Love & Peace

People Grow

We don’t like being penalized for something we said or did, years ago. But we do it to people all the time. Someone does one thing that offends us and now, this is how we view them for eternity. Take note, people grow beyond these moments. No one stays the same forever.

Know You're Grateful

When you say ‘thank you,’ let it come from deep within, with meaning. Let that person know you’re grateful and why.

Eliminate Negative Self-Talk

Increase your personal power through positive and powerful communication. Recognize and eliminate negative self-talk.

Bully Your Body

Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.

Seeking Approval

We grow up with the idea that we have to look for others for answers. Instead of seeking approval, look inside of yourself and feel what is right. We are all unique, therefore we are all on our own path. No one can tell you exactly what to do, because their destination is different from yours.

It Hurts Too Much

Sometimes it takes a while for people to move on, because it hurts too much. But sometimes those who say they’ve moved on really haven’t. Because they don’t want to get hurt again. They don’t want to feel vulnerable.

A Difficult Challenge

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult challenge which, more than anything else, will affect it’s outcome.

Love At First Sight

Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

A Very Important Practice

This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Hope Is . . .

Hope is knowing that a positive outcome awaits. Hope is not only expecting a dream to come true, but also having a deep assurance that it's within your reach.

Reaching Back For Yesterday

Don’t lose tomorrow because you’re reaching back for yesterday.

I Am Healed

Affirmation: I am healed on all levels, NOW!

You Can Feel Sorry For Yourself

With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

Love Is The Ability . . .

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

Progress

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

You Settle For Less

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

The Only Person

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

You Can Achieve

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

You're In A Bad Place

Anytime you’re in a bad place and want to get out of it – create goals of where you want to be and then, break them down into take small steps you can accomplish each day.

Inside Your Body Was Once . . .

Overestimating Your Problems

The size of your problem is nothing compared with your ability to solve them. By overestimating your problems, you underestimate yourself.

Those Who Fail To Appreciate

Perfect People

The only people who believe they are perfect are the one’s that live by their own imperfect standards.

Spot-Check Your Attitude

Several times a day, take a moment to analyze what you’re thinking. Are you being positive or negative? If the latter, try to reframe the situation in more positive terms. By becoming more self-conscious about your negativity, you’ll learn to curb it.

How Great Can You Be!

Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is. - Anne Frank

Intention

Set your intention each morning to have a positive day! Remember you choose your attitude!

Go Against Your Morals

Don’t ever go against your morals and degrade yourself to ‘Fit in,’ you have a mind of your own. You don’t need someone else to tell you what is right or wrong.

Only Lessons

Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.

- Cherie-Carter Scotts

Realize

Precious Gift

Life’s most precious gift is to awake in the morning and live another day.

Why Did This Happen To Me

When things don’t go our way we have the tendency to say “why did this happen to me”. Next time you find yourself in this place say “why did I choose this to happen to me”. You might be surprised by your answer.

Your Life Determines

The degree of responsibility you take for your life determines how much change you can create in it.

Give Thanks

Having listed the positives you can think of, give thanks for the current situation as well as the things that you already have. For one, things could be a lot more worse! It won’t be easy to be thankful in the face of harsh challenges, but focusing on what you do have, instead of what you’ve lost, will put you in a better position to solve problems on hands than being in a self-pity and sorrowful state.

Find That Somebody Special

If you are finding the search for somebody to love to be fruitless, firstly check how you feel about yourself. If you don't feel lovable, seek help NOW to remedy the situation - it may be all you need to find that somebody special.

Looking At Life

Imagine someone whose self esteem is at a healthy level, as looking at life through a clean, shiny window.

Whatever You Choose

You are the power in your world! You get to have whatever you choose to think!

Some Are Afraid

We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.

The Problem Is

No matter what the problem is, our experiences are just outer effects of inner thoughts.

Wondrous Sacrifice

Love is the only force known to man which it is not possible to vanquish by any threat, however dire, in any ordeal, however terrible, to which it may be put. In its purity it inspires to the most wondrous sacrifice.

Down Times Leads To Depression

No Matter Who You are or how successful you are, everyone has periods of "being down" on life or yourself.

These "down" times lead to negative thoughts, which can lead to poor productivity and for some, can lead to different levels of depression. Minimizing and ultimately eliminating these time periods will allow you to make remarkable progress in your life.

Think about it. If you were always "pumped up", full of positive energy and passionate about every day, how incredible would your daily contributions be to your life?

Your Reputation

When you meet someone for the first time, how you act begins painting a picture of the type of person you are overall. If for some reason you are angry and act as such, you will be seen as an angry person. People are very quick to generalize and it doesn't take long for a firm opinion to be formed. And don't forget, people talk - this is how your reputation is spread!

Creativity Is Always In Demand

Your unique creative talents and abilities are flowing through you and are being expressed in deeply satisfying ways. Your creativity is always in demand.

Recognize Prosperity

Begin to recognize prosperity everywhere, and rejoice in it.

Pray For Something

The moment we pray for something to occur. We are acknowledging it’s not there now and may be empowering the very condition we’d like to change. Instead, imagine the answer to your prayer manifesting and the feeling it brings into your life.

I Can

Today, take the first step and say ‘I can,’ instead of saying ‘I can’t.’

