The Best Is YOU!

 The Best Is YOU!

“Never wait for someone else to complete your life”

No matter how ‘well-meaning’ anyone is, he or she has no right to ‘control’ your life.

It is yours and yours alone, and it is your privilege to choose how you want to live it.

When we plan out what WE want in our own lives, and stay busy in looking after ourselves, we are showing that we are personally in Control of ourselves and our own lives, and this very often makes a certain ‘type’ of person back off!

We Deserve to Live our Lives the way We want to.

Only we “know” what and who we need in our Lives, so only we have the right to ‘complete’ our own Lives.

This is where we need Self-Discipline and Determination.

When we treasure a gift, for example a beautiful ornament, we do everything we can to protect it and keep it safe.

How much more so do we want to Protect and keep Safe our Independence and our Lives.

Building our Minds up to be Strong is a daily ‘step’ but a very Important one!

Appreciating “who” we are and “why” we Live in a certain way, will make sure too that no one can try to take our Lives or our Minds away from us.

If he or she really loves you, he or she would only want the Best for you, and the Best is YOU!

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Depression Lost YOU Won!

We Are All The Same Really

 We Are All The Same Really

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms”

And both look Beautiful and Strong!

When we concentrate on our own Lives and what we are personally doing, we are ‘too busy’ to compare or compete with other people.

Some of us were brought up to ‘keep up with the Joneses’ but this is not a good way of living.

None of us want the worry of being able to afford ‘what she’s got’ or the constant pressure of looking ‘better than him’.

Each one of us has a Unique style and way of Living, if we would only just Accept ourselves “for who we are” and be Proud of “what we have personally achieved”.

Any flower grows in any weather or ‘circumstance’ and the variety of flowers on Earth is Amazing.

Why are we humans any different?

We are born, grow up and Live our Lives in a variety of ways, but we all still have to eat and drink, work and look after our families.

So we are all the same really!

There is no point in competing.

We need to look after our own Health — Mental, Emotional and Physical.

Like we said, when we Concentrate and Care for our own Lives, we are far ‘too busy’ to even think about comparing ourselves to others.

Remember, each one of us is Beautiful and Strong and Alive.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Depression Lost YOU Won!

The Power Of The Mind

 The Power Of The Mind

“You gotta train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or else you will lose yourself every time”

We always want to try and stay in Control of our Minds and our Emotions.

Possibly the only way to do this is by Training our Minds to be Stronger than our Emotions, so that we can keep that Control.

Emotions are Important and we have ‘them’ for a reason.

Emotions are a natural part of human nature.

‘They’ help us to understand some of the many things that we experience and why we ‘react’ in a certain way.

However, our Emotions ‘can’ get the better of us.

We could cry in an hysterical way or laugh completely out of control.

Both could harm us Mentally and Physically.

And it is for this reason that we must ‘Train’ our Minds to be Strong so that when the time arises, we’ll be able to Control our Emotions.

Mindfulness every single day will Build-up our Minds to be Strong at all times.

Talking to ourselves, if only in the mind, in a Positive way, will Help us to have Confidence in Ourselves and in our own Actions, and this includes our Emotions.

We must never underestimate the Power of the Mind.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Nice Things Will Start To Happen

 Nice Things Will Start To Happen

“Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from negativity”

Positive people are Happy people.

And people are more Peaceful when they keep away from negative atmospheres.

When we think Strong and Positive thoughts, Life starts to look Good and Beautiful.

And Nice things start to happen when we start to become a Positive person.

When we distance ourselves from negative thoughts, we are looking after ourselves Mentally and Emotionally.

We also Strengthen our relationships with our loved ones, because we have a Nice Life and are ‘becoming’ a Nicer person.

Practicing Gratitude will help our Minds to be filled with Appreciative thoughts.

All of this will increase our Self-Esteem and Confidence in ourselves.

And then we will ‘attract’ Beautiful people and things into our Lives.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Respect Is Everything

 Respect Is Everything

“Sometimes the easiest way to solve a problem is to stop participating in the problem”

None of us like to have ‘problems’.

As soon as one arises, we are constantly working through our minds how to solve it and how to get rid of the problem.

Why on Earth then would we ‘participate’ in the ‘problem’?

If we ever find or ‘realize’ that we are a part of the problem, we would do anything we can to solve this, so that we are no longer a part of the problem.

Peer pressure can come into play here, and we might be nervous or even frightened of not joining in.

