in my desert
and slowly began transforming me.

The lies did not leave at once.

They loosened.

One wound uncovered.
One fear released.
One tear at a time.

Until I saw,
looking back,

the lies had never been
my true life.

Yet my shadow seemed much larger
when I kept looking backward
from the rising Sun,

not following the light of day,

but truth's brightness revealing
what darkness once concealed.

For truth will always reveal
that the actuality of me
is me.

Therefore today,

I let what is true
be my daily food.

Love's touch
dining in my dwelling place.

For then my true life,
once hidden beneath those lies,
begins to grow again.

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@DownMoreThanUp

I have one word for you:

SENSATIONAL!!

@Jynx @MissGremlin @Meowmy @Bunniekins

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