MORNING SPIRITUAL AFFIRMATIONS
from Open Your Mind, Open Your Life - A Little Book of Eastern Wisdom
It's 6:30 a.m. and you prepare for the day. You have things to do, places to go and people to see. Before heading toward your destinations, start your good morning with some positive thoughts taken from Open Your Mind, Open Your Life - a Little Book of Eastern Wisdom. Never seek happiness outside yourself.
Focus on the positive in your life, for what you focus on increases.
Everything you need to break unhealthy cycles of behavior is within you.
Remove the internal emotional hooks that attract you to painful situations.
Never let life's hardships disturb you. After all, no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.
Let go of anger - it is an acid that burns away the delicate layers of your happiness.
Maintain your composure under any circumstance.
Do something today to improve someone else's life.
The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.
An appreciative heart attracts more of what it appreciates.
Truth has the power to dispel the darkness of ignorance - just as a candle has the power to light a cave that has been dark for a million years.
Fall seven times, get up eight.
Strive most to understand what you fear most.
Accept praise and believe it readily as you would criticism.
You are what you believe.
There has never been, nor will there ever be a life free from problems. It is not the presence of problems but how we tackle them that determines the quality of our lives.
Make time each day for self-reflection.
Your behavior while people are watching is important. However, your behavior while no one is watching is more important for it reveals your true character.
There is always a piece of fortune in misfortune.
Strive to live unrestricted by your past experiences.
Ladies, have yourselves a wonderful day!!
