Weekly Cup of Motivation!

TUESDAY’S CUP OF MOTIVATION:

When things aren’t going well, we tend to blame others.  We blame the economy.  We blame the weather.  We blame everybody except ourselves.  There’ll be some luck along the way both good and bad but at the end of the day, it’s up to us to make it happen.  Instead of accepting things as they are, let’s do things to make things better.  Simply put, we need to be better. We need to do better. We need to work harder. We are ultimately the reason things are the way they are.  Deep down, we know what we need to do.  Whether its personally or professionally, if we want things to change, then it’s up to us to change.  We can’t sit back and hope things will get better.  Odds are they won’t and deep down we know that.  This week, let’s remember that our biggest fan is us.  Nobody wants us to do better than us.  The wishes we have now that we don’t act on with be changed when we are older  If we don’t do better and act on today’s wishes, years down the line, we will most likely be stuck with the following wishes.  I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.  I wish that I had let myself be happier.  We owe it to ourselves to simply do better.  We need to allow ourselves to be happier.  Let’s make better choices.  Let’s look at our wishes today and actively pursue them.  Once we start doing better and making better choices, it’s amazing how things magically fall into place.  Have a phenomenal week!!

ENCOURAGEMENT CORNER…

Develop an abundance mentality that allows what you do have to be more important than what you don’t have. Be aware of the limitations of course, but instead of letting that inhibit your creativity, let it be a catalyst for doing something extraordinary.

Take responsibility for all that surrounds you, and stop blaming your choices for getting in the way. If something is truly a problem, eliminate it. Start over. Trade it in.

Change what you can, and leave the rest to rust.

I think that the way we look at our work can influence the way we look at our lives and relationships and careers as well.  An abundance mentality in those areas can be as equally important.

I learned to see the glass of water as not half full, or half empty.  It was a glass of water that held as much as I poured into it. It was my choice on how much to fill it. It was my glass of water. It was perfect.

WORDS TO LIVE BY…

 
Don’t place your mistakes on your head, their weight may crush you.  Instead, place them under your feet and use them as a platform to view your horizons.

Author unknown

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart.  The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

Carlos Santana

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never ever have enough.

Oprah Winfrey

Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman

I don’t have to be perfect.  All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.  It’s a trip more wonderful than I could have imagined.

Kerry Washington

Don’t be so busy making a living that you forget to live.

Author unknown

Live all you can: it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?
Henry James

This week, do better!