I knew that I would run out of fuel living as someone else, so, the best shot I’ve got at living is to live as me – Jacqueline
The best peace that we can give ourselves is to come to terms with who we truly are, embrace it and move forward from there.
Our life is intertwined with sweet and bitter moments, sometimes the bitterness tends to erode the sweetness, but I’ve learnt and still learning that we can enrich our bitter moments and turn it into fodder for sweeter moments.
Don’t stay in that categorised box where others have chosen to keep you. Liberate yourself, cut lose and live fully. You are more than a label.
Lady Cee shares with us snippets of 12 shades of thinking and a free e-book by renowned Dr John Maxwell.
Thoughts become things and it’s our inaction or reaction that gives negative thoughts its sustenance. Jacqueline
Negative thoughts drain our energy and prevent us from enjoying our present moments. The more we dwell on them, the bigger they become till they take a life of their own and become difficult to uproot.
For example, it’s so easy for a word wrongly said by one partner to the other to spiral from that single word to each party visualizing a negative future that would most likely not occur.
When these negative thoughts start brewing, it’s hard to stop them. Shifting ones’ focus to positive thoughts may not be easy to do but with practice it ‘s effective.
Shifting thought patterns is the only way, especially if you want to avoid going down a path that is painful and unnecessary.
Try these simple tips to help shift your thought pattern.
Read positive quotes
Switch the tone of your thoughts from negative to positive even if at first it seems difficult.
Listen to meditative music or play music that makes you happy.
Always remember that there’s always a way out. You are not stuck.
Get out of your own head and take the focus away from you to someone or something else. Help someone else and shift your balance.
Sing, dance, and smile 🙂
Mentally make a list of things that you are grateful for and remember that no one is perfect.
Carol’s words on preparing for setback is just the right pep-talk one needs on rough days.
Psalms 94:19 – In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.
It’s simply a tree bark, yet it’s gorgeous in its rough and crumbly texture with the sticky sap oozing out of its pores.
The sap must taste like caramel toffee or a sip of nectar ‘cos I saw little ants running up and down the length of the trunk, fetching and carrying little bits of dried sap that’s 3x their size.
Proverbs 26: 13 A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road,a fierce lion roaming the streets!” 14 As a door turns on its hinges,so a sluggard turns on his bed.
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It’s inevitable that at some point, you will fail. Don’t be afraid of failure, instead, you should face your failure and use it as fuel to fire the pursuit of your dreams.
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We have an Igbo proverb that says ‘when you choose to carry a clay pot up the slippery slope and fall thrice if the pot does not break, your waist would break.”
Repeating the same mistakes not only brings us heartache and failure but makes Wisdom to question our common sense.
It’s commonly said that to err is human, but why do we make the same mistakes over and over again?
It does seem as though our brains don’t learn from our past mistakes to the extent we might hope, as a matter of fact, dwelling on our past mistakes might not be the best way forward.
Instead, be more proactive and think about the future and what you can achieve if you avoid pitfalls.
We set goals and halfway down the line, we lose steam and focus. Here are simple ways that we can apply to stay focused and to achieve successful results.
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