We didn’t all come into this world as confident beings. I certainly didn’t. In my early years, I was painfully shy, to the point where I couldn’t even look at strangers. It’s a mystery why I was like that, but I suppose I just arrived in the world that way. Lots of anxiety. It’s scary. If you frequently find yourself grappling with a lack of confidence, fear not—you’re in good company. Numerous accomplished individuals have confronted similar challenges and discovered strategies to triumph over them. And now, I’m here to impart 27 quotes to empower you in this journey. Of course, there are many ways a lack of confidence shows up in our life. I don’t know what it might be for you. Still, before I share some quotes that have helped me along the way, it seems only fair to let you in on the confidence journey from my…
We’re all in the process of living, loving, growing, changing, and staying happy. Life is wonderful, amazing, frustrating, sad, funny, and all the things in between. It’s been that way for thousands of years and over time there have been profound, uplifting, encouraging, supportive and truly helpful words written about living greatly. There’s much we can learn from the wisdom of the ages and today I’d like to share 55 inspiring, thought-provoking and uplifting words from the past 2000 years on the art of living, loving, growing, changing, and staying happy while you do it. 1. All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it. ~ Samuel Butler 2. Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life–learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.~ Robert Fulghum 3. Believe that life is worth living, and…
Why Empowering Quotes Are So Powerful If you’ve ever spent time thinking about how far you still have to go in life, or how many times things haven’t worked out the way you wanted, or why success seems to sit there, just out of reach, or whether what you think truly matters or not…listen up. A performance coach for twenty some years says this about top performing athletes. “The way they think is crucial and it’s the core element of a champion. Who they are, and what actions they take, fundamentally stem from how they think. It’s vital to their success.” As it is for all of us. To operate at our peak the thoughts we choose and mentally repeat create our beliefs. Positive and negative. Every thought we have has energy and whether we’re athletes or not, focusing that energy is an absolute must if we’re to have peak…
Have you ever been in a situation where hope kept you afloat? I know I have. Where true hope, not only lifted me up, but lifted others too. It was years and years ago when my husband was diagnosed with cancer. They never actually said in so many words how serious it was, but I knew. Nevertheless, I was so full of hope that the hospital staff asked me to sit in on their cancer group. They thought my positive attitude might be of help to others. So hope and I joined them. And one day, whilst visiting my husband, a woman sought me out. Her husband had the same type of cancer as mine and she told me that hearing my perspective on hope had such an influence on him that this was the day he was being discharged. She never thought she’d see this day arrive, since he…
Who wouldn’t like to hear some encouraging words when they’re struggling? We all know what it’s like to struggle. It’s part of the progression of life. Even though there are times when it looks as though everyone else is having that incredibly blissful life we would like to have, and there we are still grappling with what life is throwing our way. Just check out your social media account and see how many happy people got married this week, and how everyone seems to be having the best birthday…ever. Then there’s that kid who just struck it rich with an absolutely fabulous app. And here we are. Still. Struggling. When you feel sick and tired of struggles remember they’re not designed to paralyze you. Life is always giving us turning points…opportunities to change how we see things, change how we go about living, especially when the way we’ve been going about it…