"Always listen to the experts.
They'll tell you what CANNOT be
done and why.
Then go and do it."
- Robert Heinlein
Follow your heart and do not let anyone ever tell you what you cannot do!!!
All success is preceded by failures and missteps, it is the strong, determined soul who doesn't listen to others and never gives up!!!
Stay Strong
"Is it raining, little flower?
Be glad of rain;
Too much sun would wither one;
It will shine again.
The clouds are very dark, it's true; But just behind them shines the blue.
Are you weary, tender heart?
Be glad of pain:
In sorrow, sweetest virtues grow, As flowers in rain.
God watches, and you will have sun,
When clouds their perfect work have done."
- Lucy Larcom
"Life is made up of small pleasures.
Happiness is made up of those tiny successes.
The big ones come too infrequently.
And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything."
- Norman Lear
"Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought.
So your world becomes what you feel and what you think."
- Anonymous
I know it is not easy work, but if we could just convince ourselves that our minds, our daily thoughts and our directed mental focus, are the driving forces to creating our own circumstances, how easy and fulfilling would life become?
Every one of us controls this power and we choose to create either positive or negative circumstances based on what thoughts we allow to run through our minds!!
Strive to eliminate old habits, old negative beliefs, and past failures and old labels!!!
Replace them with positive and healthy thoughts of what you want to become, what you would like to be and experience - and lo and behold, THAT will become your reality!!!!
It is our choice!! Choose it today!!!
Stay Strong!!
Today is a crummy day!!
For a plethora of reasons, this rainy Monday morning is a real crummy day!!!
I am not going to sugarcoat it, I could list 20 things this very moment that would bolster my case and really cement the fact that I believe today is a really crummy day!
It is amazing how easily, when we are not focusing and let our guard down, that negative thoughts simply flock to us and cascade into our consciousness!!!
Like moths to a flame, once we allow a slight opening for a negative thought to take hold and influence our current mindset, we can almost immediately become deluged and overrun with hundreds of other negative thoughts ...
....and good luck getting out of that tailspin!!!
So yeah, today is a crummy day.
However, at this moment, 11:08 am, I am stopping the spigot of negativity!!!
I am closing the flow of negative supporting evidence to reinforce just how crummy today is, and saying NO MORE!!
The flow has been halted as of this very moment. I will not accept any more into my mind right now!!
Now I am flushing out the ones that snuck in and through and have been bouncing around in my head all morning!!!
They hold no weight and no worth or power over my attitude or mind!!
Get out!!
Clean them out and replace them with goals, positive thoughts, upcoming plans or events!
Or Prayer, mantras, ...whatever works for you!!
If none of these exist right now, just focus on the hope that your life holds!!
The hope that tomorrow holds for all of us IF we choose to act!!
Go find someone who needs words of encouragement or help or a smile or just a pat on the back and a reminder that we are never alone, even when we feel that way.
Every crummy days can be salvaged and as long as we have a "later" or a "tomorrow" to point to, because today's crummy is just a mirage and within our final "approval" limits!!!!
You are in charge!!! Take over now!!
Try it ..it works wonders!!!
Stay Strong!!
"If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy."
- Anonymous
These are the only things that truly matter!! And we are all LOADED with them!!
Focus on the abundance of these items and you will not worry so much about the small things that really are of zero consequence in the long run!!
Do not let Monday drag you down!! Come out swinging and with gratitude for all you have in your life!!!
In truth, it is a King's Ransom!!!!
Stay Strong!!!