But we must be Strong and Proud not to add to anyone’s problems.

How much do you Respect the other person?

How much do you Respect yourself?

Our Mental Health can be affected by us ‘joining in’ with any problem.

We would be constantly worrying, stressed and ‘sad’.

How much Better and Healthier for us to have a ‘clear conscience’ and to “never” participate in causing problems for other people, especially our friends and family.

This breaks any negative cycle and ‘pushes out’ the ‘problem’, replacing it with Trust and Positivity.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

What Are You Grateful For?

 What Are You Grateful For?

“We forget that waking up each day is the first thing we should be grateful for”

When we watch the news or read a newspaper, we Appreciate this so much more.

Wars, stabbings and shootings, even with very young children involved, had been constantly in the news this year.

All of this ‘makes’ us Appreciate Our Lives even more.

We do live busy lives and our minds are constantly on the next appointment, shopping or even job.

This is why it is so Important to take some time every day and just stop, sit down and think about what we Have in our Lives to be Grateful for.

And, of course, our Lives are at the top of the list.

I say list because it is a good idea to write these things down, to keep ‘This’ in our minds, but also to be able to re-read and remind ourselves of what we “Do”have in our Lives to be Grateful for.

It is a Privilege to be Alive and we need to show how much we Appreciate Life by ‘Cherishing Our Own Lives’.

This has a very Positive effect on our Minds.

And it makes our minds Strong towards Life.

Waking up every morning with a Grateful Heart for another day, will just set our day up in a very Positive and Determined way.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Spend Quality Time With Those We Love

 Spend Quality Time With Those We Love

“Cherish those you have in your life because you never know when they won’t be around anymore”

This really comes to the fore when we lose someone we love and cherish in death.

Whether he or she is your mum or dad, brother or sister, or best friend, it always leaves a huge hole in our lives and some Beautiful memories to remember.

The word “Cherish” means => to protect and care for someone / to hold dear.

Yes, this can apply to objects but it means so much more when we apply this to ‘people’.

Loving and cherishing those we Love “Today” proves that ‘we are living in the moment’ and Appreciate these Beautiful friends and family that we have in our Lives “Now”.

Unfortunately, at the moment, we live in an ‘uncertain’ world, because anything can happen at any time.

It’s True!

Which is why we ‘must’ spend those few extra minutes with grandma when we take her shopping over.

Or take sis out for that coffee and have a jolly good catch up.

Showing Gratitude to these lovely people and telling them how much you Love him or her will put some Beautiful memories in your mind.

Quality time with those we Love can never be replaced.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Think Feel Act

 Think   Feel   Act

“Make your mental health a priority”

Our Mental Health is just as Important, if not more so, as our Physical Health.

The definition of Mental Health is: “a state of well-being that affects how people think, feel and act”.

Think,

Feel,

And Act.

When we have Good Mental Health we can ‘cope’ with the pressures of everyday Life.

With Good Mental Health we can make the Right Choices.

How can we Help ourselves Mentally?

Eating the right foods on a daily basis is a good start.

Sensible exercise keeps the Mind ‘busy’, as well as helping us Physically.

Practicing Mindfulness will Strengthen our Minds towards a ‘Positive Way of Thinking’.

And what we need to remember is that if we feel that we do have a problem or an illness ‘Mentally’, Help Is Available.

Whilst it is vital that we look after ourselves Mentally, professional help is ‘out there’ and we must ask for it, ignoring any stigma that is slowly disappearing now.

So, we can Help Ourselves Mentally, each and every day, and there is professional help available also.

Looking after our Mental Health will also build up our Emotional Health, which is also Important for a Happy and Healthy Life.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Life Itself Is Quite Interesting

 Life Itself Is Quite Interesting

“The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson”

And it is Today that we put the two together.

We can Learn a great deal from our past, if we would only “See” our mistakes, accept them and ‘let go’ of them, leaving them in the past.

Don’t forget to celebrate your successes of the past too.

Remember how Proud you felt of yourself and ‘use’ that success to Help you in the Future.

By using the Lessons from the past, we can ‘Plan’ for the Future, having more Control of our Lives.

From this kind of Personal Experience, we can also Help others.

All of this will Help us in our personal relationships, especially with our loved ones, because we become more Understanding.

We are continuously Learning throughout our whole Lives, which can, in fact, make Life Itself quite Interesting.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Today And Tomorrow Are In Your Hands

 Today And Tomorrow Are In Your Hands

“Remember, you can’t reach what’s in front of you until you let go of what’s behind you”

Why is it so hard for us to let go of the past?

