Tag: Glass Half Full

How Will You Respond

“There’s no benchmark for how life’s “supposed” to happen. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, it’s up to you how you respond to it.”

― Isaac Marion

         Life is just life. It can be amazing at times and then it can be a nightmare. It all comes down to perspective. Life will continue to throw any and everything at you and how that affects your life depends on how you choose to respond. Never forget, life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.

Choose Your Perspective

He looked at me and said;
I see a challenge not a problem
I see an opportunity not an obligation
I see a must do not a sacrifice….
I looked back at him straight in the eye through the mirror and said;
You are the new me, the better me…

― Rateb Rayyes

         Life is all about the lens you choose to view it from. You can choose to always look at the negative or you can search for the silver lining. When obstacles are thrown your way, you can choose to view them as opportunities to grow and learn…or you can look at them as impossible hurdles. Because at the end of the day, life is all about attitude and perspective.

Today is a New Day

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”

― Dalai Lama

      Each day that you are blessed to wake up, make a promise to yourself to try to embrace all that the day has to offer. Strive to be a better version of yourself than yesterday. Strive to rise above the negativity that is bound to come your way. And most of all, strive to make the most out of the time you have been given for there is no guarantee you will get the opportunity to try again tomorrow.

Don’t Play The Victim

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It’s all a question of how I view my life.”

― Paulo Coelho

         Life is all about the lens you choose to view it from. You can choose to internalize all the pain and suffering life has to offer and allow yourself to be the victim. Or, you can choose to stand up and fight to find the rainbow in the storm. For you cannot control what life throws at you, but you can control how you react to it.

You Have Enough Time

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”

― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

      Yes, life is chaotic. And we often find ourselves scrambling to complete a never ending to do list. It has become so easy to say there isn’t enough time to reach out to a friend or a loved one to simply say I care. But this is nothing more than an excuse. You have to eventually decide to stop making excuses and start making time for the things that matter because tomorrow may never come.

Embrace Today

“Finish each 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. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

       Each day is filled with ups and downs…good and bad…pain and regret. And you must be careful not to carry the baggage of yesterday into today. You cannot change what has already happened, but you can treat each morning as a new opportunity to try again so don’t waste it by being encumbered by the regrets of yesterday.

Keep Moving Forward

“In a sense, discouragement does not have to exist. Allow it to be rather the encouragement to honestly reconsider all the options, then, as necessary, shine on.”

― Criss Jami

    Life is all about perspective. When you encounter obstacles and setbacks, don’t succumb to frustration; rather, use it as an opportunity to reevaluate your life and the path you are on. If you need to change course, then don’t be afraid to turn and blaze a new trail. The key is not allowing yourself to become stuck. Keep.moving.forward.

Choose To See The Good

“A pessimist sees the difficult in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

– Winston Churchill

       Each day you must make the conscious choice and effort to see the good in every situation. No matter what challenge you face, there is always something positive to take away from it. Sometimes it’s as simple as learning that you are strong enough to weather the storm. Other times it may be that one door has to shut to make room for the right door to open. Life is all about the lens you choose to view it from.

Change Your Luck

“You can start to change your luck today. Begin believing that you can have what you desire and superior things will arrive.”
― Steve Backley

         I believe firmly in the law of attraction. If you put out positive energy, you will receive positive energy in return. Likewise, if you radiate negative energy, you will draw negative energy to yourself. So to, if you desire something in life, you must first believe it’s possible. Don’t have low expectations. Because when you truly believe something can happen, you open yourself to a life full of limitless possibilities.

Control

The reason many people in our society are miserable, sick, and highly stressed is because of an unhealthy attachment to things they have no control over.
― Steve Maraboli

       We waste so much time and energy on things we have no control over. Each day you should make a conscious effort to evaluate the things stressing you out and ask if you have any control over the matter. If the answer is no, then let it go. Don’t waste time on things, people and circumstances you cannot change. Instead, you should focus on what you do have control over – yourself, your perceptions, your beliefs and how you react.