Dear Lord, I’m so grateful I’m still loved. – Vivien Leigh

Reminder – you are loved. Still. It hasn’t stopped.

For most of us, we’re loved more than we remember and act like.

We get frustrated easily. We lose our tempers over small, inconsequential happenings in our lives. We give up quickly. We don’t take chances and play it safe as if money, status, and stuff really matter most.

You are loved.

Act like it.

Smile, a lot. Laugh and dance. Forget about all the stuff, money and status and focus on the important stuff.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved. – Thomas Fuller

In one of life’s little tricks – the thing that we want is available when we do it for another.

We all wish to be loved.

The real pleasure is in being loving.

When we can let go of our own selfish desires and place someone else’s in their place we are closest to how we were meant to be.

What do you want?

How can you do that for someone else today?

How can you think about what they want more than what you want?

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – For those of who are Christians – this is replacing what you want with what God wants. The Bible talks about renewing our minds. Making them new again with His thoughts instead of ours.

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“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” – Maya Angelou

Was yesterday a good day or a bad day?

How about last week? Last month?

How do you measure how it’s going and how you’re doing?

It’s easy to fall into the trap of comparing ourselves to others. Especially the outward appearance of others. What kind of car they drive, how they dress, how much money they make/have, etc.

Maybe we could measure things differently.

Did you care about somebody else? Did you think about others more than yourself? Were you nice? Nicer than yesterday or the day before?

Be careful how you measure yourself. You might just measure the wrong things.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves – to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. – Stewart Johnson

When we look at our todays and how they are spent, comparing to others is not the benchmark.

Our benchmark should be the inherent possibilities and opportunities that lie within ourselves.

One of my favorite things about sports was the process of finding out that I was actually capable of more than I thought.

I could always run faster or play better than I thought I was capable of.

I’m sure there were points in time where I thought this was because I was so special and talented, but a little maturity and age has cured me of that.

We ALL are capable of so much more than we can imagine.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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https://youtu.be/OopNWnLSAA4?si=guyHNcXzq48Uz68k

Friday morning reminder.

Everybody wants to be loved.

We were made for it.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." – Marcus Aurelius

This is a great way to look at the stresses and worries of our lives.

All too often we give external forces power over our lives.

We let our lives seep away with worry and stress over events and circumstances external to our control.

Our power lies in what we choose to focus on.

Our days turn on what we choose to let dominate our thoughts.

What came to mind when you first read the quote?

What have you given power that you should revoke?

Let go of whatever it is. Let positivity, hope and faith rule your thoughts today.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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https://www.facebook.com/reel/486218061070508

Great message in this clip – Jesus won.

Life is not fair.

Bad stuff happens.

People are mean and hurtful.

Someone is actively trying to rip us off.

But Jesus won. If you choose it – you can participate in that victory. He (and me too) really, really wants you to be part of the victory.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; I have also learned from experience that the greater the part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances” – Martha Washington

Dispositions and circumstances. This seems to be a recurring theme throughout all of the “positive propaganda” I have read.

Our disposition and attitude determine our happiness, not our circumstances.

I think it is a recurring theme because it is something most of us struggle with. We struggle with the balance between facing the reality of our situation and whining and complaining about it.

And that is why I think we all need reminders. We have the opportunity every day to put on a positive disposition no matter the circumstances.

Let’s take advantage of that opportunity today.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. – William Feather

Monday morning reminder – stick with it.

Don’t give up.

You are worth it.

Pick one thing for the week and stick with it.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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https://youtu.be/7CUKQxPTjpy

One of my favorite simple ideas for a better life is to smile – a lot. Like all the time.

This song/video is a funny, catchy reminder that even when life is hard we can choose to smile.

Life hasn’t been easy so far this year for many of us.

It hasn’t gone the way we would have wanted.

It’s been hard and upsetting and scary.

We can still smile.

“I know God is working so I smile”…..that’s my favorite line from the song and something I try to remind myself of constantly this year.

Hopefully you can find a smile today.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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