February Journal

There is something in each of us 

that is greater than any obstacle.

Believe in yourself & all that you are

& take things one step at a time.💝

Journal dump💗

You have to count on living every single day in a way

you believe will make you feel good about your life.

A renewed mind is present focused.

The only ugliness that exists in any of us

lies in our attitudes. 

Be willing to change them for the better.

" Walk slowly, but never backward.

Motion is reading the instructions.

Action is following them."

Be who you are capable of being,

and do what you are capable of doing

to make the world a better place.

Take time to resolve the inner conflicts 

so that you can be more loving to yourself

and to everyone else.

Don't wear yourself out analyzing and planning.

I trust God to provide what is best for my growth.

Discipline yourself to live within 

the boundaries of today.

"Your gravest danger is worrying about tomorrow."

When you feel afraid or anxious,

acknowledge it and admit it.

Then love yourself through it.

"Our very cells respond to the thoughts we think."

If I compare, I lose.

" There is an inner giant in you,

and when that giant takes charge,

nothing can get you down."

Your unbelief tears you apart.

I can't be all things to all people,

but I can be someone special to some people.

Do what you can, with what  you have,

where you are.

" As your thinking goes, 

so goes your entire being."

" Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving."

" You lose what  you give up,

but it's a gain if you needed to let it go."

" The old is gone, the new has come."

" Nothing lasts forever- the beautiful or the horrid.  

So I might just as well patiently ride out the bad times,

knowing they will end, & joyously embrace the good

ones while they last."

Living  joyously is a choice.

" If my perceptions of myself have been

so inaccurate,

how reliable can my perceptions of

others be?"

Accept faults in others as we seek 

to correct shortcomings in ourselves.

Be who you are, and accept others as they are.

Avoid the trap of focusing on others instead of yourself.

" What we do needs only be right for us.

What others do is their business and needs

to be right for them."

" Be there for others, but never

leave yourself behind."

Each of us must find our own spiritual path.

" No matter what advantages that person or group

brings to your life, it won't be worth the 

cost of your own heart.

Don't hide your real self in order to fit in with others."

You don't have to accept unacceptable behavior.

" A spiritual journey truly is unlearning fear 

and remembering love."

It's a great life if you don't reason.

" Sure-ism is stronger than optimism."

"Move forward & take responsibility for the attitudinal

and emotional responses you you choose daily."

Facing the worst of my past opens doors to remembering

the best of it too.

" Becoming healthy means tolerating a melting

away of my old self."

" If you want to fly, you have to give up the

things that weigh you down."

" Do not let the behavior of others

destroy your inner peace."

" Oftentimes the hardest part of the journey

is simply believing you're worthy of the trip."

Be on guard against self pity.

Understand that when you don't know what to do,

God is calling you to listen to Him.

" Where you put your attention

there is your power."

Be honest with yourself and what you feel +

embrace confusion = guide to truth

" The catalysts you invite to stay seem to have

somewhere else to be.

The ones you deny tend to stick around until they are welcomed."

When I surrender, soften, don't care if I'm right,

forgo my impatience, detach from the opinion

of the world and rest in God's arms,

I am more comfortable within myself.

God's loving presence is sufficient to carry me 

through each day.

💖Talk about the promises not the problem.

My main tension & frustration comes when

I work against God, and fail to trust in His good purposes.

" When the student is ready, the teacher appears."

During a test, the teacher is silent.

I am not the teacher, I am the student learning

to carry the message of hope and recovery.

No matter what happened even a moment before,

the present is always a new beginning.

" It is when we face the darkness squarely in the eye--

in ourselves and in the world--

that we begin at last to see the light.

Only when we have faced the limits of what we can do,

does the limitlessness of what God can do begin

to draw on us."

Relax and enjoy the journey, trusting God 

to open up the way before me.

I will build my life on faith not fear.

"If you don't like something, change it,

if you don't change it,

change the way you think about ii."

" Just because you have always done something

does not mean you should always do it."

~ Mary Engelbreit~ 

xoxo

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