Inspiration for the Mind, Body & Soul
A BLOG DEVOTED TO SHARING POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING MESSAGES FOR THE HUNGRY HEART
“You’re never going to walk around fear. You’re only going to walk through it. I have to do all those things I am afraid of, but I do them constantly renewing my mind.”
― Suzanne D. Williams
Don’t spend your life running away from your fears. To do so would amount to a life full of what ifs. Instead, you must learn to confront your fear and walk through it. For you will be a stronger, wiser person for having stood up to what you’re afraid of.
“I didn’t know I had it in me. There’s more to all of us than we realize. Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think. We’re capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to believe.”
― Queen Latifah
Don’t sell yourself short. You are capable of much more than you allow yourself to believe. It is so easy to limit ourselves and simply say that’s impossible or is some silly pipe dream. But the reality is that if you allow yourself to try and just go for the “impossible dream,” you may discover that what you once thought to be an insurmountable mountain was nothing but a grain of sand.
“Remember this, – where there is life there is hope. You’re alive. Embrace this, because YOU CAN DO ANYTHING while there is breath in your body.”
― Lola Jaye
Where there is a will, there is a way. Never give up hope and know that anything is possible. As along as there is still breath in your body, there is hope and time to change how your story ends. For the only limits on your life are those you place upon yourself. So, embrace the life you were given and make the most of it each and every day.
“Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens.”
― Suzy Kassem
You must learn to accept what has come before in order to move forward in life. And often the process of healing is borne from our past hurts and mistakes. So, use the regrets and pitfalls of yesterday as stepping stones toward a better tomorrow. Because to truly know what it means to be high, you must have experienced what it means to be low.
“Even after the stormiest weather, a true warrior will still reflect the brilliant rays of the magnificent sun through both his or her eyes. You may get hit by sudden lighting or take severe beatings from the cruel wind, but you will always get back up and stand strong on your feet again, soak in the sunlight, and be prepared to get hit by even the most merciless hail – time and time again.”
― Suzy Kassem
Stay strong and resilient no matter how stormy the night. If you get knocked down, it’s okay so long as you get back up to face another day. For life is about weathering its many storms to emerge on the other side to see the Sun rise…and to experience renewed hope.
“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.
“I believe that you’re great, that there’s something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young or how old you think you might be, the moment you begin to think properly, there’s something that is within you, there’s power within you, that’s greater than the world. It will begin to emerge. It will take over your life. It will feed you. It will clothe you. It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence, if you let it. Now, that is what I know for sure.”
― Michael Beckwith
When you believe in yourself, there is no obstacle you cannot overcome or any mountain too high to climb. The key is you must see that strength and greatness within yourself. You must believe that you are capable of achieving anything in this life. For once you believe it, you will start to see that power manifest itself in all aspects of your life.
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou
Change doesn’t happen over night. The same goes for life. You’re not going to suddenly wake up to the life you’ve dreamed about or become a different person with no work. No, it is a process that unfolds over time. And you must go through a metamorphosis to achieve that beauty within yourself and around you.
“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.
“Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t have to sit on it.”
― Joyce Meyer
I’ve said it time and time again, life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Your attitude affects all aspects of your life. You can choose to be negative and critical, but in the end you just make your life more miserable and the journey that much harder. Versus if you choose to smile in the face of hard times and choose to greet each day with a positive attitude even though everything isn’t perfect, you’ll realize that you can find happiness and contentment during difficult times. The choice is always yours.