It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. – Dale Carnegie
How we think and what we think about what happens to us is paramount. Let’s pay more attention to it and stay happier!
Today I AM not taking myself seriously. I AM what I AM and I assess every situation correctly. I know how to be happy.
Recommendation: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. – Stephen R. Covey (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People)
Positivity will always win. The Universe is constantly getting better whether we realize it or not. It’s a law of nature, call it evolution or whatever. We must be part of the equation that heals, serves and makes the planet a better place.
Today I AM a better person. I see the positive in everyone and everything. I swim with the rising tide and know that I AM being carried upward…
Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. – Lao-tse
Lao-tse, the father of Tao, is pointing to how our lack of reaction to events can help us master them! There are 2 essential ways to react to any event. One is to attach to an event via your thoughts (and emotions), get drawn in and in turn possibly regret our reaction later.
The other is to view the event as an observer, without identifying our personality and history with the event. In this situation we’re observing without manufacturing thoughts about the situation. We’re just being, just listening, just flowing with what’s going on.
That in turn allows us to be the master of that event. We control our reaction to any situation, which means that we control our own happiness! As we do this with every event in life we begin to flow with life, a happy unperturbed camper at all times!
Today I AM the master. I don’t attach to events, I just observe them. I can handle any situation. I AM a child of God. All is well!
Recommendation: Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-zinn
True masters are those who have chosen to make a life, rather than a living. – Neale Donald Walsch
On what topic do we spend most of our thoughts, daily? The whole idea of material progress was to effect more leisure time so that we could do things and think about things that really matter.
Why hasn’t that happened for most of us? How does one make a life out of all that we do?
Today I AM ruminating on what’s real and lasting. I AM a child of God. I matter and I AM enough. Which is why I use time maturely. I AM a master of my own life.
Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch
Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart. – Marianne Williamson
We’re focused on meaningless stuff and activities. That’s the reason we suffer. As we become aware of this constant chatter, ongoing inside the head, we start to quiet our mind. Just by being more conscious! As we become more still, the peace and joy that resides within us, has a chance to emerge, and it does!
Today I AM focused on meaningful things. I catch myself when I dwell on useless stuff. I AM a child of God and will act like one!
Recommendation: Marianne Williamson – Everyday Grace
Turn your attention to the many ways in which you are blessed in your life; think of these things with sincerity, and you will discover an endless stream of blessings that come to you. – Teacher Olfana
Every time we think, it’s a thought we’re choosing. And each of those times it’s up to us if we want to choose a positive thought or one that doesn’t serve us. If we believe that thoughts that we think today manifest themselves in our lives tomorrow, then all the more reason we want to pick just the right thoughts. We are our own master, let’s not relinquish that right. One great way to have the right kind of thoughts is to keep our focus on what’s working really well in our life. Be thankful. Some of the most powerful ideas that work are that simple.
Today I AM looking around and within. I AM extremely grateful and pleased. I AM blessed, thank you God!
Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all. – Kahlil Gibran
There are no special events, no special days or places. It’s all relevant, all sacred, it’s here, now, it’s around us and there too. There are no special people. Everyone we meet or interact with is super special. Let’s be fully present, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually and regard every moment as a holy one.
Today I AM present. I live fully. I breathe in deeply. I trust. I hope. I live. Now.
Recommendation: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
