Let's All Shine Together

 Let’s All Shine Together

“A flower doesn’t think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms”

If we could only remember this every time we compare ourselves to others.

Every one of us is Unique and Special and Beautiful.

Like the millions of flowers which make this Earth look so Beautiful, we also are different shapes, sizes and colours, and yet we also add to the dazzling features of this planet.

Every ‘species’ of flower is different, and every one of them grows in a different way, not just looking different but ‘living’ in different ways.

We are very similar.

We all grow up and live in different ways, and yet, like all the flowers need the sun and water to live, we all eat, drink and breathe the same air.

And like the flowers, let’s all shine together.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Our Health Is Important

 Our Health Is Important

“Too busy is a myth. People make time for the things that are important to them”

When we have Control of Time, our lives will never be ‘too busy’, and Life will always be in our own hands.

It does seem that we are too busy sometimes, when we are ‘running around’ looking after our families, our loved ones and working every hour there is.

We seem to be too busy to even look after ourselves sometimes.

This is where we Stop, Sit Down, and Think about what is Important to us Personally.

We may have to change the way we do things, within our own personal lives, in order to put the Important things First in our lives.

Our Mental and Physical Health is what must come first, these are the most Important things in our lives, and with both of these being as Balanced and as Healthy as we can be, we can then love and help others.

It is not wrong to put ourselves First, especially with regards to our Health — both Mental and Physical.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Win Every Time

 Win Every Time

“If you can stay positive in a negative situation you win”

When a doctor operates on a crash victim, the doctor’s ‘Positive frame of mind’ (usually) wins and the patient survives.

A mother giving birth is Determined to hold her new-born baby in her arms, and her Positive thinking means that (usually) the baby is born, and “mother and baby are doing well”.

What about us and our own worlds?

By staying Positive during a difficult time shows that we mean business!

That we will get through it!

And we show ourselves just how Strong we really are.

This way “We Win” every time.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Who Is Smiling Back?

 Who Is Smiling Back?

“Self-confidence is the best outfit — Rock it and own”

This is a great Positive quote.

We often ‘worry’ about what we’re going to wear: “do I look good in this?” But believe me, every one of us looks Good when we have Confidence in Ourselves!

What is Self-Confidence?

The dictionary explains it this way: “a feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities and judgement”.

How well do you “know” yourself?

Having Self-Confidence means that you can see the best in yourself, and the best ‘version’ you can be.

This also means that you can see that other people Respect you and ‘who’ you are.

The question is => do you Respect yourself?

To help with this, look in the mirror and Smile and see who is Smiling back.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

It Is True

 It Is True

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely”

It is true, you know, that you can always tell when someone is Beautiful on the inside, (as well as on the outside).

Their Smile says it all and they just “Shine”.

This' Beauty of the inside’ starts with Good, Nice and Positive thinking.

Although we all have history and things that happened in our past that we would rather forget, there is always something nice that happened for us to remember.

It’s just a case of letting the nice memories in to ‘take over’ the bad thoughts, until all we have in our minds is the Positive pictures.

Being Determined to do this will help us to even write down these nice ‘adventures’ that have happened in our lives, so that we can re-read and remember every day.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

It's Mental And Physical

 It’s Mental And Physical

“You get to do nothing sometimes. And you don’t have to feel guilty for that. Everyone needs rest. It’s not ‘lazy’”

Self-care is something that everyone of us can do, in our own homes, and it is free.

This is so good for our mental health, which is good for our physical health.

The trouble is that we are so busy, that to stop and ‘do nothing’ for half an hour, we feel guilty, thinking about all the things we should be doing.

The thing is => we “Should” be doing nothing and resting, looking after ourselves.

Have you heard of the “3 R’s”? 

Rest, Relax, Rebuild.

These are three things that we all need to do every single day, to look after ourselves — both mentally and physically.

And like we make time to wash and eat and ‘look smart’ for work (or for the day), so should we make time to look after our mental and physical health.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Make It!

 Make It!

“No one is too busy. It’s not about finding the time. If it really matters, you will make time”

We always find time for the things we enjoy (usually), but do we make time for the people and the things that really matter?

It is about Time Management and taking Control of our Time.

This is hard because we are so busy and there are so many things that demand our time.

Sometimes, in order to take Control of our time, we may need to plan out our day and write down what we need to do, ticking off each thing, hour by hour.

Students do this when they’re studying for those very important exams.

“I must go and visit nan” then becomes “I went and saw nan, and we had a lovely afternoon, just before she died”.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!