I used to write. I used to write letters, I used to sign my name. Now our lives are changing fast, hope that something pure can last. We used to wait for it, now we're screaming sing the chorus again. - Arcade Fire
Category: π Health
Boost Courage To Expand Life
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin
Save Freedoms, Not Millions
I love what's mine cause what's mine is all mine. Gives me a reason to go get more. You take it for granted, I guess that's what it's for. But before you demand it, take a look out your back door. - Blues Traveler
Let It Go, Let It Go
Are we connected? What do you say about me? Was I mean to you? Were you to me? What do you think of me? Deep down? Am I ridiculous? Or sweet? Or decent? Are we friends? Do you care? Let it go, let it go, let it go. - Enlightened TV Show
Simplify To The Essentials
"It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential." - Bruce Lee
- If you want to improve your life then itβs tempting to want to add more.
- One problem with this may be that you donβt really have the time or energy to do more though.
- And so your efforts to improve become short-lived.
- Adding more and more just creates more stress and anxiety.
- Removing clutter and activities, tasks and thoughts that are not so important frees up time and energy for you to do more of what you really want to do.
- And as the clutter in your outer world decreases the clutter in your inner world also has a tendency to decrease.
- This has the added benefit of making it easier to actually enjoy whatever you are doing even more while you are doing it.
Bruce Leeβs top 7 fundamentals for getting your life in shape - Positivity Blog
Accept Rain And Rainbows
Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow, without a little rain. - Anonymous
Think You Can Do It
Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right. -Β Henry Ford
Start From The Start
Sometimes an empty page presents most possibilities. - Paterson Movie
Adjust To Improve The Situation
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward
Bring People Up, Not Down
They want me to be this picture-perfect girl. In a little picture-perfect world. But I cuss when I talk, and I lean when I walk. And I've been through some shit, and I've gained and I've lost. You won't bring me down. Down, d-d-down. - Bibi Bourelly
Spread Love, Don't Hate Shove
Get out of the way. You've had your day. And it's no longer how we gon' play. The kids are having none of it. They can't be bought, they can't be taught your hate. - Frazey Ford
Follow Your Dreams And Passions
Live your life by being true to yourself and following your dreams and passions, in order to make your life and the lives of others better and happier, instead of only doing things that other people want or expect you to do.
- I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret of all.
- When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled.
- Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.
- It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way.
- From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late.
- Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.
Remember Everyone Is Emotional
Remember everyone is emotional and people are all going through the ups and downs of life, so try not to take it personally when people get angry, and try to comfort or support others when they are in a bad mood.
- Perhaps this is an exaggeration.
- But the core of the message is that people tend to have stronger feelings about something than they let on.
- People who regularly have outbursts of anger, depression or flamboyant enthusiasm are generally frowned upon in most cultures.
- This especially applies to men (for women trying to figure us out).
- The application of this rule is to not assume everything is fine just because someone isnβt having a nervous breakdown.
- We all have our individual problems, angst and upsets that are normally contained.
Take A Step Back
Sometimes you have to go back in order to go front. - Miss America Movie
Dream Big Dreams
Dream big dreams, believe all things are possible. - Wall Art At Walmart
Be Hopeful, Not Fearful
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. - William Ralph Inge
Avoid Naive Make Believe
Come on come on, I don't need anyone, to tell me what to believe. Now I am a young man, I see cracks in the steel. If they ask you to stand, well they just want you to kneel. - Jet
Embrace Your Own Place
A little crazy, little sexy, little cool. Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth. I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong. I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs. - Janelle Monae
Praise Before Negative Feedback
Give people sincere praise about something they have done well or that you appreciate about them before giving them negative feedback or an idea for something they could change or do differently.
- "Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise."
- One well known strategy for feedback is the βcriticism sandwich,β popularized by the above quote from cosmetics maven Mary Kay Ash.
- In the sandwich, you begin with praise, address the problem, and follow up with more praise.
- In fact, the more of the conversation you can frame positively, the more likely your recipient is to be in the right frame of mind to make the change youβre looking for.
How to Give and Receive Feedback at Work: The Psychology of Criticism - Buffer
Start By Doing Small Amounts
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. -Β Confucius
