[AffirmationstoDe-Stress] MORNING COFFEE

"Frame your thoughts with awareness." It's no secret that we have the ability to program ourselves to believe and act in negative ways. The good news is that we're also blessed with the ability to program ourselves to believe and act in positive ways. The starting point is awareness. You must first become familiar with how your thoughts make you feel and act. Ask yourself, what thoughts make me feel happy, sad, jealous, mad, etc.? How do I react to my feelings? Once you have the answers to these questions, consider yourself aware. When you're in touch with your feelings you're consciously able to program yourself for positive action. Next time you catch yourself in a thought that doesn't feel good, stop, and consciously choose to react in another way. When you re-frame your thinking, everything changes. ©Jane Powell     "I am ready to move on with my life, and I am ready to put behind me the things that belong there."   Forgiveness allows us to move on with our lives, leaving the mistakes of the past where they belong--in our pasts rather than in our present. I wish you the ability to see clearly when it's important for you to ask forgiveness for the hurts that you might have caused others. Often, we don't clearly see the results of our own actions, and others suffer needlessly, wondering why we've done what we've done. We often can clear the air and clear our lives and ease our minds with a simple apology, but we need to know when such an apology is necessary, and when one will be helpful. I wish you the graciousness and the grace to accept apologies when they are offered sincerely. Such forgiveness is important both for yourself and the person who is apologizing; refusal to accept an apology affects you more than it affects the person who is apologizing. Accepting apologies is another way of saying "I am ready to move on with my life, and I am ready to put behind me the things that belong there." Forgiveness is one of the strongest healing forces in the world, and it must not be asked for or accepted lightly or without sincerity; it must also not be rejected when offered sincerely.       What truly matters If the distractions are too compelling, then your goal is too small. To strengthen your focus, raise your ambitions. Make your purpose ten times more appealing than anything that could distract you. Make your goal so meaningful and compelling that nothing can compete with it for your time and attention. You absolutely have the power to do great things. Yet in order for that power to be effective, it must be applied consistently and persistently. Decide to make good and significant use of your great abilities. Focus yourself, in the biggest way you can imagine, on what is genuinely important. Give yourself the joy of fulfillment by giving yourself a big, bold challenge that's worthy of your efforts. Set your sights high, and make your moments count for something truly outstanding. The world is overflowing with meaningless distractions, and yet they do not have to steal your life away. You can choose to focus your life on a magnificent expression of what truly matters.  Ralph Marston

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