Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. 

None of those things can permanently stop you.

 You have the power in you to overcome anything that life throws at you.

 There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind.

 Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter 

and support you in the ways that matter most to you.

 No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. 

Don't give up, 

cave in, 

or stop believing that it's possible. 

It's not over until you win!

 You have GREATNESS within you!

—Les Brown

"There will always be a circumstance in life that 
we will need to overcome...

always, 

this is just a fact of life. 

We can't control everything that happens in life, 

but, we can control our reaction to what happens....

we can control our attitude, 

our determination, 

and our decisions.
Don't let yourself be paralyzed by the pain 
that someone else has caused...

know your worth!
You have within you the strength to stand proud....
so do it! 

Know you are not in control of the actions of others, 

you are only in control of your actions and reactions.

 Know that even if you are feeling miserable 
you have the power to control your emotions...

to turn things around by shifting your thinking.
In your life you can control...
Your values
Your morals
Your beliefs
Your thoughts
Your decisions.
Knowing this...always remembering this, 

will give you freedom to be who you need to be in order to live your life with dignity.

 No one can (nor should you allow them to) take these away from you.

 This is your power! 

This is your strength! 
It belongs to you and no one else. 

OWN IT!!!!"

~Kim Bayne

Sometimes the most healing gift we can give someone

 is to just be a witness to the pain and chaos of their life experiences. 

Certainly we are incapable of explaining why 

the big mysteries come upon us as they do. 

There are times when offering explanations even adds to the confusion.

 Sometimes the wisest position to take 

is to let a friend pour out her sorrow and rage, 

her anger and fear - 

listen to the big scream - 

and not flinch.

 Just listen and let the shock waves run over you

 like the sounds of screaming children 

who will gradually calm down and fall asleep from exhaustion. 

Painful life passages are exhausting, 

especially when mixed with mystery.

 You don't know when they will end - 

and you can even begin to believe they will never end.

 But they always come to an end. 

Screaming children always stop screaming - 

even the loudest ones. 

But you can begin to believe they can actually scream forever - 

and they can't tell you why.

 It's a mystery. 

You can only do your best to make sure nothing is seriously wrong 

and then make them as comfortable as possible. 

But imagine if you were not there...

how traumatic would that be for that child? 

Or for a friend' inner child that is absorbing the fear of a life transition? 

We are all standing in the Witness position of someone or something. 

It is a powerful place to stand.

 A prayer for the Witness in us that I find useful is, 

"Let the grace if healing flow through me and into this person's life. 

May that grace dissolve the fears of mind and heart. 

Hover over this human being, 

Lord, with mercy and love."

—Caroline Myss

Harboring anger and hatred toward anyone 

guarantees that you remain in low energy fields 

where problems will continue to crop up repeatedly in your life. 

I suggest that you examine every relationship

 in which you feel judgmental thoughts of anger and hatred.

 Replace those thoughts with energies of acceptance, 

kindness, cheerfulness, and love. 

You will have to make a personal commitment to, 

first of all,

 notice what you are feeling 

and then exercise your ability to choose to send love. 

When your heart becomes pure, 

your enemy becomes your friend,

 or even more significantly, your teacher.

Your worst enemies are your greatest teachers 

because they allow you to examine the emotions of anger and revenge 

and then to transcend them.

 They give you the exact tools you need to elevate yourself 

to the spiritual energies that provide your solutions.

—Wayne Dyer

The first step to change,...

 is accepting your reality right now. 

Honoring your process. 

Compassionate self-awareness leads to change;

 harsh self-criticism only holds the pattern in place, 

creating a stubborn and defensive Basic Self. 

Be gentle with yourself as you would with a child. 

Be gentle but firm. 

Give yourself the space to grow. 

But remember that the timing is in god's hands,

not yours.

— Dan Millman

I've learned that no matter what happens, 

or how bad it seems today, 

life does go on, 

and it will be better tomorrow. 

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person 

by the way he/she handles these three things: 

a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. 

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, 

you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. 

I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life." 

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

 I've learned that you shouldn't go through life 

with a catcher's mitt on both hands; 

you need to be able to throw something back. 

