Positive to Think Today

"If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind
before you actually arrive at your goal."
Zig Ziglar

A Day for Letting Go

Make the most of the present day.

by Melody Beattie

Each day, we can ask for and accept the healing energy of God and the Universe. Open your hearts and let that energy flow to you, through you, and on to others. When you live in the here-and-now, you can allow life to happen instead of trying to force outcomes. When you relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future, you can truly make the most of each present day.

Here are 10 affirmations to help you let go and let life happen!

Accepting Change:

Today I will be open to the process of change. I will trust my Higher Power and believe that the place where I’ll be dropped off is better than the place where I was picked up. I know that change is necessary to take me wherever I need to go.

Loving Myself Unconditionally:

Today I will work at loving myself unconditionally. God, please help me let go of self-loathing and other unproductive behaviors. Today, God, I want to hold myself in high self-esteem. I know I can do so with Your help.

Releasing Fear:

Today I will ask God to help me let go of my need to be afraid. I welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety into my life. I will make a point of listening to my healthy, rational fears, and will relinquish all the others.

Taking Risks:

Today I will ask God to help me begin to take healthy risks. I will ask for assistance in letting go of my fear of failure . . . and success. I will ask for help in fully living my life so that I can start experiencing all the wonderful parts of my journey.

Taking Time for Meditation and Prayer:

Today I will take a moment for meditation and prayer. I know that I’m a creation of God, and He loves me. God, through meditation and prayer, I have faith that I will hear You when You talk to me, and You will listen when I talk to You.

Apologizing:

Today I will try to be clear and healthy in my apologies, taking responsibility for my own actions and nobody else’s. I will seek God’s help in figuring out what I truly need to apologize for, and I will do so without reservation.

Focusing on Peace:

Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I will let go of my need to be anxious and upset and will replace these feelings with calmness and harmony.

Allowing Things to Happen:

Today I will let things happen without worrying about the significance of each event. I will trust that this will bring about my growth faster than running around with a microscope. I will have faith that my lessons will reveal themselves in their own time.

Practicing Gratitude:

Today I will practice gratitude. I will get in the habit of saying thank you, even for the “problems” in my life, because these challenges are valuable lessons I can learn from. Gratitude is the key that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.

Trusting God:

Today I will ask my Higher Power to send me His best, and I will trust that all that is good will come to me. I will remember that sometimes we don’t get what we want because God has something infinitely better in store for us.

This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule...


"The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together, told them what had happened, and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.


Initially the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, HE WOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP!


This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up!” He repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or how distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!


It wasn’t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him actually helped him . . . all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.


THAT’S LIFE! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity."


-Author Unknown

My thoughts and prayers go to Texas and Boston. It is sad that those tragedies have happened. May you find hope and strength and know that the whole world is praying for your justice and recovery.

I hope you never lose hope...

“The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while he lives.”
― Henry David Thoreau

"Love yourself and be proud of everything that you do, even your mistakes.
Because even mistakes mean you're
t r y i n g."

Love must start with our self.

No matter how bad my past has been,

I still have the present to choose to take responsibility of my life and make it good.

It is not too late to start in a new direction and make it right.

Yesterday I had 3 MRI's and while in the "tube" I was meditating cause I was starting to freak out... lol. And had an epiphany … Letting Go of the negativity and Letting In positivity in my life because I don’t want to be unhappy anymore because I am causing my unhappiness and I’m tired of it. Time to change…

Lately I have been thinking about my boyfriend or rather my POA, about "Letting Go" of him in my life and why am I allowing myself to hang on to something that is only a fantasy relationship (in my head) than a real relationship. I had been telling myself that it is something more than what is really is... it is no more that an online affair and a sometime booty call.

While in the "tube" … lol He is the negativity I need to let go cause of the way the relationship made me feel and they way I would let myself feel. I decided to go “no contact”, when in fact it had already been happening and I didn’t even know it. I guess I had been doing it unconsciously all along. So my journey starts…

I saw this poem somewhere, it might have even been here but I will share again cause it helps and actually hangs on my frig for a constant reminder.

T0 LET GO
To “let go” does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To “let go” is not to cut myself off, it is the realization that I can’t control another.
To “let go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences....
To “let go” is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hand.
To “let go” is not to change or blame another, it is to make the most of myself.
To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about.
To “let go” is not to be in the middle of arranging all the outcomes but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To “let go” is not to deny but to accept.
To “let go” is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them.
To “let go” is not to adjust everything to my own desires but to take each day as it comes, and to cherish myself in it.
To “let go” is not to criticize and regulate anybody but to try to become what I dream I can be.
To “let go” is not to regret the past, but to grow and to live for today.

Get over POA and keep it over. Life is too good to waste it on addiction.

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

–Maya Angelou

Havefaith, that's one of my most favorite quotes. Thanks for quoting it here.



Here's the first 10 of "60 Quotes that Will Change the Way You Think" :



1. You cannot change what you refuse to confront.


2. Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


3. Don’t think of cost. Think of value.


4. Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.


5. Too many people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t know.


6. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.


7. If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so.
Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.


8. Making one person smile can change the world – maybe not the whole world, but their world.


9. Saying someone is ugly doesn’t make you any prettier.


10. The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well.

21. Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset.


22. You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them• In life, if you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.


23. When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.


24. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.


25. There isn’t anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.


26. Trying to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.


27. You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are now.


28. People are more what they hide than what they show.


29. Sometimes people don’t notice the things others do for them until they stop doing them.


30. Don’t listen to what people say, watch what they do.

wow, i'm eating dinner right now and typing with one hand but going to come back and add to the wonderful pool of positivity again soon xx

Thanks Jacarandagirl. Those are good ones.

All of you sharing your positive thoughts here are great. Thank you.



41. When someone tells you, “You’ve changed,” it might simply be because you’ve stopped living your life their way.


42. Someone else doesn’t have to be wrong for you to be right.


43. Be happy. Be yourself. If others don’t like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn’t about pleasing everybody.


44. When you’re up, your friends know who you are. When you’re down, you know who your friends are.


45. Don’t look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.


46. If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you’re fooling yourself. That’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn’t eat him.


47. No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.


48. The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.


49. Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.


50. Learn to appreciate the things you have before time forces you appreciate the things you once had.

Don't ever be ashamed of who you are!
You are created for a purpose and life is good if you live out your calling.

Self-acceptance is your gift to yourself.
You don't need anyone who doesn't need you!
You are not lacking. You are a complete person on your own.
Take care of you.

-Codepnomore