Pass It On To Our Daughters

 Pass It On To Our Daughters

“I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me”

When we think about how Strong our mothers are, it’s no wonder we become Strong ourselves.

Physically, she carried us through nine months of Life in her womb.

Physically, she gave birth to us, possibly spending many hours in labour.

Physically, she raised us by bathing us, changing our nappies, dressing us, feeding us and carrying us right up until we could ’fend for ourselves’.

During all of these years, we learned so much from our mothers that we don’t always ‘realize’ what our mothers taught us.

Self-care.

Self-love.

How to make sacrifices.

Independence.

Gratitude.

Determination.

If we wrote down everything, how many books would it fill?

When we think about a mother’s Love, we see Mother Nature at Her Strongest!

I always think that my mother was Stronger than any suffragette.

For those of us who have been lucky enough to have had a mother, it really is a Blessing that we should never take for granted.

She taught us how to overcome Life’s challenges possibly even without saying a word.

When we look at our mothers, we see Strength and Resilience.

And many of us pass “This” onto our daughters.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

And You And Me Are Doing Them

 And You And Me Are Doing Them

“Sometimes miracles are just good people with kind hearts”

Sometimes, all it takes is a Smile for a person’s day to become a Happier day.

There are acts of Kindness all around us, we just may not always see them.

We ourselves may be doing them without really thinking about them.

But someone somewhere Appreciates the Kindness.

Some people lose sight of what the word ‘Miracle’ means.

It is not some magic trick done by someone who is not human (with all due Respect to those who do believe), but a Miracle is an act of Kindness done by an ordinary person.

Doing shopping for an elderly neighbour means that he or she will eat that week.

Picking up someone’s purse when they’ve dropped it and not realized, and we say: “Excuse me, you dropped your purse, here it is”, means that she will be able to pay her rent for the next two weeks.

A Smile at the young school kid on his or her way to school means “you got this”, and they know they’ll make it through that school day.

These are very simple everyday ‘Acts of Kindness’.

And you and I are doing them every day.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

If We Allow It!

 If We Allow It!

“Without rain nothing grows. Learn to embrace the storms of your life”

Roses need rain inorder to grow, look beautiful and smell nice.

We are very much the same.

When we are ‘tested’ in the storms of Life, we become Stronger people.

We Learn from difficult situations how to manage Life as we Go through these storms.

We also Learn to Appreciate what we have Today.

All of these things build up our personalities into becoming very Positive and Determined.

If we allow it!

Rather than becoming depressed and sad when something bad happens in our lives, it is far better to take the ‘storm’ as a challenge that we “will get through!”

It’s not easy, especially when something happens out of the blue and it is a total shock.

But if we have ‘prepared’ our minds beforehand, we will ‘embrace’ the storm and be Determined to Learn something Positive from it.

Then, not only will we come through it ‘smelling of roses’, but we may even avoid the same problem later on in Life.

Without the ‘rain’, we will never grow as individuals.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

'Tend That Soil'

 ‘Tend That Soil’

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment it grows in, not the flower”

This is an Important thought for our ‘daily’ lives.

We don’t always see a rose growing but when it blossoms — it is beautiful.

The rose or flower grows every day.

So what we put into our lives, every single day, will affect whether we will grow in Life or not.

Also, where our environment is and what it is will affect our Personal Growth.

Who do we ‘associate’ with?

Are they Positive or negative?

Does he or she Encourage you, building you up?

Or does he or she ‘tread on you’, taking your worth away from you?

Our environment has an unconscious effect on our minds, which is why we need to ‘look at it’ and “see” how our environment affects us, both mentally and physically.

This also applies to what we put into or ‘allow’ into our minds.

Do we think pessimistic thoughts, defeating our day before we even get up in the morning?

Or do we build up and construct that Practical and Productive, Positive wall to help us through the day?

The environment starts in the mind, and then the ‘physical environment’ always follows.

We want to Grow Strong in our Lives so we have to ‘tend that soil’.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Show Love And Respect

 Show Love And Respect

“Sitting silently beside a friend who is hurting may be the best gift we can give”

This seems such a simple thing to do but it is one of the most Important ways that we Can Help someone we love.

The person may be going through a very difficult time, and they need to sit quietly and think, but he or she doesn’t want to be alone.

We can show how much we Respect our friend by sitting quietly with him or her and not ‘judging’.

Also, by being quiet, we are allowing the person to settle their mind, allowing it to quieten down.

Quietness or silence allows us to re-connect with our true feelings and emotions, and can allow us to find an answer to a problem.

Silence can help the other person to quieten down and to have Self-Control he or she may need.

That person will never forget how we sat with them, in silence, happy to be with him or her, and to help in this way.

A gift indeed.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Be Strong Mentally

 Be Strong Mentally

“Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless”

Although fear is a natural and human emotion, it can and does hold us back.

Fear makes us afraid of moving forward and achieving our full potential.

Fear is self-doubt which is something we never want to have.

When we Believe in Ourselves fear disappears and Life really can become ‘limitless’.

This also shows that we have Control of our Time and of our Lives.

We need to look fear quare in the face, acknowledge what we’re afraid of, and then ‘deal with fear’, overcoming it with Confidence in Ourselves.

This is where we Concentrate on what will Encourage us Mentally, because fear starts in the mind.

Focus the mind on the Positive.

Fill the mind with “can-do’s”.

Clear the mind of ‘rubbish’ and fill it with what YOU Want to think about.

Be Courageous.

Be Brave.

Be Bold.

A really Good way of dealing with fear is to ‘celebrate small wins’.

When you have accomplished something that you were nervous of doing, give yourself a small gift.

In this way, you will start to think of the ‘gift’ or ‘the nice things’ instead of the fear and self-doubt.

Build your Self-Confidence.

Reinforce the Positive in You.
Trust In You!

And in this way, your life will seem limitless and you’ll feel like you can do anything.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

We Are Blessed And Lucky

 We Are Blessed And Lucky

“If you have a family that loves you, a roof over your head and a warm meal, you’re doing better than you think”

We go about our normal lives and do not always think about this.

It is often not until some difficulty crosses our paths that we realize just what we do have.

We can choose our friends but not our family.

However, without our family, we may not fully appreciate the good in our friends.

And think about the fact that most of us have a family, whereas many are raised in an orphanage and have no family.

We are Blessed.

Most of us have a home to live in, which is warm and dry and cozy.

A homeless person would like a roof over their heads if only for one night.

We are Lucky.

We go about our day ‘expecting’ a warm meal at some point during that day.

And yet, the very poor still live amongst us and may only be able to afford one hot meal a week.

Can we share our meal?

It can be quite an eye-opener when we think about these things.

Again, it comes down to having a Grateful Heart and Appreciating what we do personally have in Life.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!