What Kind Of A Friend Am I?

 What Kind Of A Friend Am I?

“Good friends help you find important things when you have lost them — things like your smile, your hope and your courage”

This is such a lovely quote and a lovely way of looking at “Good Friends”.

These ‘types’ of friends are Positive and have a Strengthening effect on our personalities.

And a good friend is so Important to keep!

The actual word “Friend” has a Beautiful meaning: a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another.

A Good Friend will Care about you.

A Good Friend will Respect you.

A Good Friend will be Kind to you.

Like the quote says, he or she will help you find that Smile, that Hope and that Courage.

All of this will help us to find Hope in our Lives.

This will help us to find the Courage we need to progress in our Lives.

And doesn’t it feel good to have someone ‘standing in our corner’.

A good friend will also help us to be Motivated in our dreams in Life, and he or she will Encourage us to have Faith in Ourselves.

This does beg the question though: What kind of a friend am I?

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We Need To Be Completely Determined

 We Need To Be Completely Determined

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

A day can feel like a long journey, especially when we think about how much we need to do on that particular day.

But by starting early and getting through the first five minutes, we will get moving for the rest of the day.

Some of us are very nervous taking that first step because we fear the unknown.

But by Trusting in Ourselves and our own Abilities, we will take those first few steps.

And before we know it — it’s the end of the day and we have finished our ‘journey’.

We need to be Positive and have a Determined Attitude to get us through this.

‘This’ being the “Journey in Life”.

Persistence is a quality which we definitely need to get going and to get through this ‘journey’.

When we start to think that we will Accomplish this and that we will ‘get there’ — this Positive way of thinking will take away any fear or nerves or doubts we may have started with.

Our Mindset news to be one of Complete Determination in order to start and complete the ‘Journey’.

And then, when we look back on what we have Accomplished — we will be Proud of Ourselves, as we should be.

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You Can Handle This!

 You Can Handle This!

“In the gym, the weight doesn’t get easier to lift; you get stronger. In life, events don’t get easier to handle; you become better equipped to handle them. Keep growing”

Some weights in a gym are used to Strengthen many different muscles in the body.

This is a very good way of looking at Life and the ‘situations’ we find ourselves in.

When we first come up against a ‘problem’, we panic and worry about how to deal with ‘it’.

However, when we come against the same ‘problem’ a second or even third time, we know exactly what to do and we no longer worry or panic over ‘it’.

We are much Stronger in Ourselves.

A great deal of our ‘coping mechanism’ is connected to our minds and how we ‘view’ the ‘situation’ or ‘problem’.

Like lifting the weights in the gym, making our muscles Stronger, we can “Exercise” our Minds, making them Strong, which will enable us to face and deal with these ‘situations’ in Life.

The weights or ‘events’ do not necessarily get easier but We become Stronger ‘at each turn’.

Having a set routine of Mindfulness will Strengthen our Minds for when such ‘events’ or ‘situations’ arise.

Also, having a goal or a dream in mind, or even working towards these, will Help us to keep Control of our Lives and of our Time.

We also Grow within Ourselves and within our Lives.

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This Will Strengthen Our Mental Health

 This Will Strengthen Our Mental Health

“Be happy with what you have and you will have plenty to be happy about”

This can be done by Living in the Moment and Appreciating that Moment.

Meditation and Practicing Mindfulness also helps us in this.

Being Happy with what we have today is to be “Content” in our own Lives.

To be Content is to be ‘in a state of Peaceful Happiness’.

The word “Focus” comes into play.

We need to Focus on what we have and not compare our lives with that of others.

To Appreciate what and who we have in our Lives.

Every one of us is Different and Special in our own Unique ways.

From here, we Learn to Love Ourselves and our Lives.

What have you yourself Accomplished in your Life?

Look at what You have Accomplished and you will start to feel Good about yourself.

Look around your room, at your books, your hobbies and your pictures.

Pick up and look at the things you have now.

This way, you start to be Grateful for these very ‘real’ items.

All of this helps us to find Joy in our Lives.

Living on this planet Earth is enough to keep us Happy.

Add to this what we actually have in our Personal Lives and we should be always Smiling.

The Beauty of being Alive is that we can Practice this Gratitude every day.

This will Strengthen our Mental Health, which is so Important.

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It Is A Beautiful Word

 It Is A Beautiful Word

“Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world”

Kindness is a Beautiful word.

The word Kindness talks about the Quality of being Friendly, of being Generous and Considerate of and to others.

To Care for someone.

To be Compassionate and “Unconditionally Kind”.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves too.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves Physically — by exercising and eating in a healthy way.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves Emotionally — by using journaling and therapy.

We need to be Kind to Ourselves Mentally — by practicing meditation and Positive thinking.

By doing this, we will be in a better position to be Kind to others and to Help other people.

“And then let your kindness flood the world”.

This can be an example for the younger generation to look at.

A kind of a ‘role model’.

It is very often the little gifts and the small ways in which we show Kindness that have the most ‘impact’.

This will also Encourage others to be Kind to Themselves. 

Like attracts like too, so we would be surrounding ourselves with Positive and Kind friends.

If there was more Kindness in this world, maybe there would be less fighting and less wars.

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Mental Control Is Power

 Mental Control Is Power

“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control how you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is”

When we cannot change the ‘situation’ that we find ourselves in, we CAN Control how we ‘face’ that situation.

Calmly.

It is so Important to keep our Inner Peace at a time like this.

A ‘bad’ situation can very easily affect our health in a bad way, and it is up to us ‘not to let it’.

Our Mental and Physical Health takes Priority over any ‘situation’.

And our health is the one ‘thing’ that we CAN Control, at any time and in any situation.

It is a challenge, though, when we are ‘going through something’.

How we react will affect us long after the ‘situation’ has gone.

Practicing “Mindfulness” before any situation comes up will give us the Mental Control that is often needed to deal with and to get through that situation.

And then, when it is all over, we’ll be glad that we had that “Control”.

This is where the real Power is.

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Remind Yourself

 Remind Yourself

“There is always, always, always something to be grateful for”

Sit down and think about what and who is in your life, and what and who you should be Grateful for having in your Life.

We do not do enough of this.

Being so busy every day, all day, our minds are often taking up with ‘everything else’.

But sometimes we just need to do this to Remind Ourselves that Life is Good and Worth Living.

And also to Strengthen our Minds in a Positive way.

A Gratitude journal is good for this.

Writing in it every day will Help our Minds to stay on the ‘right track’ and build that Positive wall inside our Minds, which is ever so Important for the Balance of our Minds.

Also, we can read our Gratitude journal to Remind us of how Good Life really is.

What are some of these things to be Grateful for?

Somewhere to live.

Something to eat and drink.

Clothes to wear and shoes on our feet.

A school, college or university to Learn in.

A job to go to.

Good and steady health-care.

These are the basics but we still have them and should be Grateful for them too.

For example, compare your ‘situation’ to those who are living in a war-torn country. 

Yes, we have a lot to be grateful for.

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