Take Control Of The Mind

 Take Control Of The Mind

“There are two ways to be happy: change the situation, or change your mindset towards it.”

This is showing us that we must take control.

Control of our minds.

Control of our lives.

Control of any situation we find ourselves in.

Our lives are in our hands and are therefore our responsibility.

Every one of us wants to be happy so let’s help ourselves.

A journal to write down the positive and good experiences we have in life is a good way of helping ourselves mentally.

Plus, when times are difficult we can open up and read our journal, and it will remind us that life will get better.

This is having a positive mindset.

We can ‘nurture’ an optimistic mindset during the good and bad times.

We may not be able to change the situation, but we can always be happy in our minds.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Rosa Lewis

Mental Balance Is Important!

 Mental Balance Is Important!

“A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.”

Humility:

“Is the quality of being modest and unassuming, characterized by a down-to-earth assessment of one’s own abilities and limitations.”

Arrogant:

“Is an exaggerated sense of their own worth or abilities, often showing rude superiority toward others.”

It is interesting that ‘humility’ fosters intellectual growth and enhances emotional stability.

Whereas ‘arrogance’ shuts down learning abilities and distorts reality.

Which is better for our mental health?

We learn from our mistakes, and whilst we should be proud of our achievements, we must never be arrogant.

Meditating on both our mistakes and our successes will help us to keep our mental balance, which is so important.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Elizabeth Barrett-Browning

Look After Your Sleep

 Look After Your Sleep

“Go to sleep knowing you’ve done your best, you deserve your rest, and anything can happen tomorrow.”

Living in such a fast-paced world, and being as busy as we are in our lives, it is easy to forget the very basic requirement we have for sleep.

“Sleep” is not a luxury but a necessity.

For us to have healthy and balanced lives, we must have ‘a good night’s sleep.’

Sleep is a part of our self-care routine and we need sleep to be healthy, not just physically but mentally also.

Our minds and bodies rest and heal when we sleep, which is why we must make sure that we include sleep in our ‘life’s’ routine.

We work extremely hard, looking after our families and maybe even friends and neighbours, that we surely deserve to rest, even nap, but especially sleep, so that we will see tomorrow.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Nellie Bly

A Kind Word Can Complement

 A Kind Word Can Complement

“If speaking kindly to plants can help them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.”

What we say has a profound influence on the person we’re speaking to.

Words we speak will affect the other person’s mind, either in a positive or in a negative way, and this will either help them to progress in life or it will stop them short.

Surely, we only ever want him or her to do well in their lives, progressing and moving forwards in a positive way.

When a kind word encourages a plant to grow, how much more will a kind word inspire a fellow human to have a strong hold on life.

This encourages us to ‘think before we speak.’

A kind word can complement and even enhance another person’s health, mentally, physically and emotionally.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Mary Shelley

Encourage And Learn

Encourage And Learn

“Note to self: you are not too old and it’s not too late.”

As long as we are alive, we have the opportunity and the potential to do wonderful things, no matter how old or young we are.

After getting married and bringing up a family, an older couple may want to ‘live their dream’ of travelling, opening a shop or simply learning new things, like languages.

GO FOR IT!

Half of the time it is having the confidence to, so “believe in yourself” because you can and will do it!

An older person is a wise person with experience and, very often, a new sense of purpose.

Also, when our grandparents, and even our parents, went to school as children, there weren't the subjects to learn from that we have today, it was very often just the basics.

Let’s encourage our loved ones and learn from them.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Jane Austen

 

We Need An Education

We Need An Education

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”

We need education in order to progress.

Education enables us to read and write, giving us the ability to communicate and to learn about this planet Earth we live on.

Every generation who has, at least, basic schooling are equipped to improve their lives for the next generation.

This is how advancements are made in the medical profession, in technology and even in education itself.

An education will also help towards getting decent employment.

The beauty of living in today’s world is that we can ‘go to school’ at any age, no matter how ‘old’ we are.

An education teaches us and helps us to prepare for the future, and even helps us to ‘live our dreams.’

Education gives us the tools we need to live in today’s world.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Angela Burdett-Coutts

 

Believe That You Deserve Them

 Believe That You Deserve Them

“Be strong enough to let go and patient enough to wait for what we deserve.”

We live with ‘change.’

The seasons change.

The Earth itself is going through climate change.

In our everyday lives, we face situations where we need to change our plans.

Some things we need to let go of in order to change, whether we want to or not.

It is important for us to let go of some things in our lives to make room for new and better ‘experiences’.

We need to be patient and ‘wait’ for the better things because, whether we believe it or not, we “deserve” them!

Letting go of old and familiar things can be frightening and difficult, but when we remember how much this helps our mental health, we just go ahead and do it.

We want those new opportunities. 

We deserve them.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Edith Cavell