[AffirmationstoDe-Stress] MORNING COFFEE

A Quick Mood Fix "Inspire yourself! Dress up your space." Most likely you have a place where you spend most of your day, either your desk at work or a nook at home. If it's dull, cluttered or messy, your mood tends to be the same. Look around. It may just be time to make some changes. Any positive adjustment to your environment will affect the way you feel. What can you do to spice up your space and make it more pleasing? For starters you could dress up your office or home with a colorful plant, some fragrant flowers or even a photograph of yourself in a special place. Whatever you do, make sure it brings a smile, both on the outside and the inside. Jane Powell DESTINED OR DETERMINED? A sky-diving instructor was asked, "How many successful jumps must a student make before he or she can become certified?" He answered, "All of them." Sky diving, however, is the exception. Is your life built on a series of successes? Do you usually attempt something new and immediately succeed, then succeed again and again? Or more likely, do you find that it is the other way around? Our successes are often built on smaller failures. We fell off the bike a few times before we learned to ride. And we produced a few culinary failures before we baked a successful layered cake or prepared a satisfactory omelet. Tom Hopkins observes, "The number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying." And Winston Churchill stated, "Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm." They both agree that discouragement, rather than failure, is the enemy of success. Those who can remain hopeful and focused, though they fail, are those who will eventually succeed. In all, Emily Dickinson is said to have written nearly eighteen hundred poems. Though fewer than a dozen were published in her lifetime and the first volume of her poetry was not published until four years after her death, Dickinson's success is attributed to the fact that she did not allow discouragement to keep her from her poetry. As she wrote so beautifully: "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all." Hope … never stops. Where would we be today had Emily Dickinson lost her enthusiasm for writing? Though largely unrecognized, she kept her desire alive and we now remember her as one of the great poets of all time. It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.  Steve Goodier Live with enjoyment Enjoyment is not something you take. It is something you give. Enjoyment is not a function of your circumstances. Enjoyment is a choice you can make, regardless of the circumstances. When you choose to enjoy where you are, it opens your eyes to the positive possibilities. When you decide to enjoy what you're doing, your effectiveness skyrockets. Enjoy your day, and you add joy not only to your own life but also to all of life around you. Enjoy who you are, and from who you are will flow great and meaningful value. Give the gift of your own genuine enjoyment. Demonstrate your gratitude and immense respect for life by truly enjoying each precious moment. Instead of reacting to life with frustration or disappointment or anger, make the choice to enjoy what life brings your way. Live with enjoyment, and give the best of who you are.  Ralph Marston

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