LIGHTHOUSE 2911

LIGHTHOUSE 2911 Ideally, our trained staff have direct contact with youth and their parents. Every moment of contact becomes an intense learning experience.

Youth are taught healthy life concepts and skills and are monitored and supported.

06/01/2026

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

06/01/2026

“Prioritize self-care: Just do the basics. Just do the next right thing for you.” — Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe

06/01/2026

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does—that makes you a winner right there.” — Venus Williams

05/31/2026

If you are struggling right now, you’ve got this!

No matter your circumstances, you always have what you need to take the next smallest step.

Or as Epicurus so profoundly said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Be mindful. Be present. Keep going, one day at a time, one small step at a time.

05/31/2026

When the going gets tough — when we’ve lost our motivation and feel unsure of everything — we need to wake ourselves up and remember…

To trust the journey, even when we do not understand it.
To accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in the road ahead.
To start exactly where we are, use what we have, and do what we can, one step at a time.
To look for the blessings hidden in every struggle we face, and be willing to open our hearts and minds to them.
To recognize our backpack of support — our external sources of hope and motivation — before a random guru (or someone with far more crooked intentions) has to steal it from us so that we can finally see what we have always taken for granted.
To be present and tap into our own hearts and minds — our internal sources of hope and motivation — which have the power to push us back up on our feet and guide us down the road to our backpack of support, even when it appears to be lost forever.
To laugh at the confusion, live consciously in the moment, and appreciate the lessons found at each twist and turn.
To not compare our progress with that of others, and accept that we all need our own time to travel our own distance.
To see how many of the things we never wanted or expected ultimately turn out to be what we need.
To be OK with not ending up exactly where we intended to go, while opening ourselves up to the possibility of eventually arriving precisely in the right place at the right time.

05/31/2026

“Head up, heart open. To better days!”
— T.F. Hodge

05/31/2026

Proactively establish healthy and reasonable boundaries.

Practice becoming more aware of your feelings and needs. Note the times and circumstances when you’re resentful of fulfilling someone else’s needs. Gradually build boundaries by saying no to gratuitous requests that cause resentfulness in you. Of course, this will be hard at first because it may feel a bit selfish. But if you’ve ever flown on a plane, you know that flight attendants instruct passengers to put on their own oxygen masks before tending to others, even their own children. Why? Because you cannot help others if you’re incapacitated. In the long run, proactively establishing and enforcing healthy and reasonable boundaries with difficult people will be one of the most charitable things you can do for yourself and those you care about. These boundaries will foster and preserve the best of you, so you can share the best of yourself with the people who matter most, not just the difficult ones who try to keep you tied up.

05/31/2026

Mentally hug them.

This little trick can positively change the way we see people who offend us. Let’s say someone has just said something unpleasant to us. How dare they! Who do they think they are? They have no consideration for our feelings! But of course, with a heated reaction like this, we’re not having any consideration for their feelings either — they may be suffering inside in unimaginable ways. By remembering this, we can try to show them empathy, and realize that their behavior is likely driven by some kind of inner pain. They are being unpleasant as a coping mechanism for their pain. And so, mentally, we can give them a hug. We can have compassion for this broken person, because we all have been broken and in pain at some point too. We’re the same in many ways. Sometimes we need a hug, some extra compassion, and a little unexpected love.

05/31/2026

Be bigger, think bigger.

Imagine a two-year-old who doesn’t get what she wants at the moment. She throws a temper tantrum! This small momentary problem is enormous in her little mind because she lacks perspective on the situation. But as adults, we know better. We realize that there are dozens of other things this two-year-old could do to be happier. Sure, that’s easy for us to say — we have a bigger perspective, right? But when someone offends us, we suddenly have a little perspective again — this small momentary offense seems enormous and it makes us want to scream! We throw the equivalent of a two-year-old’s temper tantrum. However, if we think bigger we can see that this small thing matters very little in the grand scheme of things. It’s not worth our energy. So always remind yourself to be bigger, think bigger, and broaden your perspective.

05/31/2026

Life is too short to argue and fight. Count your blessings, value those who truly matter, and move on from the drama with your head held high.

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