Inspired From Within

When you need inspiration, look at the things you are grateful for. What did you notice today that you are especially grateful for? The beautiful blue sky? The beautiful fall orange flowers? How about the indoor plumbing, or your nice warm shower? Were you grateful that you were able to wake up this morning and get off of your own bed without help? What else are you thankful for?

You may find that the inspiration you need is from within yourself.



Start a gratitude journal for daily inspiration. Additional gratitude ideas and instructions can be found at Gratitude University - CLICK HERE

Thought Is Creative.

"Thought is creative. All thought, good and bad, is creative and tends to become a material thing. That is why we must learn to be more positive. Our environment and all the experiences in our life are the result of our habitual and predominant thoughts.




Negative thoughts can tell us about something that needs our attention. Our job is to discover what needs to be done and take care of it. Many people fail to see a negative occurrence as a learning experience and continue to feel victimized and helpless, ultimately blaming others for what they drew to themselves.

You are not alone. You are not hopeless. You are alive, and you are your own person." -- WikiHow.com

Be inspired by utilizing daily affirmations and visualization. Click HERE.

Perseverance

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." -- Walter Elliott

Climb Higher

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Enjoy the ride.

Time to enjoy the ride. All of us have trials. We are only on Earth for a temporary and short period of time. Let's make the most of it.
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ENJOY THE RIDE
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The Three Trainings

"The more you practice the three trainings of ethics, meditation, and wisdom, the more difficult it will become for you to act in a way that is contrary to an ethical, compassionate attitude. Ethics arise naturally out of contemplating the three trainings."

Martine Batchelor, "Meditation for Life"

Attitude of Gratitude. It IS a Wonderful Life!

If you were to write down 3 things that you were grateful for during this day...today...at any moment of the day...would you know which three things to write down? Starting today, gather your positive energy by starting a gratitude journal. By including an attitude of gratitude in your daily routine, you will automatically attract more of what you want to you. Here is a note on gratitude...

"A popular refrain from the 1940s captured the thought:

Accentuate the positive;
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative;
Don’t mess with Mr. In-between. 1

Good advice then. Good advice now.

This is a wonderful time to be living here on earth. Our opportunities are limitless. While there are some things wrong in the world today, there are many things right, such as teachers who teach, ministers who minister, marriages that make it, parents who sacrifice, and friends who help.

We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues." -- President Thomas S. Monson, LDS Church, 1992 Ensign

Remember today that you need to smile to bring the positive to you. Smile and know that the positive energy is surrounding you and is moving toward you in all areas of your life.