While dressing or shaving or getting breakfast, say aloud a few such remarks as the following: ‘I believe this is going to be a wonderful day. I believe I can successfully handle all problems that will arise today. I feel good physically, mentally, emotionally. It is wonderful to be alive. I am grateful for all that I have had, for all that I now have, and for all that I shall have. Things aren’t going to fall apart. God is here and He is with me and He will see me through. I thank God for every good thing.‘
If you want to help her, you need to help yourself first. No one serves their friends by grinding themselves into dust on the altar of compassion.
When you put your needs last, you’re like a plant without water that’s worried about providing enough shade for others. But if that plant doesn’t have enough water to grow, it will shrivel up and die providing no shade or comfort for others anyway.
Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.
Beatrice,' he says, looking sternly into my eyes. 'We should think of our family.' There is an edge to his voice. 'But. But we must also think of ourselves.'
Strengthen the individual. Start with yourself. Take care with yourself. Define who you are. Refine your personality. Choose your destination and articulate your Being. As the great nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche so brilliantly noted, ‘He whose life has a why can bear almost any how.'
Do not take anything personally. Nothing others do is for you. What others say and do is a projection of your own reality, your own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you will not be the victim of unnecessary suffering.
The road to happiness: keep your heart free from hate and your mind free from worry. Live simply; Wait a second; It gives a lot. Fill your heart with love; Spread joy. Forget yourself, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
It is so delightful to have an evening now and then to oneself.
Keep your thoughts and energies directed forward, towards the things you can do to improve your life, and let the rest take its course.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
Take care of yourself as if you’re the most awesome person you’ve ever met.