A BLOG DEVOTED TO SHARING POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING MESSAGES FOR THE HUNGRY HEART
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”
― Roger Crawford
In this life, you will undoubtedly face many obstacles and roadblocks that will push you to your limits. This is out of your control. However, whether you choose to succumb to life’s challenges and give up is a choice that is completely within your control. So choose not to let life defeat you, for you are strong enough to weather any storm life throws at you.
“Don’t be discouraged if people don’t see your vision, your harvest. All they see from their perspective is that you’re watering a whole lot of dirt. They don’t SEE what seeds you’ve been planting with blood, sweat, tears and lack of sleep. Make sure you don’t abandon or neglect it because “they” don’t see it. You have to KNOW and believe for yourself. They don’t see the roots and what’s budding under the dirt. But it’s okay, because it’s NOT meant for them to see it. While you wait, MASTER it. You continue to do YOUR work and have unwavering faith! Remember why you started planting in the first place. Your harvest WILL come!”
― Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir
Remember to always follow your path and chase your dreams. No two paths are the same, and you must have faith and conviction that you are going in the right direction. Don’t let others lack of vision detour or sidetrack you from continuing along the road that you, and you alone, are meant to travel. Be your own support and follow your own compass.
“Some choose to dream with a safety net. I dream with nothing to catch me, that way if I fall nothing can stop me from rising back up.”
― Evelyn Shepherd
Never stop dreaming and believing you can accomplish the impossible. Sometimes you will succeed along the journey and sometimes you may stumble. The key is to keep standing back up each time you fall. And no matter what, never give up.
“Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey
In order to move forward, you must embrace each obstacle and roadblock as a stepping stone to grow, learn, and overcome. You are only ever as stuck as you allow yourself to be.
“Faith, is the road that goes straight past the gravel, and cloud-mesh dirt into a mirage, where still you believe to go straight, and when you finally catch up with it, it ends at a lake where you stretch your eyes across, but unable to glimpse the other side- so you jump in and swim, gliding each stroke with tiredness and swallow of water, you reach the end, put a hand out and pull yourself up on concrete, where the same road continues straight into another blue-white blur.”
― Anthony Liccione
In this life, you must not lose faith in yourself and in the journey. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how tired you are, you must continue to believe that everything will work out. Have faith in something bigger than yourself. Keep trudging along your path even though you cannot see its end and have faith that you’ll end up where you’re meant to be.
“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
The key to happiness in this life isn’t some complicated formula. It’s very simple, focus on enjoying the small moments that bring joy everyday, whether it’s taking a moment to feel the sun warm your cheek. It’s all about how you choose to view life. So, why not choose to view it with a smile.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
In this life, you have the amazing ability to choose what kind person you want to be…what kind of life you desire. Each of us is born with a blank canvas and it is up to you to create a masterpiece or a tragic comedy. The decision and power is yours alone.
“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
Live life on your own terms. Don’t let society or other people dictate the course of your life. Be bold, take chances, don’t apologize, dance to the beat of your own song, be fierce, and be free. You get but one life, so choose to live it.
“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”
― Sarah Dessen
When things get hard, don’t run away and hide. Instead, stand up tall and deal with it. No matter how difficult or painful, commit yourself to working through whatever curveball life throws at you. For how you deal with these situations ultimately shapes who you are as a person.
“Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you’re passing. Otherwise, it’ll be too late.”
― Sophie Kinsella
Life waits for no one. So, if there is something you want out of life, then go after it now. If you have a dream, start fulfilling right now. Don’t wait for tomorrow to start doing you and creating the life you crave. For life will pass you by before you realize it.