To remember every day
Life is made up of days, and if you focus on
making each day beautiful – appreciating, enjoying
and loving what is – in the end, you will have
created a beautiful life. It’s that easy :)
Here are 11 things you should remind yourself
daily, things that will most probably bring more
sunshine into your life and more peace into your
heart:
- This moment is your life.
Today, here and now, is where your life is. This
moment is your life. And if you make a choice to
immerse yourself fully into this moment –
appreciating, enjoying and loving what is you will
experience joy that you have never experienced
before, and you will feel more alive than you have
ever felt.
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your
life.” ~ Omar Khayyam
- There is a time for everything.
There is a time for being alone and a time for
being surrounded by the people you love; a time
for joy and a time for sorrow; a time for being
vigorous, and a time for being exhausted; a time
for being safe, and a time for being in danger…
“A time to be born and a time to die, a time to
plant and a time to uproot, a time to tear down
and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to
laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time
to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a
time to embrace and a time to refrain from
embracing, a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to
tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a
time to speak.” ~ Ecclesiastes 3:2-7.
There is a time for everything, and the more we
learn to accept and embrace this truth, the more
peace we will feel in our hearts and the easier it
will become for us to deal with life’s many
changes and challenges.
- Each day is a new beginning, each morning is a
new life.
The beautiful thing about life is that each
morning it gives you a new chance, a new
opportunity to start all over. To let go of your
yesterdays and make a fresh new start in life.
That’s how generous life is…
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have
done what you could. Some blunders and
absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as
soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day.” ~ Ralph
Waldo Emerson
- Nothing in life is yours to keep.
Everything in life is fleeting and impermanent.
Everything changes, nothing ever stays the same,
and even though we like to hold on to things, to
own and possess as many things as possible, the
truth of the matter is that nothing is ours to
keep.
When the time comes for us to leave this
physical world, we take nothing with us. We leave
everything behind us, including our own bodies.
“You only lose what you cling to.” ~ Buddha
- You are never given more than you can handle.
Adversity builds character, strength and maturity.
Every experience, every interaction, no matter how
bad it might seem, has the ability to shape you,
to mold you, and to help you become the person you
were born to be.
And if life gives you “a lot” to deal with, it is only because
it knows how powerful you truly are, and it wants you to
discover the courage, the wisdom and the strength
that lie deep within you.
- You were born with wings. Learn to use them and fly!
There is so much strength, so much beauty, so much
wisdom and so much power within you. Always has
been and always will be. And if you dare to
believe in yourself as much as you would want
others to believe in you, and if you dare to dream
and live your life as if there were no limits to
what you could do, be and have, then in time, you
will discover that,
“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness
and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were
born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not
meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings.
Learn to use them and fly.” ~ Rumi
- What other people think of you is none of your business.
Lao Tzu said it best in the Tao Te Ching:”Care
about people’s approval and you will be their
prisoner.” Worrying about what other people think
of you and adjusting your life based on their
opinions is a recipe for stress, unhappiness,
confusion and misery.
Always remember that your life is yours to live, and you should
live it your way without being too concerned with what “they”
think.
- Never neglect your path for another.
You have your own path to walk upon, your unique
purpose to fulfill, and no matter how tempting it
might be to put your life on hold just because
those around you are asking for it, you should
never do it. The relationship you have with your
own soul, with your life purpose and with your
path in life is the most important relationship in
your life. This is a sacred relationship, and you
should treat it as such.
“You are the source of all purity and impurity. No
one purifies another. Never neglect your work for
another’s, however great his need. Your work is to
discover your work and then with all your heart to
give yourself to it.” ~Dhammapada
- It is better to be alone than in bad company.
Surround yourself with wise, kind and loving
people; people who live in truth and integrity.
And “If for company you cannot find a wise and
prudent friend who leads a good life, then, like a
king who leaves behind a conquered kingdom, or
like a lone elephant in the elephant forest, you
should go your way alone.” ~ Dhammapada
- You are a human being, not a human doing.
You are a human being, not a human doing and you
need to make sure that you don’t allow your ego to
trick you into thinking that who you are is not
enough and that in order for you to “become
somebody,” in order for you to prove your worth,
you have TO DO more and more each day.
There’s nothing wrong in doing things, nothing wrong with
working and creating all kinds of wonderful
things, but when you begin to equate your self
worth with how much you do, with how hard you work
and how good you are at doing the things you do,
then things might get out of balance.
“I am a human being, not a human doing. Don’t
equate your self-worth with how well you do things
in life. You aren’t what you do. If you are what
you do, then when you don’t…you aren’t.” – Dr.
Wayne Dyer
- Who you are is enough.
Who you are is already enough, not because of how
your life looks externally, but because of who you
are internally. So don’t you even dare, not even
for a second, to think otherwise.
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
Maya Angelou
(John Lewis)