If you count all your assets you always show a profit. – Wilson Mizner
Life can be difficult, confusing, and heartbreaking.
It’s not easy and wasn’t meant to be.
But there’s always something to be thankful for.
If you make it a habit of counting up all of these, you will always show a profit.
Start day by making the list. Count up some good stuff.
Make it a great day.
Jake
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. – Hannah Arendt
Forgive and forget all the times you’ve fallen short of your goals.
Get started new today.
Learn the lesson if there was one, but move on with renewed enthusiasm and vigor.
It’s a brand new day!
Make it a great day.
Jake
Maggie and I have been working our way through the Marvel movies and she’s liked the soundtrack for both of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
We were made to be moved by music.
What moves you?
Make it a great day.
Jake
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. – Mahatma Gandhi
A major cause of anxiety is in not living up to our ideals and potential.
We are happiest when our thoughts, actions and words line up with the best in us.
An interesting side effect of living in a time and place where we can have everything we want is the anxiety produced when we don’t follow through and get it.
A potential solution is in simplicity.
When we simplify what we want and are motivated by it, we follow through.
We are able to line up our thoughts, actions and words better when there aren’t so many distractions to try to line up with.
So, for this week, what is your happiness thought?
What can you do to simplify and line up your life for happiness?
Make it a great day.
Jake
Give yourself time to be sad, frustrated and angry. Give yourself time to heal, accept and to grow. Time doesn’t erase anything, but it can provide you with enough space to be able to breathe again. And then one day you wake up and your heart has a little bit of sunshine in it. – Jessica Jensen
Jim Rohn talks about how life needs all the musical notes.
The high notes and the low notes.
Only high notes sounds a little funny.
Only low sounds funny too.
Mix them together and you get something magical.
Finding our way through all of the highs and lows while keeping our head up is an art unto itself.
Keep your head up today.
Make it a great day.
Jake
I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that. – Gillian Anderson
What a great reminder.
Every minute that passes is an opportunity to improve your day.
We choose.
We get to pick.
For me, it’s hard to get this one right 100% of the time. I have come to accept that my goal is just to work to increase the percentages.
To make small improvements each day to the ratio of positive to negative.
To remember to look at each moment as that opportunity to do better.
You may be on the other side of this one, with it all figured out. If so, maybe take the opportunity to help someone around you to improve their day.
You could probably help someone out even if you didn’t have it all figured out. Probably worth a shot.
Make it a great day.
Jake
We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. – George Bernard Shaw
The Olympics have been a great reminder that it is fun to play.
We were designed to enjoy play and to have fun.
What could you do today to have fun?
What is something you could introduce into your life to get more playtime in?
Make it a great day.
Jake
This classic always puts a smile on my face.
Find an old classic that puts a smile on your face and play it. Loud.
Make it a great day.
Jake
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. – Norman Vincent Peale
Maturity Moment for Jake – this one hit a little too close to home.
Praise is a good thing and we could all use more of it.
Criticism is a good thing and we could all use more of it.
Not sure about you, but I know which one I prefer.
This quote was a good reminder though….I could be praising myself right over a cliff.
Wisdom must be applied when dealing with power and both criticism and praise are powerful motivators.
Are you seeking out feedback? Not just the feedback you want to hear? Not only from the people that will say good things?
Make it a great day.
Jake
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
So much of our experience is born out of our perspective and attitudes.
Two people can look at the same sunset but have a different experience.
Resetting our perspectives to create more joy and happiness is a lifelong pursuit.
Where might a resetting of perspective serve you well?
Do you struggle with contentment and need to change that perspective?
Do you struggle with selfishness and need to change that perspective?
Do you struggle with….?
We can change our perspective by experiencing new things and being thoughtful about the world around us.
Make it a great day.
Jake
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