Believe That You Can "Fly"

Believe That You Can “Fly”

“Your wings already exist. All you have to do is fly.”

Like the birds that fly in the sky are beautiful, so are you.

We become so busy in our lives, that we don’t realize the strength that builds up inside of us, not just physically but mentally too.

Never be afraid to just ‘let go’ and ‘fly’ sometimes, especially to give yourself that break which you do deserve and need.

Like a bird instinctively knows how to fly, so you too inherently know how to ‘live.’

It’s just a matter of trusting in your own abilities, or wings, and having that confidence in yourself.

You will ‘discover’ so much about “You”.

When others see you doing this, it will also encourage him or her to ‘believe’ in themselves.

We have the skills to really ‘fly’ in our lives.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Alexandra of Denmark

 

We Want To Keep Our Minds "Busy"

 We Want To Keep Our Minds “Busy”

“Don’t let anyone rent a space in your head unless they’re a good tenant.”

Our mental health must come before anything or anyone.

It is up to us which thoughts or beliefs we “allow” into our minds.

In this Century especially, we are learning the importance of our minds, and how they affect our responses in life.

It is a proven fact that what we allow into our minds will affect what we do and how we live our lives.

Our minds ‘control’ our emotions, which very often ‘controls’ how we act and what we do physically.

This also reminds us of the effect we can have on others.

Being positive and treating others in an optimistic way not only affects them, but also ‘echoes’ back onto ourselves.

We want to keep our minds ‘busy’ with hopeful, upbeat and confident thinking.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

The Queen Mother

Make Every Day Special

Make Every Day Special

“Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion.”

I love this quote.

Life on this planet Earth is special and we are a part of this life.

We Are Special!

The very fact that we can wake up every morning and ‘see’ a new day, makes us want to make that day special.

This is encouraging us to have the type of lifestyle which shows that we “value” every day we are alive.

We live very busy lives, it’s true, but if we can just put into every day ‘something’ to make that day special, we’ll be proving that we cherish every single day.

Time itself will never stop so it is up to us to fill the time we do have with love and happiness.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Queen Mary

We Deserve Nothing Else

We Deserve Nothing Less

“Ten years from now, make sure you can say you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.”

Never settle for second best!

You are the best and so deserve the best!

‘Creating’ our own path in life shows that we have control over our lives.

It is our own choices that we want to look back on and not someone else’s.

It may seem easier to just settle for ‘something’ but if it’s not what we want, we will never be happy.

We all hold the power to choose our own paths.

Let’s ‘choose’ what we love and enjoy, so that we can make some nice memories to look back on.

Life is a canvas and we want to paint a beautiful and happy picture.

The type of picture we can look back on and smile, knowing that we chose our life.

Remember, we deserve nothing else.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Elizabeth 1

 

Strengthen That Hold On Life

 Strengthen That Hold On Life

“Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear.”

Our journey in life can seem complex sometimes.

Our own individual concepts of the past, the present and the future “shape” how we live our lives.

This quote is practical as well as philosophical.

It is a good ‘frame’ for a happy and peaceful life.

Accepting the past without regret is an important part of our personal development, and this allows our minds to ‘move on.’

Living today with confidence is vital so that we can navigate the challenges and opportunities that we face every day.

Looking towards the future with assurance shows that our lives are in our hands.

Being able to do this strengthens our minds and our hold on life.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Queen Victoria

Improve Your Mental Health

 Improve Your Mental Health

“Remember, most of your stress comes from the way you respond, not the way life is. Adjust your attitude, and all that extra stress is gone.”

A lot of the time, we are worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet and may not happen, and we add extra stress into our day.

By recognizing this, we can start to change our thinking and lose a great deal of that stress.

This comes down to our attitude.

By thinking in a positive way, that no matter what may happen we have control, the stress will leave us, making room for resilience and confidence.

This will significantly improve our ability to cope with stress and the kind of situations that can cause stress.

This will really improve our mental health.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Anne Lister

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

Let's Enjoy Our Lives

 Let’s Enjoy Our Lives

“You cannot improve your past, but you can improve your future. Once time is wasted, life is wasted.”

This is a very profound and real thought.

We cannot change our past but we can learn from it and use this to improve our future.

Time is constantly moving and, although we can plan our time, we cannot stop or ‘control’ time.

Thus comes the well-known saying to “use your time wisely.”

This encourages us to constantly work on our personal development and on the quality of our lives.

We have the “freedom” to create our own futures and it is our responsibility to do this.

We’ve got to try to remember that whatever we do today will affect us tomorrow not just physically but mentally and emotionally too.

Let’s enjoy our lives.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Gisella Perl

Say After Me

Say After Me

“You are unique, nothing can replace you.”

We live in an age of technology and standardization which could overshadow our individuality.

But to make the technological world brilliant, we need to be unique in our everyday lives.

We, as humans, have the ability to think in a rational way and we are determined, which makes us stand out among all of the creatures on this Earth, as well as technology.

Robots may be useful but not one of them can replace you and me.

Our personal experiences, talents and skills, and our abilities to use all of these for humanities benefit, makes us unparalleled and exclusive to this Earth.

Say after me:

“I am valuable, unique and special!”

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Edith Wharton