Happiness

I POSITIVELY CHOOSE HAPPINESS... How to be happy: I study happiness. I learn happiness. I apply myself these happy lessons to my life. I am what I read. The thoughts I think become feelings. The feelings I feel promote actions. Happy actions create a happy life. A happy life consists of positive thoughts, actions and words. My words are happy words. Happiness is a universal language that never needs translation. When I smile, you know what I speak your language. Happiness Positively Spoken Here.

BE YOURSELF!

“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”

"Seek first to understand then to be understood."

The rules for communication are different in personal relationships than they are in professional ones. In professional relationships our communication aims to persuade; in a loving personal relationship our communication aims to understand. Feeling understood and feeling loved are one and the same. Loving communication is always about our willingness to understand another's point of view without the need to impose our own. We may never agree with their view, but our willingness to listen with deep emotional empathy, understand, and respect their position is one of the greatest gifts of love we can offer.

 "Seek first to understand then to be understood." - Steven Covey

I Am Enough

Each day I will remember....

I have choices
that I can take care of myself
and that it can be my first choice.

That it is okay to say no
whenever necessary
to stand up for myself,
then let it go!

That I do not have to please others
or be everything to everyone.
I do not have to be it all...
who I am now
is enough.

I can be honest and still be kind,
set boundaries and stick to them.
I can consider my own needs.

I will remember to honor myself,
that it is my responsibility
and divine right to do so....
each day.

You Are Awesome

We all need someone who believes in us - someone who sees more in us than we are willing to see. Someone to lift us up when we are down, to push us when we are stagnant, to lean on when we are weary, and to celebrate with when we are triumphant. No matter how strong the voice of our self-confidence may be, knowing that we are supported, appreciated, and held in loving esteem, is the tonic needed for our soul to soar to its highest heights.