“The passion of genuine enthusiasm is an energy you can generate yourself. How? Simple: by focusing your time, effort and energy on those ideas, activities and pursuits that get you excited.” ~~Rita Davenport “Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.” ~~John Otway “Enthusiasm does not come easy
“Be the reason someone feels welcome, seen, heard, valued, loved and supported.” ~~Unknown “There can be a deep loneliness that comes from not having a family that has your back. I hope you can find supportive people who show up for you.” ~~Laura Mohai “You’re not selfish for wanting the
“Forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give yourself.” ~~Maya Angelou “We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.” ~~Pema Chödrön “In retrospect dear one, you will understand your entire life was but choices, made one after the other in
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” ~~Harriet Beecher Stowe “Be not afraid of growing
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” ~~A.A. Milne “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” ~~Gertrude Stein “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~~Ralph
“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.” ~~Liberty Hyde Bailey “The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.” ~~Denis Waitley “But I have
“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” ~~C. Joybell C. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” ~~Brené Brown “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough.
“I encourage people to remember that “no” is a complete sentence.” ~~Gavin de Becker “To be aggressive is to decide for others. To be assertive is to decide for yourself. And to trust that there is enough, that you are enough.” ~~Edith Eva Eger “Assertiveness is not what you do,
“Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.” ~~Rasheed Ogunlaru “You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded
“You are not your feelings. You just experience them. Anger, sadness, hate, depression, fear. This is the rain you walk in. But you don’t become the rain. You know the rain will pass. You walk on. And you remember the soft glow of the sun that will come again.” ~~Matt