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, 

I usually make the right decision. 

I've learned that even when I have pains,

 I don't have to be one. 

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone.

 People love a warm hug, 

or just a friendly pat on the back.

 I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

 I've learned that people will forget what you said, 

people will forget what you did, 

but people will never forget how you made them feel.

― Maya Angelou

Take time to find yourself...
to find peace within. 

Let go of the everyday routines of life for a moment 

and reach into your soul and find you.

Take a hike in the woods, 

sit under a tree, 

relax by the water 

and breathe in the fresh air...

really breathe it in.

 Let yourself relax.
Now let go of everything in your life that you cannot change...

let it go, 

release it into the universe 

and feel a sense of peace come over you like a soft rain."

~Kim Bayne

Don't make someone a priority who has made you an option.

This time, 

take a pass to the front of the line, 

and make yourself #1 for a change. 

Whenever you say "yes" to someone else, 

you automatically say "no" to yourself. 

Practice the skills of actively creating what you want, 

protecting what you value, 

and acting decisively to change what is not working in your life.

Today, 

say "I do" to your own needs, 

growth, knowledge and to your dream. 

Make it non-negotiable to work on your own behalf 

and your dream every single day. 

This doesn't mean that you are selfish 

or insensitive to the people around you, 

or the other responsibilities in your life. 

Learning to say "No" to others and "Yes" to you...

allows you to excel by setting appropriate boundaries 

on your time, energy and resources. 

Give yourself a real gift - 

the freedom to be who you really are 

and do what you were meant to do in the world. 

You were born for GREATNESS!

—Les Brown

Giving up is easy; 
very easy actually! 
What takes courage is to hang on.
 If you begin with something
 and don't get the desired result, 
you ultimately give up.
 Giving up could only push you
farther from achieving your goal g!
You never know where you have reached
and what could come your way
whereas hanging on could make you achieve big and make your dream come true.
 Never lose hope.
Stay dedicated, 
Keep believing 
and keep going! 
When you do that,
 nothing will stop you from making your dream true ~
 Have Patience! 
The key to success is not just hard work, 
but patience as well."

~ Unknown Author ~

Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, 

not because we failed

 but because something bigger than us 

says this no longer fits our life. 

So,

 lock the door, 

shed your tears,

 and when you’re ready,

 turn around and look for the new door that’s opened.

 It’s a sign that you’re no longer that person you were, 

it’s time to change into who you are. 

It’s going to be okay. 

— Lee Goff

Everyone is down on pain, 

because they forget something important about it: 

Pain is for the living. 

Only the dead don't feel it. 

Pain is a part of life.

 Sometimes it's a big part, 

and sometimes it isn't, 

but either way, 

it's a part of the big puzzle,

 the deep music,

 the great game. 

Pain does two things: 

It teaches you,

 tells you that you're alive.

Then it passes away and leaves you changed.

 It leaves you wiser, sometimes. 

Sometimes it leaves you stronger. 

Either way, pain leaves its mark, 

and everything important that will ever happen to you in life 

is going to involve it in one degree or another.

— Jim Butcher

This is the day to confront yourself. 

Declare that you are making a radical change in your mind, 

your finances, 

your relationships 

and how you show up in life. 

Moving forward is what you must do 

to live the life that's waiting for you.

This is the day that you decide there is no turning back! 

Take time to find out what you must do to transform...

to overcome...

to leave behind...

and to embrace this new you. 

Step up and step into the discovery of what is possible 

when you make up your mind that there is no turning back! 

You have GREATNESS within you!!

—Les Brown

"You live in today...

not yesterday. 

Yesterday is done and gone 

and no matter what happened yesterday or last week 

you can't do anything to change it.

 Stop dwelling on it...

take a deep breath 

and know that today is a brand new day. 

Each day we awake is a new beginning, 

a chance to better our life. 

How lucky are we that every day we are given that chance 

to change the way we think,

 the way we act...

we can choose to let yesterday's troubles weigh us down

 or we can choose to throw them on the ground 

and let them lift us up. 

Let today be the day you start to be happy...

why?

...because you can 

and you need this."

~Kim Bayne