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Give Yourself A Fighting Chance For A Better Future

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[success]Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance ~ Tia Sillers and Mark Sanders[/success] It takes courage to look at your life and decide this isn’t the way you want to live.  It takes courage to say no, to release the familiar and embrace the new. Yet, if you want a better future, one that’s different from the life you currently have, don’t be afraid to let go and take a risk. It’s the only way to see a life you didn’t know was possible. Most people aren’t living the life they want because they haven’t committed enough to a vision, or worse, they haven’t yet chosen a vision for their future, one that’s valuable enough to let nothing stand in their way. Don’t sacrifice the promise of wonderful new experiences for the security of…

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Encouragement

2 Positive Steps to Dissolve Cold Pent Up Feelings And Warm Your Heart

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[success]If you’re carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. ~ Les Brown[/success] The most incredible discovery I made about life is that it can be altered by a change in attitude. What you know is important, but what you feel about what you know is even more important because those feelings make up your attitude. So if it’s a change in life you desire, then it’s to feelings that you must turn. Our Encourager for the month of February, shares noteworthy steps to manage the feelings that prevent you from designing a better quality of life. A big warm welcome to the positive and insightful  Zeenat Merchant Syal. A warm loving heart is a gift beyond all else. I lived my formative years, right till my twenties, in a desert (Muscat). I was never a fan of the…

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5 Pick-me-ups That Have The Power To Seriously Change Your Life

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[success]The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn[/success] Some days we just get stuck, we’re in a slump, going through the motions and accomplishing very little. Our mind is faithfully focused on the things we don’t want. I had a couple of days like that this week. Feeling totally out of sorts. Not wanting or even being able to move myself into action. Devoid of ideas. Don’t fret if you’re stuck. Getting stuck might be the greatest thing that happened to you today, because it makes you stop. It puts the brakes on those comforting routines, the everyday momentum of life and you have little choice but to pay attention to what’s around you. Something marvellous happens when you stop. When you are forced to acknowledge that something isn’t quite right…

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Beliefs

An Unconventional Path To Liking Yourself

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I still remember it vividly, even though it was years ago. I took myself to one of the usual coffee-shops, ordered a lemon tea, opened my laptop, and started writing. I was writing about myself. My strengths and my weaknesses, my achievements and my failures. I did an inventory of who I was and what I have done in my life. Eventually, there before me was the picture. I thought to myself: “So, I’m not perfect, but I have a lot of qualities and I’ve done some pretty cool stuff.” I felt some pride and a lot of relief. But still had that cloud hanging over my head. If overall, I was fairly ok then how come I often didn’t like myself? I’d had this pesky feeling on and off for a long time that I wasn’t good enough and at last I’d decided to see if there was anything behind it. And didn’t discover anything tangible. The…

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Why Self Care Isn’t Selfish

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[success]Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. ~ William Arthur Ward[/success] There isn’t one of us who doesn’t sometimes need a kind word, just a little word to lift us up when we’re down, or a smile or two to brighten our day, and help us through. We need a word of encouragement to remind us that a bad day doesn’t make for a bad week, or a bad month, it’s just a bad day and tomorrow it’ll be gone and we can start afresh. So here’s our Encourager of the month to do just that. To remind us that at any point in this game of life we can redefine our lives. We might be stuck in the mud, but we can still look…

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