I Am Grateful That You Are In My Life

 I Am Grateful That You Are In My Life

“Today I am grateful for all the people that are loving and kind to me”

This can come down to — who do we ‘allow’ into our lives?

One thing we do need to be Grateful for is the “Unconditional Love” that we receive from our parents.

If we are lucky enough to have both parents in our lives, we “see” that Special Love every day of our Lives.

We can show how much we Appreciate this Love simply by giving our mum and dad time out from our busy schedule, and caring for them when they get older.

Have you noticed that most people want to be Kind, Helpful and Happy in their lives?

Again, if we are lucky enough to have these ‘kind’ of people in our lives then we have some really Good friends.

We want to ‘keep’ their friendship so we need to show the same considerate Qualities to them.

A thoughtful Smile.

A cheerful ‘Thankyou’.

Sometimes a small gift of Appreciation can speak volumes.

Showing Genuine Care for others 'Shines through and people do respond to such Kindness.

Just think for a few moment ‘who’ you have in your Life and the Qualities they have and show.

This will help us to be ‘Grateful’ that we have them in our Lives.

All of this will have such a Positive effect on our Mental Health.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Fifteen Minutes Every Day

 Fifteen Minutes Every Day

“I literally love being at home. In my own space. Comfortable and cozy. I love people, but I love my own time too”

This is something that we do actually “Need” — our own time.

Home means Comfort and when we are comfortable we are much Happier.

Having ‘our own space’ also helps us to clear our minds, and this gives us our Personal Time to rest, Relax and Rebuild, not just Mentally, but also Emotionally and Physically.

We also need to keep this in mind when we are with other people, because he or she needs his or her ‘Personal Space’ too.

The trouble can come when we need to Balance ‘alone time’ with ‘being with others’.

Too much alone time can damage our Mental Health.

Too much ‘association’ with other people can get on top of us.

We all need to work or / and look after our loved ones, it’s what we do as humans.

So we need to Plan our Time, as much as we can or is possible, to find and maintain that Balance.

Many of us have and use diaries but have you ever thought of putting in it “Personal Time” for yourself, every day?

Fifteen minutes every day might be all you need but this will Strengthen your Mind tremendously.

Having said all of this, what is the Home Environment like?

The more Peaceful the environment, the more Peaceful the mind.

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Appreciate Every Single Moment

 Appreciate Every Single Moment

“Someday we will look back at this moment, and it will forever remind us to never take the little things for granted”

How Important this is!

We must try to always be Grateful for anything Good that comes into our lives.

We should also be Grateful for the negative things, because we can Learn from them.

A Good way of doing this is to think about what we have in our Lives and write them down in a Gratitude journal.

A cup of coffee or tea with a biscuit is needed and well-earned after two hours of working (inside or outside the home).

A hug from our favourite aunt or uncle makes us feel so welcome when we visit them.

That Smile mother gives you when you’re popping in her shopping and having lunch with her.

Life is so ‘quick’ and can so easily be taken for granted, that we need to try to Appreciate every single moment, every single thing and every single person that we have in our Lives.

And it very often is the “little things” that we Appreciate more but that can so very easily be taken for granted.

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What Kind Of A Friend Am I?

 What Kind Of A Friend Am I?

“Good friends help you find important things when you have lost them — things like your smile, your hope and your courage”

This is such a lovely quote and a lovely way of looking at “Good Friends”.

These ‘types’ of friends are Positive and have a Strengthening effect on our personalities.

And a good friend is so Important to keep!

The actual word “Friend” has a Beautiful meaning: a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another.

A Good Friend will Care about you.

A Good Friend will Respect you.

A Good Friend will be Kind to you.

Like the quote says, he or she will help you find that Smile, that Hope and that Courage.

All of this will help us to find Hope in our Lives.

This will help us to find the Courage we need to progress in our Lives.

And doesn’t it feel good to have someone ‘standing in our corner’.

A good friend will also help us to be Motivated in our dreams in Life, and he or she will Encourage us to have Faith in Ourselves.

This does beg the question though: What kind of a friend am I?

