"A lot of walking away will do your life good. 

Walk away from arguments that lead you to anger and nowhere. 

Walk away from people who deliberately put you down. 

Walk away from any thought that reduces your worth.

 Walk away from the failures and fears that stifle your dreams. 

The more you walk away from things that poison your soul, 

the happier your life will be."

Until you surrender the need to know

 why things happened to you as they did, 

you will hold on to your wounds with intense emotional fire. 

Your mind will want to heal,

 but your pride, anger and emotions 

will remain caught up in wanting to make sure that the people who hurt you 

fell bad about what they've done. 

Or you may want to hurt them back.

 But rest assured, your emotional self will remain attached to the unfinished business 

rooted in feelings of abandonment andhumiliation, 

of having lost something or been cheated. 

Your mind may do what's required for healingand go through all the prescribed steps,

 but your heart will never fully participate in the healing process.

 In the end, forgiveness is an act of release, 

surrendering the need for an explanation.

 From that prospective, 

forgiveness has nothing to do with the individuals who harmed you. 

It is the act of accepting that there is a greater map of life,

 through which flow many rivers of events and relationships, 

all interconnected. 

Forgiveness is your release form the hell 

of wanting to know what cannot be known 

and from wanting to see others suffer

 because they have hurt you.

—Caroline Myss

“When nobody else celebrates you,

 learn to celebrate yourself. 

When nobody else compliments you, 

then compliment yourself.

 It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged.

 It’s up to you.

 Encouragement should come from the inside.” 

~Joel Osteen

“Gratitude bestows reverence, 

allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies,

those transcendent moments of awe 

that change forever

how we experience life and the world.”

- John Milton

“If you're going to be passionate about something, 

be passionate about learning. 

If you're going to fight something,

 fight for those in need. 

If you're going to question something, 

question authority.

 If you're going to lose something, 

lose your inhibitions. 

If you're going to gain something, 

gain respect and confidence.

 And if you're going to hate something,

 hate the false idea that you are not capable of your dreams.” 

~Daniel Golston

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, 

so a single thought will not make a pathway inthe mind. 

To make a deep physical path, 

we walk again and again. 

To make a deep mental path, 

we must think over and over the kind of thoughts

 we wish to dominate our lives.” 

~Henry David Thoreau

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 

"Start announcing freedom 

from anything that’s holding you back. 

Freedom from addictions, 

freedom from loneliness, 

freedom from lack, 

freedom from struggle. 

You are prophesying your future. 

Your words are setting the direction for your life."

 ~Joel Osteen

The simple secret of happiness. 

Whatever you are doing, 

don’t let past move your mind; 

don’t let future disturb you. 

Because the past is no more, 

and the future is not yet. 

To live in the memories,

 to live in the imagination, 

is to live in the non-existential. 

And when you are living in the non-existential, 

you are missing that which is existential. 

Naturally you will be miserable, 

because you will miss your whole life.

"My wish for you is that you continue.

 Continue to be who and how you are, 

to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. 

Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden 

of your tender heart." 

~Maya Angelou

Sadness gives depth.

 Happiness gives height. 

Sadness gives roots. 

Happiness gives branches. 

Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, 

and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth.

Both are needed, 

and the higher a tree goes,

 the deeper it goes, simultaneously. 

The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. 

In fact, it is always in proportion. 

That's its balance.

― Osho

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. 

You fight for it,

strive for it, 

insist upon it,

 and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. 

You have to participate relentlessly

in the manifestations of your own blessings .

— Elizabeth Gilbert

"What you feel about another person, 

what you think or say about another person, 

what you do to another person – 

you do to you. 

Give judgment and criticism and you give it to yourself. 

Give love and appreciation to another person or anything, 

and you give it to yourself." 

~Rhonda Byrne 

Just close your eyes. 

Breathe. 

Stop whatever you're doing for ten seconds 

and find The Silence. 

Visit The Quiet. 

Just for ten seconds. 

Do it six times today. 

One minute a day. 

That's all it takes. 

One minute, 

divided into six parts. 

Go ahead.

 Do it now.

— Neale Donald Walsch

How you live your life is as a result of the story you believe about yourself. 

Do your thoughts, actions, inner and outer conversations, and associations 

speak to the value that you place on your own life story?

Write an unforgettably powerful, 

epic life story with your own pen....

worthy of a Pulitzer prize...

an Oscar....

or perhaps a Nobel Prize. 

Choose to see your life as an amazing discovery

and adventure into the extraordinary versions of you! 

You must live your legacy....

in order to leave a legacy! 

Live full out!! 

You have something special. 

You have GREATNESS within you!

—Les Brown

"Many people make the mistake of expecting others 

to treat them in a more loving and respectful way 

than they treat themselves. 

If you don’t love yourself, 

stop expecting others to.

 If you don’t respect yourself, 

stop expecting others to. 

If you don’t forgive yourself, 

stop expecting others to.

 If you don’t keep promises to yourself, 

stop expecting others to. 

If you are not being faithful to your dreams, 

your goals, and your resolutions,

 stop expecting others to." 

- Steve Maraboli

Worry stagnates the mind, 

creates an imbalance in the immune system, 

and impairs the ability to see beyond the thing 

being worried about. 

We worry about things we cannot control. 

We worry about the past and the future. 

We worry about what we do not have and cannot get.

We must eliminate the tendency to worry. 

Make a commitment to yourself

 to let worry go and move on.

—Iyanla Vanzant

As human beings we all want to be happy and

free from misery.

We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace.

The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as

anger and attachment, 

fear and suspicion,

while love and compassion, 

a sense of universal 

responsibility

are the sources of peace and happiness.

Dalai Lama

"Perspective makes all the difference. 

It’s not what you look at; it’s what you see… 

Remember that the sun never actually sets; 

it's our perspective that makes it appear to. 

Our sunset is another’s sunrise. 

It's all perspective.

How would your life be different 

if you applied this truth to the things that cause you stress? 

Letting go isn't about erasing the past;

 it’s about looking at the same event and seeing something different. 

Activate this power in your life! 

Take the pain and poison of the past 

and allow it to nourish a new found wisdom. 

Remember, 

you can't change the past,

 but you can change the labels you place on events. 

Perspective - 

it’s not what you look at; 

it’s what you see." 

– Steve Maraboli

Be bold enough to live life on your terms,

 and never, 

ever apologize for it. 

Go against the grain, 

refuse to conform, 

take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path.

 Laugh in the face of adversity 

and leap before you look. 

Dance as though EVERYBODY  watched. 

And march to the beat of your own drummer. 

And stubbornly refuse to fit in.

Mandy Hale

Forgive everything!

Forgiveness does not erase the memory of an experience, 

it neutralizes its impact.

 There are simply no words that adequately describe

 the power and efficacy of forgiveness.

—Iyanla Vanzant

If you’re going to keep moving forward, 

you’ve got to have a strong will. 

Rise up and say,

 “I know what’s in my future is greater 

than what’s in my past, 

so I am pressing forward in life.

—Joel Osteen