Inspiration for the Mind, Body & Soul
A BLOG DEVOTED TO SHARING POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING MESSAGES FOR THE HUNGRY HEART
“You have a masterpiece inside you, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.”
― Gordon MacKenzie
Each of us has our own unique story. No one else can write it or tell it. Only you can. So, choose to share your story and embrace it for the work of art it is.
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
Inaction gets you nowhere. Talking the talk is not the same as walking the walk. In order to move forward, you must first actually get up and do something. It’s all about forward trajectory and action. So, stop staring at the top of the mountain at your future, and start climbing toward a better tomorrow.
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. In other words, a wish is a good place to start but then you have to get off your butt and make it happen. You have to pick up a quill and write your own damn story.”
― Suzanne Selfors
It’s so easy to get lost in our heads and in our own self doubts. We so often set ourselves up for defeat and failure before we even start. So, if you have a dream, then get up, start making it a reality, and stop overthinking it.
“Step out of your comfort zone. Comfort zones, where your unrealized dreams are buried, are the enemies of achievement. Leadership begins when you step outside your comfort zone.”
― Roy T. Bennett
Life is about taking chances and trying new things. It isn’t about playing it safe and staying in your comfort zone. For you will never know what you’re capable of or the mountains you can climb until you challenge yourself to lose sight of the shore.
“No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time – in fact, the only time – to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.”
― Guy Finley
Don’t wait until tomorrow to make changes in your life. The right time is now. For when you put things off, you’re more likely to find an excuse not to do it. So stop thinking so much and start acting.
“More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?”
― Shannon L. Alder
Life is all about the lens you choose to view it from. It’s about your perspective and priorities. If you find yourself unhappy or dissatisfied with any aspect of your life, first take the time to assess where you place value and importance. And then try shifting your attention and focus to helping others or to a good cause and see if it changes your daily perspective.
“To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
In this life, there is no one preventing you from achieving your dreams but you. Anything in life is possible if you commit yourself and go after it with everything you have. Be brave enough to believe in a limitless future. For if you dream it, you can achieve it.
APPLY WITHIN
You once told me
You wanted to find
Yourself in the world –
And I told you to
First apply within,
To discover the world
within you.
You once told me
You wanted to save
The world from all its wars –
And I told you to
First save yourself
From the world,
And all the wars
You put yourself
Through.
― Suzy Kassem
If you want to effect change in this world, you must first make changes within yourself. How can you expect to make this world a better place if you haven’t started with you. You must embody what you wish to see in the world. Put simply, before you can rescue someone else, you must first save yourself.
“Your journey is completely yours. It is unique. Others may try to steal part of it, tell it in their words or shape it to suit them. Reality is no one can live it or own it but you. Take charge of your journey, it’s yours and yours alone!”
― Kemi Sogunle
Live your life for you and on your terms. And at the end of the day, do what makes you happy. For this is your journey that only you can travel, so don’t waste time letting others decide the direction your life goes in.
“The ship is always off course. Anybody who sails knows that. Sailing is being off course and correcting. That gives a sense of what life is about.”
― Michael Meade
Life is about being able to think on your feet and adjust your course if things aren’t working out. No one’s path was ever meant to be straight leading directly to your destination. No, every path is meant to be winding filled with choices that allow you to navigate the direction your life heads in.