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We Need To Be Completely Determined

 We Need To Be Completely Determined

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

A day can feel like a long journey, especially when we think about how much we need to do on that particular day.

But by starting early and getting through the first five minutes, we will get moving for the rest of the day.

Some of us are very nervous taking that first step because we fear the unknown.

But by Trusting in Ourselves and our own Abilities, we will take those first few steps.

And before we know it — it’s the end of the day and we have finished our ‘journey’.

We need to be Positive and have a Determined Attitude to get us through this.

‘This’ being the “Journey in Life”.

Persistence is a quality which we definitely need to get going and to get through this ‘journey’.

When we start to think that we will Accomplish this and that we will ‘get there’ — this Positive way of thinking will take away any fear or nerves or doubts we may have started with.

Our Mindset news to be one of Complete Determination in order to start and complete the ‘Journey’.

And then, when we look back on what we have Accomplished — we will be Proud of Ourselves, as we should be.

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You Can Handle This!

 You Can Handle This!

“In the gym, the weight doesn’t get easier to lift; you get stronger. In life, events don’t get easier to handle; you become better equipped to handle them. Keep growing”

Some weights in a gym are used to Strengthen many different muscles in the body.

This is a very good way of looking at Life and the ‘situations’ we find ourselves in.

When we first come up against a ‘problem’, we panic and worry about how to deal with ‘it’.

However, when we come against the same ‘problem’ a second or even third time, we know exactly what to do and we no longer worry or panic over ‘it’.

We are much Stronger in Ourselves.

A great deal of our ‘coping mechanism’ is connected to our minds and how we ‘view’ the ‘situation’ or ‘problem’.

Like lifting the weights in the gym, making our muscles Stronger, we can “Exercise” our Minds, making them Strong, which will enable us to face and deal with these ‘situations’ in Life.

The weights or ‘events’ do not necessarily get easier but We become Stronger ‘at each turn’.

Having a set routine of Mindfulness will Strengthen our Minds for when such ‘events’ or ‘situations’ arise.

Also, having a goal or a dream in mind, or even working towards these, will Help us to keep Control of our Lives and of our Time.

We also Grow within Ourselves and within our Lives.

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This Will Strengthen Our Mental Health

 This Will Strengthen Our Mental Health

“Be happy with what you have and you will have plenty to be happy about”

This can be done by Living in the Moment and Appreciating that Moment.

Meditation and Practicing Mindfulness also helps us in this.

Being Happy with what we have today is to be “Content” in our own Lives.

To be Content is to be ‘in a state of Peaceful Happiness’.

The word “Focus” comes into play.

We need to Focus on what we have and not compare our lives with that of others.

To Appreciate what and who we have in our Lives.

Every one of us is Different and Special in our own Unique ways.

From here, we Learn to Love Ourselves and our Lives.

What have you yourself Accomplished in your Life?

Look at what You have Accomplished and you will start to feel Good about yourself.

Look around your room, at your books, your hobbies and your pictures.

Pick up and look at the things you have now.

This way, you start to be Grateful for these very ‘real’ items.

All of this helps us to find Joy in our Lives.

Living on this planet Earth is enough to keep us Happy.

Add to this what we actually have in our Personal Lives and we should be always Smiling.

The Beauty of being Alive is that we can Practice this Gratitude every day.

This will Strengthen our Mental Health, which is so Important.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

It Is A Beautiful Word

 It Is A Beautiful Word

“Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world”

Kindness is a Beautiful word.

The word Kindness talks about the Quality of being Friendly, of being Generous and Considerate of and to others.

To Care for someone.

To be Compassionate and “Unconditionally Kind”.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves too.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves Physically — by exercising and eating in a healthy way.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves Emotionally — by using journaling and therapy.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves Mentally — by practicing meditation and Positive thinking.

By doing this, we will be in a better position to be Kind to others and to Help other people.

“And then let your kindness flood the world”.

This can be an example for the younger generation to look at.

A kind of a ‘role model’.

It is very often the little gifts and the small ways in which we show Kindness that have the most ‘impact’.

This will also Encourage others to be Kind to Themselves. 

Like attracts like too, so we would be surrounding ourselves with Positive and Kind friends.

