Treats

 "One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats." ~ Iris Murdoch

Accept Yourself

 "The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it's something you allow." -- Will Garcia (from The Daily Guru)

Ask

 "Most people don't get what they want because they never ask for what they want." - Madonna

Happiness

 "Once we get comfortable with the idea that our lives will be a string of problems, crises and temporary resolutions, we'll be happy. Happiness without acceptance is impossible." - Peter Zappel

Creative Pursuits

 "Stimulate your mind with creative pursuits rather than focusing on problems. This will rest your head and allows unconscious solutions to float up to the surface." - Pradeep Maheshwari

Out of Balance Society

 "When you feel like you don't fit in with the world, realize that there is nothing wrong with you. We are living in an out of balance society." ~ Dr. Ted Zeff

Universe in Your Head

 RT @Gassho "There’s a universe inside ur head,a place of pictures & passions,of songs & sorrows. It's everything u are & utterly amazing!"

Concepts

 RT @Ed_4 “People worship so many Gods, but these Gods are only concepts which have occurred to the mind.” - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Express Yourself

 "View money and things not as something you create to fill a lack, but as tools to help you more fully express yourself and realize your potential." -- Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer (from the Daily Guru)

Your Dream

 RT @TheDailyLove "Love yourself enough to dedicate at least 1-2 hours a day working on just YOUR dream."

What We See

 "What we see depends mainly on what we look for." - Sir John Lubbock

Celebrate

 RT @TheDailyLove "Celebrate when things don't go the way you want. The universe is about to hook you up with something even better!"

Your Mind

 "Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley. What about the thief in your mind?" ~ Jim Rohn

Be Beautiful

 "To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." - ~Thich Nhat Hanh

Peak Performers

 "Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it." - Charles A. Garfield

Who I Am

 

I know who I am, where I am, where I'm going and how to get there.

Deion Sanders

Center

 RT @WorldsofGood "The only success in the world is to find your center and then let the center guide you." - Osho

Something

 RT @TheDailyLove "If something you are doing makes other people jealous, you're on to something!"

Character

 

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Stendhal

Three Musts

Protected, respected, connected. 

Work of Art

 "Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future." ~ Albert Camus (from Nancy)

Love & Trust

 “When you wake up and find yourself living someplace where there is nobody you love and trust, no community, it is time to leave town – to pack up and go (you can even go tonight). And where you need to go is any place where there are arms that can hold you, that will not let you go.”

― bell hooks 

Depression

 RT @WEPromote "Depression is the inability to construct a future." ~ Rollo May

Thoughts

 RT @stillsafe "You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - James Lane Allen

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High Expectations

 RT @TheSciCoach "High expectations are the key to everything." – Sam Walton

Chess Player

 "Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece." - Vaibhav Sharma

Thoughts

 Try giving up all the thoughts that make you feel bad, or even just some of them, and see how doing that changes your life. You don't need negative thoughts. All they have ever given you was a false self that suffers. They are all lies.” ― Gina Lake

Stress and Relationships

 RT @LaughingBaba "Stress has a big impact on our relationships. When we feel relaxed and contented we feel loving-kindness."

Believe

 “It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”

― Beth Hoffman

Future Outcome

 "Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today's actions 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?" - Roz Savage

Sunshine

 "Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine." - William Feather

Fascination

 From Rachel Green: Therese Rein in her wonderful interview on the ABC last night said: "Find your field of fascination, find the thing you find really intriguing, put your energy into that because that creates its own energy."

This World

 "We do not "come into" this world. We come out of it, as leaves from a tree." - Alan Wilson Watts

What I Want

 The next time you catch yourself starting to feel bad about anything, immediately stop everything you are doing for a moment and, as simply and as honestly as you can, ask yourself: "Is this what I really want?" ~ Guy Finley

Deny Your Experience

 "Never, 'for the sake of peace and quiet,' deny your own experience or convictions." - Dag Hammarskjold

Ourselves

 "The relationships we have with the world are largely determined by the relationships we have with ourselves."

                    - Your Joyologist

Future

 RT @sirgutz "The only way to predict the future is to invent it.

Change the Future

 "What you do in the present will redeem the past and thereby change the future." - Paulo Coelho

Identity

 "Your identity is not equivalent to your biography. There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there's a seamlessness in you, and where there is a confidence and tranquility." - John O'Donohue

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Special Ability

 RT @TheSciCoach “To find your own special ability, just begin doing what you most love doing.”

