Sometimes I find some great information that I feel I just have to share – and this is one of those times!
It seems we’re all looking for “the answers” to life and how to live a better one. I found this article on Oprah.com and thought you would all be interested in it. Some great thoughts on how to live your best life!
1. What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.
2. You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.
3. Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
4. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time. (A lesson from Maya Angelou.)
5. Worrying is wasted time. Use the same energy for doing something about whatever worries you.
6. What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.
7. If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will be enough. (From the German theologian and humanist Meister Eckhart.)
8. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
9. Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.
10. If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
11. Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn’t lie.
12. Love yourself and then learn to extend that love to others in every encounter.
13. Let passion drive your profession.
14. Find a way to get paid for doing what you love. Then every paycheck will be a bonus.
15. Love doesn’t hurt. It feels really good.
16. Every day brings a chance to start over.
17. Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so.
18. Doubt means don’t. Don’t move. Don’t answer. Don’t rush forward.
19. When you don’t know what to do, get still. The answer will come.
20. “Trouble don’t last always.” (A line from a Negro spiritual, which calls to mind another favorite: This, too, shall pass.)
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Good words to remember. Especially 19. If I could just make myself sit still more often, I’d make a lot fewer wrong turns.
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If you think about it, #19 is so true. Sometimes just sitting quietly is just what it takes.
Very true and thought provoking! If we all lived each day through these thoughts, wouldn’t our world be a better place?
Sara Broers´s last blog ..Dixon family Christmas tradition!
You’re right…it would be a better place!
Food for thought!
Beeb Ashcroft´s last blog ..Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Skin Free Niaouli Butter Stick Review
Definitely, Beeb!
Those are words to live by, and if people did we wouldn’t have murders, robberies, rapes, war, and recession.
Ellie´s last blog ..Out of the mouths of babes.
You are so right, Ellie! Thanks for stopping by!
great thoughts.
I really like #18… doubt had me 2nd guess a few times & was right!
Faythe @GMT´s last blog ..The Ladies Room…{overheard, laughs and snickers}
Doubt can be a good thing for sure! Always trust your instincts.
I really needed these today, especially #20. With all the troubles we’re dealing with right now I just need to remember they will soon be a memory.
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Yes…that is a good one for you right now, Cat. It will all get better each day!
Wow Oprah is a wise one, isn’t she? These are actually great words to live by. Imagine the world we could live in if everyone followed them.
She is one smart lady, for sure! I just hope I have 1/2 the knowledge she has one day!
Thanks so much. Sometimes we all need a little positivity in our lives.
Kasandria
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You’re very welcome. THANK YOU for stopping by and leaving your thoughts!