What is your mantra for today? This week is mental health week so give your wonderful brain the attention it deserves. If you need a break take a moment to breathe. Always have room for yourself.
I am successful at everything that I do.
I appreciate everything that comes to me today.
I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead and I will envision the way I want my future to unfold.
Originally posted at our sister site “Talk Breathe Live”
I am delving a little bit from the usual Monday Morning Mantra because I found something today that really resonated with me. Enjoy!
Image creator Ponsuwan
Have faith in yourself and in the process of life.
Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:37 AM PDT
Living out loud means having the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. It means admitting your mistakes without beating yourself up. It means not taking who you are and what you have for granted. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live out loud if you are hiding behind what was. Living out loud means focusing on what is, right now, and that is you!
To live out loud means showing up as your authentic self, without your makeup or your toupee. It means acknowledging your shortcomings and celebrating your strengths. Living out loud means broadcasting your needs, your likes and your dislikes as they relate to your fears and frustrations. It means that you let people know exactly who you are and expect them to be as thrilled as you are about who you are.
In order to live out loud you must have faith in yourself and in the process of life. You must have principles you live by and standards by which you can govern and gauge yourself. Most important, in order to live out loud you must love yourself enough to tell yourself and everyone else the absolute truth about you. When you can do that, you can live out loud and be very proud about what the world will hear about you.
Until today, you may have been living your life in a whisper. Just for today, take one step toward pumping up your volume. Stand up in yourself! Stand up and be yourself!
By Iyanla Vanzant
Originally posted at our sister site, “Talk Breathe Live“
I had the pleasure of doing a guest post at createwritenow.com. Earlier this year I took the 21 day journalling challenge and it invigorated my creativity mind, body and soul. So when Mari asked me to write a guest post about writing it was very easy to help share my passion for words with her audience. Here’s a peak at my post. Hope you enjoy it!
The Power of Writing
When I was a little girl I always had a pad of paper and pen in my hand. While at my grandmother’s house on Sunday afternoons I would sneak away to the sun filled front room. While all of the adults were sitting in the kitchen, I would be frantically scribbling away at a new story. I distinctly remember wanting to put words on every page of my 250 page pad. The actual writing not only felt good but aesthetically it looked divine.
I kept a diary – of which I still have, and I chuckle each time I read what my young mind was pondering, hoping for or understanding. I wrote poems and even won a poetry contest a number of years ago. Writing has always been therapeutic for me. I have books of poetic works and stories that I’ve written years ago and then all of the sudden life got terribly hectic and there just wasn’t as much time for sitting and writing. Or so I thought.
This song is an oldie but a goodie. You always have something to celebrate and it’s all about perspective!
Originally posted at our sister site, “Talk Breathe Live“
Today I will not hold back anything that lies within me. All of my emotions shall come out without fear – only with compassion and understanding. My feelings matter.
Originally posted at our sister site, “Talk Breathe Live”.
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