Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” Now why would you want to be somebody else in the first place? Saying that, just by being aware of all the magazines, TV programmes and advertising that bombard the younger among us, this seems to be the case. They […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings.” I can just picture this can’t you? Breathing in life-giving air to nourish our bodies and, just a tad more important, keeping us alive. Then breathing out and picturing with our mind’s eye our very breath of life being expelled and set […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest achievement.” Have you noticed the constant bombardment of advertising we are exposed to on a daily basis? We all have access to the wider world thanks to new technology and this can be a good thing, enabling […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” Are you like me and prone to being more or less at the beck and call of everybody and everything? […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“You have to love yourself because no amount of love from others is sufficient to fill the yearning that your soul requires from you.” Very true. If we don’t love ourselves and don’t value what makes and shapes us and our beliefs, then why should anybody else? Like a little pot plant where we are […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Allow yourself to hope, to believe, and to trust again. Don’t let a few bad memories stop you from having a good life.” Allowing a bad relationship, friendship, or work situation, to impact on us so much that it colours our perception of these in our future does us no favours. Better to look on […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“Don’t belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.” Occasionally, we our own worst enemy. You know what I mean. Somebody will ask us to do something and we decline, saying we’re not up to it, don’t have the confidence, or the skills, etc. etc. The downside is that, if we do this long enough, we start to […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“You cannot fix yourself because you are not broken. The more you try to fix, the more you find to fix. Only wholeness heals.” – Alan Cohen I know many people who have had the experience of hating how they look in photographs, only to discover years later in looking at those snapshots again that […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that wasn’t there before.” How much time to we spend comparing ourselves to others? I wish I had her hair, his money, their house… When we do this, our serenity and inner peace go right out the window! Instead of lamenting what you don’t have, […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“In life, surround yourself with those who light your path.” This is the opposite of “misery loves company” I think. And it is so true that the nature of the people we surround ourselves with dictates our own nature. In this holiday season, if we can’t be around people who light our path, let’s BE […]