The most destructive habit................................Worry
The greatest Joy...............................................Giving
The greatest loss...........................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work.....................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait......................Selfishness
The most endangered species...........Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource....................Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"...........Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.......................Fear
The most effective sleeping pill..............Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease...................Excuses
The most powerful force in life............................Love
The most dangerous pariah.........................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer...........The brain
The worst thing to be without..............................Hope
The deadliest weapon.................................The tongue
The two most power-filled words....................."I Can"
The greatest asset..............................................Faith
The most worthless emotion...........................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire.................................SMILE!
The most prized possession............................Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication...Prayer
The most contagious spirit.........................Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life.........................GOD
If you think you are beaten , you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you like to win, but think you can't,
it is almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost,
for out in the world we find
success begins with a persons will;
It's all a state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are;
you got to think high to rise,
you've got to be sure of yourself before
you can even win the prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the person who wins
Is the person who thinks, "I can!"
Anonymous
In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine,
because I alone chose it--
I own everything about me:
My body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions,
whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know--
but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me.
However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel
at any given moment in time is authentically me.
If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt
turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting,
keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded.
I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do.
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive,
and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me.
I won me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.
Whatever you dwell upon in your mind, you give power to. So of course it makes sense to focus on what you want rather than what you don't want. Yet there are many ways in which the things you don't want can sneak into your thinking.
Worry and doubt focus your thinking on what you don't want. Rather than worrying about the bad things that might happen, direct your actions toward making positive things happen.
Complaining can also get your mind sidetracked into thinking about what you don't want. What do you complain about? The things you don't like. Rather than complaining, take action. Action moves you toward what you do want.
Anger is one more way to get your thinking negatively directed. Rather than getting angry about what you don't like, use that energy to give you determination for what you want to achieve.
Keep your mind positively focused on the good things that life can offer. Those things will grow stronger and more abundant in your world.
~ Author Unknown ~
You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life.
You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "Life on Planet Earth." There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation. "Failures" are as much a part of the process as "success." A lesson is repeated until learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it -- then you can go on to the next lesson. If you don't learn easy lessons, they get harder. External problems are a precise reflection of your internal state. When you clear inner obstructions, your outside world changes. Pain is how the universe gets your attention. You will know you've learned a lesson when your actions change. Wisdom is practice. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing. "There" is not a better place than "here." When your "there" becomes a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that again looks better than "here." Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself. Your life is up to you. Life provides the canvas; you do the painting. Take charge of your life -- or someone else will. You always get what you want. Your subconscious rightfully determines what energies, experiences, and people you attract -- therefore, the only foolproof way to know what you want is to see what you have. There is no right or wrong, but there are consequences. Moralizing doesn't help. Judgments only hold the patterns in place. Just do your best. Your answers lie inside you. Children need guidance from others; as we mature, we trust our hearts, where the Laws of Spirit are written. You know more than you have heard or read or been told. All you need to do is to look, listen, and trust.
You will forget all this.
You can remember any time you wish.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A tendency to think and act spontaneously,
rather than on fears based on past experiences.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of
others and judging other people.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry.
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others
as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.
Frequent attacks of smiling.
Inner Peace is contagious...