World Full Of Possibilities

This strategy will remind you how important a balanced life really is. Keeping your life in balance provides you the ability to see a world full of possibilities for yourself. But, when you are knocked off balance, it’s your personal responsibility, your choice, to get back on track or not.

So, how can we learn to keep our balance? What are the necessary skills or techniques to make this happen? First you must open your mind and heart to the reality that not everything in your life will always be stable or steady; and it never will, but it is up to you how you choose to experience and deal with these periods of balance and imbalance alike.

The best bet to experience a more balanced life is to think about what you really want. Don’t worry about the how, detail-by-detail. The how will be revealed to you in due time. Instead, stay focused on what it would look like to have a better job, to improve a relationship, or to explore an interest (like traveling) or a hobby.

Staying more in-touch with the what than the how will provide you with a more positive state of mind, attitude and, indeed, a better sense of balance. Each day you should focus for a few minutes on how it would feel to begin to achieve the things you desire for your life.

Dreams And Daydreams

Vision is created by our dreams and daydreams, alike, Vision provides the avenue to take our lives to wherever we want them to go. Our vision reminds us that we are always capable of learning and growing into who we want to be.

Make It Memorable

You have the Power to change a life. Now, go out and do it – and do it in way that makes it memorable.

Heal The Wounds

Allow the love in your heart to heal the wounds that have kept you from moving forward in life.

The Seeds You Plant

You can always change your thinking. If you don’t like a thought change it. The seeds you plant will be the harvest you reap.

The Human Spirit

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.

The Gift of Encouragement

One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.

– John O’Donohue

Pride Get In The Way

Don’t let your pride get in the way of what your heart is trying to say.

Who Cares What Others May Think?

This is your life. Our time in this world is precious. If we hold ourselves back because of how we think we might be viewed if we pursue a particular path or course of action, then we are giving in to the temptation of allowing others to define who we are and we are giving permission for these people to determine the life we should live.

To move forward, to break free and move past whatever is holding you back requires you take back a piece of your dignity and re-claim your life; a life that is meant to be lived on your terms and will always be uniquely your own – no matter what others may think.

When your last day is upon you, I doubt your attention will be on wishing you did more of what others expected of you. I believe your thoughts, I believe my thoughts, will be on what I was able to accomplish and the value these accomplishments had on my life and on the life of others.

Take What You Need

Decide Who You Want To Be

Your past doesn’t define who you can be in this moment. Use the present, this very second, to decide who you want to be and then start heading in that direction.

The Special Olympics

My awesome group of volunteers that helped with the Athletes at the Special Olympics. It was an incredible experience with loads of inspiration from these extraordinary Athletes.

Endangered Species

Good people who are positive role models in the world.

Beauty Of Life

Love the moment and let the beauty of life play out.

Today Make The Choice

There is no better time to begin something new, something fresh than right now. Today you can make the choice to do one small action that will create the momentum needed to set you on your way. It can be one thought, contacting someone to help or motivate you, or making a written plan of what it is you are reaching for you in life. No matter the destination, the journey can begin today, right now.

Paint Your Masterpiece

Dreams are your paints; the world is your canvas. Believing is the brush that converts your dreams into a masterpiece of reality.

Karma

People who create their own drama deserve their own karma.

Creating The Life You Want

True growth happens on the other side of your comfort zone. Fear fills the gap between your comfort zone and growth. Taking the first step and walking through the fear is a fundamental step to creating the life you want.

Gratitude

Gratitude. It is with a grateful heart that helps me to see so much abundance in my life. My value of gratitude reminds me that what I have today can be taken away tomorrow.

Love Is Like . . .

Love is like the sun coming out of the clouds and warming your soul.

Look

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.

One Shot At Life

We only have one shot at this life. This is it. We’ve been given this great gift to enjoy everything that life has to offer.

Spiritual Wealth

Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

– John Templeton

In Every Journey

In every journey comes a moment – one like no other. And in that moment, you must decide who you are and who you want to be. This is your opportunity to grow or simply go on existing.

Hope For Peace

Hope for peace is within each individual's heart, but only through learning to listen to your heart can the potential of this hope be realized.

In A Relationship

A person in a relationship doesn’t promise, they commit. They don’t demand, they give thanks.

Sufffering

Suffering in life doesn’t come from the life events Suffering comes from the meaning we give to the events. Suffering doesn’t come from the facts.

Instead of Complaining

Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.

– Proverb     

Understanding To All People

Be kind, warm, sympathetic, compassionate, and understanding to all people. You will feel more attractive when people frequently tell you how you’re one of the most loving and caring people they know.

What You Are

Don't Be Afraid

Don’t be afraid to stand out. As the saying goes, “You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” Wise words, for sure. Never compromise yourself with the world – be yourself without apology. If people start telling you to stop doing what you’re doing because you’re challenging the status quo, you’re doing something right – keep going. Stop caring about what people think and do what you think is right. Be sovereign and do not let other people stop you from being you.

Loving And Caring

Be kind, warm, sympathetic, compassionate, and understanding to all people. You will feel more attractive when people frequently tell you how you’re one of the most loving and caring people they know.

Awesome

Being Spiritual

Being spiritual doesn’t mean being religious or following someone else’s ideals, it means to believe in the goodness in the World. It means to love and have faith in all of nature. Life is beautiful and we should appreciate nature in its entire splendor. When we unravel the beauty in nature, we reveal beauty in ourselves.