Memories, whether good or bad, are constantly ‘popping’ up in our minds.

We hear a particular song or smell an old favourite perfume, and instantly we see pictures in our mind’s eye, whether good or bad, ‘they’ are there.

And sometimes, we are just too frightened of the ‘unknown’, and the future can be the ‘unknown’.

However, when we start to take Control of our Lives, we are starting to Control our Futures too.

Whilst we cannot change the ‘past’, we can Learn from ‘it’, and like any lesson, once learnt, we let go of that subject and move on to the Future.

Physically, if we tried to hold onto something behind us, it could drag us backwards and/or we’d never move, which is terribly bad for us physically.

Mentally — it is just the same!

In order to make room for New, Positive and Happy memories, we need to let go and stop thinking about the old, negative and sad ones.

Focus your attention on Today and Tomorrow and Plan for the Future, and you’ll soon find that you have let go of the past, and that you are too busy thinking about something Positive.

Gain Control of your Life, Today and Tomorrow.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

See, Read And Encourage Every Day

 See, Read and Encourage Every Day

“Every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive”

Doesn’t it feel good to, every now and then, have a ‘jolly good clear out’?

We pick up things that give us good or bad memories, and we ‘choose’ what to keep and what to throw out.

And when we’ve finished, there is always twice the room space left, leaving room for the next few months of memories.

This is a very Positive and Physical ‘job’.

Our Minds are no different!

Every now and then, it is a good idea to do the very same ‘clear out’ with our Minds and Thoughts.

Take time out to give yourself some “me-time” to just sit down and ‘clear your head’.

Think about — what you are thinking about.

Is it Positive?

Is it negative?

Are you Happy when you think?

Or do you feel sad when you think?

Getting rid of the negative means that you have room for the Positive.

Like we rearrange our room, so we need to ‘re-arrange’ our thinking and our thoughts.

And like we put that lovely picture up on the wall, the one that was hidden away in the box, so we can ‘post-it-note’ that very Strong Affirmation to See, Read and Encourage every day.

“I Believe In Myself!”

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Balance Is Needed In Both

 Balance Is Needed In Both

“Your body becomes what you consume. Your mind becomes what you consume. Be careful with how you feed both”

We hear a lot about the connection of what we physically eat and how the food we ‘consume’ affects our physical bodies.

And aren’t we always trying ‘to eat the right things’?

It is interesting that there is a connection between food and the mind.

The types of food that we eat and how much we eat, does actually affect our minds and our thinking.

For example, we know that caffeine can keep us awake but too much of it puts us ‘on a high’.

Sugar is important for our bodies, but too much of it affects our weight, which can (in turn) affect how we ‘feel’ about ourselves, thus again, affecting our minds.

Balance is Essential in these two areas for us to keep a Healthy and Happy Life.

There is so much advice online about healthy diets, advice from doctors, for us to look up and ‘follow’.

But what about our ‘Mental Diet’?

Fortunately, society in general is becoming more aware of the effects — good and bad — of the ‘things’ we take into our minds, and again, there is a great deal we can find out about online.

The emphasis is on “us” to “look after ourselves”.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Heal Yourself Emotionally

 Heal Yourself Emotionally

“Don’t forget you’re human. It’s okay to have a meltdown, just don’t unpack and live there. Cry it out and then refocus on where you are headed”

It is here that our Emotional Health comes to the fore.

We ARE human.

We do make mistakes.

And we do need to ‘let our feelings out’.

We live in a society which expects us to be “perfect” all of the time, and that it’s just not the ‘done thing’ to show our emotions.

Luckily, society is changing as we become more aware of our Mental Health. 

It is Important to allow ourselves to ‘get rid of’ the negative feelings and thoughts to make room for the Positive and Determined thoughts and feelings.

We need to Learn “how” to get rid of this ‘poison’ in a Controlled and Constructive way.

Basically, we want to let our feelings out in a “Safe” way.

One Controlled way is to sit down and write or draw it ‘all’ out, and if you start to cry at the same time, allow the tears to weep.

Give yourself permission to heal and to get better Mentally and Emotionally.

Show Compassion towards yourself this time.

Once you’ve done this and start to feel better, aim your thoughts towards Positive and Stronger thoughts.

Start to use your “Positive Support System” straight away.

And then be more Determined than ever to succeed.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!