Monday Mottos

Life is hard enough without the enemy of unnecessary worry, thoughts and memories. But letting go of these things is hard and I myself am working on this in order to create more forward momentum in my life this year. By living more in the moment, clearing my mind of unwanted thoughts and tackling everything with a much better attitude, this year I hope I can change for the better 🙂 

“These mountains you are carrying, you were only meant to climb” –Najwa Zebian 

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“Before you can change the world around you, you must learn to change the worlds within you.” –Merlin

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Happy new year! I will be keeping this lovely quote in mind this year…

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”- Vincent Van Gogh 

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A sweet little inspirational quote from my favourite author! 

“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Interesting quote that reminds me of both the good Drs who do exactly this and the bad who only look at tests and typical ‘normal ranges’ and don’t treat you as a person and individual case. 

“Death is not the enemy sir, Indifference is!

You treat a disease, you win, you lose.

You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.”- Patch Adams

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Let’s get deep! As much as I love being alone with learning a skill or a craft or reading up on a subject and gaining knowledge, being connected to others and keeping my heart happy and warm with love is so important too. Keep everything balanced, don’t be a hermit and life will be great. 

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”- Aristotle 

Expectations


In life most people are always expecting something. Whether it’s what will happen next in their day, or whether that new pill they’re on is going to work or not. We expect things because predicting outcomes gives us something to aim towards. It usually goes hand in hand with how optimistic or pessimistic we are in general too. Sometimes people think that expecting the worse can be a good thing because you’ll only end up meeting that expectation or being pleasantly surprised. But surely it’s better to approach things with more confidence therefore creating a path along the way that will ultimately lead to the more positive outcome you’re expecting.
But what happens when things don’t meet our expectations? I’ve dealt with this myself and it’s something I’ve been trying to come to terms with recently after realising that not reaching my own expectations was affecting me more than I ever knew. I always had a very clear idea of where I would be in my career by now but unfortunately my health set me back and the level I have achieved isn’t what I always expected it would be. Whilst I have accepted that now, disappointment is something you have to go through when you have made an expectation for yourself. You also face other people’s expectations too. For me I also had other people’s same high expectations which created a lot of guilt and shame. But that is why we must live for ourselves and make sure that we have pride and happiness no matter what we achieve or don’t, without worrying that everyone around us is pleased with everything we do or don’t. 
You wont always meet expectations and neither will the things around you in your life but you can learn to live with expectations and be more kind and reasonable to yourself along the way.

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This is so true and is certainly going to make me try harder to truly listen and not just begin turning the cogs on my own reaction and response.

“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”

–Stephen R. Covey

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“The greater your storm, the brighter your rainbow”-Unknown

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Small steps and small changes to your life, routine and habits will make a difference to your wellbeing, it just takes time. This sweet proverb sums it up.

“Little by little, a little becomes a lot.” –Tanzanian Proverb