If there was more Kindness in this world, maybe there would be less fighting and less wars.

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Mental Control Is Power

 Mental Control Is Power

“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control how you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is”

When we cannot change the ‘situation’ that we find ourselves in, we CAN Control how we ‘face’ that situation.

Calmly.

It is so Important to keep our Inner Peace at a time like this.

A ‘bad’ situation can very easily affect our health in a bad way, and it is up to us ‘not to let it’.

Our Mental and Physical Health takes Priority over any ‘situation’.

And our health is the one ‘thing’ that we CAN Control, at any time and in any situation.

It is a challenge, though, when we are ‘going through something’.

How we react will affect us long after the ‘situation’ has gone.

Practicing “Mindfulness” before any situation comes up will give us the Mental Control that is often needed to deal with and to get through that situation.

And then, when it is all over, we’ll be glad that we had that “Control”.

This is where the real Power is.

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Remind Yourself

 Remind Yourself

“There is always, always, always something to be grateful for”

Sit down and think about what and who is in your life, and what and who you should be Grateful for having in your Life.

We do not do enough of this.

Being so busy every day, all day, our minds are often taking up with ‘everything else’.

But sometimes we just need to do this to Remind Ourselves that Life is Good and Worth Living.

And also to Strengthen our Minds in a Positive way.

A Gratitude journal is good for this.

Writing in it every day will Help our Minds to stay on the ‘right track’ and build that Positive wall inside our Minds, which is ever so Important for the Balance of our Minds.

Also, we can read our Gratitude journal to Remind us of how Good Life really is.

What are some of these things to be Grateful for?

Somewhere to live.

Something to eat and drink.

Clothes to wear and shoes on our feet.

A school, college or university to Learn in.

A job to go to.

Good and steady health-care.

These are the basics but we still have them and should be Grateful for them too.

For example, compare your ‘situation’ to those who are living in a war-torn country. 

Yes, we have a lot to be grateful for.

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It Is A Beautiful Quality

 It Is A Beautiful Quality

“Learning to be calm when you’re disrespected is a superpower”

I’m sure that we all agree that ‘this is difficult’.

When another person is rude to us and disrespectful, we just want to retaliate and fire back.

It is (kinda) human nature to want to do this.

It certainly is a ‘superpower’ to remain Calm and to do the opposite (or nothing).

It is at times like this that we should look after ourselves and not the other person.

They are being unkind.

We should be “Kind” to ourselves.

Being Calm is to have a Beautiful Quality in our Lives.

To maintain our own Inner Peace, at a time like this, will Help ourselves — Mentally, Emotionally and Physically.

Remaining Calm will keep our Minds Balanced in a Positive Way.

Remaining Calm takes any hurt away from us Emotionally.

Remaining Calms protects us Physically because then we will not fight.

And it is the “Stronger” thing to do.

Having Empathy and Understanding will also Help.

For the other person, yes.

But also for Ourselves too.

This also emphasizes the very real ‘reality’ that we ourselves do not disrespect other people.

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You'll Be Glad You Were Patient

 You’ll Be Glad You Were Patient

“Let today’s theme be this: Be patient. The best things happen unexpectedly”

We live in a ‘NOW’ world where everything is ‘now’, ‘today’, ‘this minute’.

Which means we rarely have to “Wait” for things.

This means that when we do — we must be Patient.

“Patient”: to be able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

“Be Patient, your time will come”.

Having this “Patience” is good for our Mental Health.

‘This’ reduces stress and fosters Inner Peace, which is something we all need.

This is also Good for building ‘skills’, such as Self-Discipline and Self-Regulation.

Being Patient also shows that we trust in Ourselves.

The Beauty of Life on this Earth is that things — nice things — do often happen ‘unexpectedly’.

We may not even be thinking about something when someone, out of the blue, offers it to us.

This could apply to a new job.

This could apply to having a new friend.

This could even apply to having a ‘new life’.

Practicing Mindfulness is Good in building Patience within our Lives.

And ‘seeing the Fun’ in anything is a very Positive way of developing Patience within ourselves.

And when that unexpected thing happens, we’ll be ever so glad that we were Patient.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!