Special outfits meant standing taller and minding your manners. You checked every button and smoothed every crease. Dressing up was part of the respect.
Those clothes reminded us to carry ourselves with care. The occasion mattered, and so did how we showed up. The best part was not the object or the task, but the people around it. Shared moments turned ordinary things into stories worth keeping. That is the kind of wealth I still measure. It is a gentle reminder that happiness can be ordinary and still feel extraordinary.

From Zachary Fisher on FB

🔥 The Cycles That Refuse to Break
Most people think healing happens once and then it’s done. But real healing doesn’t work like that. The same feelings, the same triggers, the same memories have a way of circling back around… not because you failed, but because something inside you is still asking to be seen.
Life has a way of bringing the lesson back until you meet it differently. Not with reaction. Not with collapse. But with presence. Awareness is what slowly loosens the grip. Each time you stay steady where you once unraveled, something inside you strengthens. Something old begins to lose its power.
Over time, the same situation that once shook you won’t even move you. The same words that once cut deep won’t land the same. You’ll notice the difference quietly. No fireworks… just a deep calm where there used to be a storm.
That’s when you know the cycle has finally broken. Not because life stopped testing you… but because you stopped ...