Self Care

 "Removing yourself from situations where you don’t feel loved, appreciated and respected is top-tier self-care." - Pammy DS

Mirror

 "The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are." -- Thomas Dreier

Happiness for Self

 "It seems like your life's role is to make others happy without ever finding happiness for yourself."

True Aliveness

"Drama is a cheap way to get high. Give it up. Connect to your self and feel the true aliveness of your soul." ― Kute Blackson

Live to Love

 RT @StaciJShelton "Live to love."  (@Twitter) 

Who We Are

 "Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who we are." - Live, Laugh, Love

Loss

 "I’ll never feel sad on losing anything in my life, because whenever a tree loses its leaf, a new leaf is ready to take its place." - Girlsdeals (@Twitter)

Those Who Win

 "Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can."

-- Richard Bach

Avoid Arguments

 "Avoid fools and arguments. The matador wins buy avoiding the bull not colliding with him." - RevRunWisdom (from Cynthia Segal)

Only Way to Win

 "Sometimes the only way you can win is to stay out of the game." - Ashleigh Brilliant

Justify

 "A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him." - May Ray 

Bounce Back

 

Bounce back in the act of falling. It's harder to get up when you hit the ground.

Bernardine Evaristo

The Stories You Tell

 "Listen to the stories you tell. Be aware of the drama you are getting caught up in, its like being in a spider web, and you are both the spider spinning the yarn, and the fly caught in the web. Not fun and exhausting. Change your stories to ones that serve in a positive way." - Janet StraightArrow

Serving You

 "Give up what is not serving you. Right here. Right now. Give it up let it go. Set yourself free."

                     - Your Joyologist

Ambitions

 “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~ Mark Twain

Doors

 RT @SusanCosmos "The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” - Flora Whittemore

Who You Are

 RT @TheSCICoach “Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Perfectionism

 "Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again." - Julia Cameron

Measuring Success

 RT @TalkDoc2 "A good criterion for measuring success in life is the number of people you have made happy." - Robert J. Lumsden

Sarcasm

 Sarcasm is a form of violence.  - Ian Prattis 

Marshmallows

 "Sometimes life's Hell. But hey! Whatever gets the marshmallows toasty."

                - J. Andrew Helt

Joy

 “You can’t build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.”

— Ram Dass

Prince Quote

 "If the de-elevator tries 2 bring you down, go crazy - punch a higher floor". - Prince

New

 "Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter." - Eileen Caddy

Wisdom

 "There is no wisdom greater than love, kindness, and compassion." - Buddha

Controlling the Mind

 "The most important thing you can control is your mind. Your greatest need is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters your mind. You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life, work on controlling your mind. In most cases, that’s the only thing you should be trying to control.'' - Marc Chernoff

Choose

 "Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose."

— Richard Bach 

Judgment of Children

 "People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children."

— Mary McCarthy (June 21, 1912)

Best You

 "Close your eyes & imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it."

                                                    ~ C. Assaad

Frank Lloyd Wright

"If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life."

                                                                    - Frank Lloyd Wright

Obstacles

 "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan

Peace

 "The lack of peace in your mind is an indication that you are giving power to people or conditions in the world around you." - Source Lessons

Possibilities

 "See a world filled with goodness, with positive possibilities, with joy, love and fulfillment. See that world, and live to make it so." - Ralph Marston

Frequency

"Every time I lower my frequency to meet someone on their level I end up paying for it. That's a lesson I really don't need to learn anymore. Rise up to meet me." - Ebonee Davis

Thoughts

 The only one that pays for the thoughts you think is you, until self abuse spills over onto someone else.

Unhealthy Dynamics

 Potentially unhealthy dynamics include relationships with people who:

• drain you
• criticize you
• take you for granted
• disregard your feelings
• don’t listen to you

Compassionate

"Never beat yourself up for believing people are as genuine as you think they are. even if it turns out they aren’t, your good faith in their actions is a reflection of your kind heart and how you operate. it doesn’t make you silly or naive. It makes you compassionate." - Nina

Sincerity

 "Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength."

 — George Henry Lewes 

Wounds are Illusions

 RT @TheGodLight "Wounds are illusions that must be corrected. The trick is not to deny the wound, but to bring love to it." - Paul Ferrini

What You Love

 RT @allaboutenergy "Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." - Rumi

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Anger

 RT @TheGodLight "Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it." - Seneca

Carving Your Destiny

 RT @nadeemd “By your thoughts you are daily, even hourly, building your life; you are carving your destiny.” - Ruth Barrick Golden

Make Room

 "Life is overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter." - Eileen Caddy @ Beliefnet

Break a Vase

 "Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole."

— Derek Walcott