We Need To Belong!

 We Need To Belong!

“Until it’s my turn I will keep clapping for others. It’s really that simple”

When we Support other people, not only does it have a Positive effect on them but we are also Supporting and having a Positive effect on ourselves too.

By Encouraging and making him or her feel Good, we are also Encouraging ourselves and making us feel Good.

We are also Supporting the community we live in which is So Important for a Peaceful neighbourhood.

The very simple ‘act’ of clapping someone and saying: “Well Done You!” stimulates the release of endorphins, which promotes a ‘sense’ of well-being.

All of this reduces stress, as well as anxiety, not just for you but also for the person you are clapping too.

The ‘sound’ of clapping creates an unconscious sense of ‘Belonging’.

It’s just something that we, as humans, need and love.

To Belong!

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

It's A Form Of Communication

 It’s A Form Of Communication

“Words kill, words give life, they’re either poison or fruit. You choose”

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me’.

We know this old school-ground saying as a good defense against bullying.

In the last few years, however, we have started to Learn how “words” can affect our Mental Health.

Speaking is one of the first forms of communication that we Learn as babies and we grow up ‘copying’ what we hear.

From this, we have learned that some words can Encourage and some words can discourage.

Which Builds Up Our Confidence in Life Itself?

It does often come down to ‘think before you speak’!

This is one way which makes us different from the animals we share our planet with.

That our words can physically change things — for the good or for the worst.

As we always like to hear Positive words and someone saying: “Well Done You”, we should use our words to Build Confidence in others.

When our friends see us walking towards them, how do they feel about what we’re going to say to them?

Will we Smile and say a cheery “Hello”, or will we frown and say something nasty?

Surely all of us want to Help others by using our words only for Building up Self-esteem and Love towards Life.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

Kindness Is Always Appreciated

 Kindness Is Always Appreciated

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted”

Every act of Kindness has a Positive effect.

However large or small, Kindness is always Appreciated.

When Kindness is shown within the family, the family bonds become Stronger than ever.

When Kindness is shown towards a stranger, a sense of community starts to be built and a stranger becomes a friend.

When we offer our seat on the bus to the elderly lady, the ‘act’ itself has a Positive effect on those involved but also on those watching.

Opening a shop door for the mum with three young children can just make her day a little bit easier.

A simple compliment, even to a stranger, can make all the difference to his or her day.

Also, these ‘acts of Kindness’ can be looked at as “examples” for the next generation to Learn from.

We feel Good when we show Kindness to others.

They feel Happier that ‘someone loves them’.

And for those watching, a sense of well-being spreads.

When we are Kind towards others, we Build our own Self-Esteem and Confidence.

Yes, everybody “Wins” when Kindness is shown and received.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!

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!