Change

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.

Face Each Challenge

“No one ever said your life would be easy. The nature of being human makes life for all of us a challenge. The most important thing to consider here is this. Your life is only as challenging as you think it is. Think of challenge as a teacher and yourself the student. It’s up to you to figure out what the lesson is to be learned. To learn that lesson and build the strength and courage to face other challenges….”

― James A. Murphy

Life is only as hard as you make it. If you freak out about every little bump in the road, then every challenge you face becomes an insurmountable mountain. But if you calmly and courageous face each storm that comes your way, you not only fortify your strength to endure but you allow yourself to grow…which is the whole point of life.

No matter who you are,
no matter what you did,
no matter where you’ve come from,
You can always change,
become a better version of yourself.
― Madonna

Each day is a new opportunity to be a better version of yourself – to not repeat the mistakes of yesterday. We all make mistakes, say things we regret and make bad decisions. However, you are not your mistakes. At any point you can choose to rise above all the petty BS and make changes in your life for the better. Never forget, you and you alone decide how your story will end.

Embrace Your Life

“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.”

― Henry David Thoreau

Life is filled with good times and bad times. It is filled with extreme highs and unimaginable lows. And there is nothing you can do to avoid it. Pain is as much a part of life as joy. Because of this, we must all focus on embracing the unedited version of life. Love your life. . .for you get but one chance to live it!

Embrace the Silence

If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know YOU, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but YOU for your happiness…you will realize that a little loneliness goes a LONG way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful YOU.

― Mandy Hale

We must all learn to embrace silence and quiet moments. It is during these moments that you cannot hide from yourself. You are forced to be alone with your thoughts and emotions and you may not like what you see. But do not run away, instead, use these moments as an opportunity to get to know You and start working toward becoming a better version of yourself – someone you’re proud to be alone with.

What You Seek

The quest for self-improvement and personal growth is now an integral part of my life. I’m always looking for ways to increase my capacity to grow, develop and achieve more. And that means, I’m willing to read, observe, listen, discuss, research and do whatever it takes to become a better improved me. I hope you are too.

― Murali Murthy

Self-improvement and personal growth should be integral parts of your daily life. Each day you should embark on a quest to be a better version of yourself and not to repeat the same thoughts of yesterday. We often say we want our lives to change, well, what we often forget to remind ourselves is that change begins from within.

Try Again

“I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that’s no reason to give up. You’ll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.”

― Louis Sachar

As we close out another week, it’s good to take a moment to focus our thoughts. It is important that we continually remind ourselves that although this may have been a difficult week or things may not have gone as planned, you get to wake up tomorrow and try again. Never give up…you must truly believe that you can accomplish anything. It may not happen over night but you can start putting the wheels in motion. Never forget that you only get one life, so dare to live it and live it well.

Make Each Day Count

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly until he knows that every day is doomsday. Today is a king in disguise. Today always looks mean to the thoughtless, in the face of a uniform experience that all good and great and happy actions are made up precisely of these blank days. Let us not be so deceived, let us unmask the king as he passes.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is all about perspective. Whether each day is a blank canvas full of endless possibilities or whether each day is a dark cloud depends on the lens you choose to view it through. To enjoy life is but a choice. You and you alone have the power to define your life.

Growth & Transformation

“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.”

― C. JoyBell C.

Life is all about growth and transformation. But in order to grow and transform into your highest self, you must go out into the world and expose yourself to the good and bad. You must experience all facets of life in order to learn the lessons that lead to change, which in turn inspires growth and a shift in perceptions. Real growth and change isn’t going to happen by locking yourself away in a cave or a room and meditating all day. Rather, you must lay your soul bare to the world and work hard to create the world you dream of by transforming the way you think, behave and act.

Seize the Moment

“Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”

― Anthony Robbins

Carpe diem, seize the day. It’s great to be a planner, to fully think through every decision and choice. But sometimes, you must tune out the voices and simply be in the moment. Follow your heart, leap with both feet and simply learn what it means to live. Trust that everything will work out in the end. Sure, you’ll make mistakes, it’s called being human. So, take time to be spontaneous, crazy and carefree…enjoy your life, for you only get one shot, so make it count.