An excerpt from my book... a few quotes

Perhaps if we were less concerned about others learning a lesson,
We would remember that we are ALSO the student. ~ Katrina Mayer's Wholarian Vision

‎"When you make personal investments in others,
you might not be the one to reap the returns.
You don't invest to receive; you invest to give."
|Scott Carbonara|

Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets.
Clark Moustakas

‎"When you know yourself you are empowered. When you accept yourself you are invincible." – Lifford

When you look in the mirror you see yesterday, for yesterday’s thoughts brought you today’s results. If your not happy with what you see reexamine your thinking. The first step to a better future is better thoughts. Your life is whatever you are thinking & whatever you are thinking eventually you will see in the mirror.

You were born an original masterpiece...don't die a copy of someone else.

Life IS good! Life IS so easy! All good things COME to ME!!! I deserve ALL good things life has to offer! -The Secret

Nothing is impossible...the word its self says "I'm possible"

Remember, if you feel like you are going the wrong direction in your life, God does allow U-turns.

I'm Smiling. why? Because I have my health ,my family, a wise head, a good heart, an honest mouth, a clear conscience and a cloud in heaven reserved for me.

The difference between a successful person and others is not lack strength, not lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. Vince Lombardi

Be still in yourself and listen with your whole heart....

‎"I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains."
~ Anne Frank

When you come to a wall, you can either climb it, or you can simply walk around until you find a door. Don't make life so hard, - look for the doors!

We're all connected. It isn't us and them. Everything is all connected. We are all one energy. We share in everything. So let us share in positive energy.

We owe nobody nothing but love, Just love, Sweet love, straight from the heart.... ~Etana

‎"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes. "
~ Charles Swindoll

My Grateful Heart

And to think all I had to do was read a book.

Yes it was that simple. Well, I read two books. One titled Lord, I Believe written by Jim Ayers, the second was The Secret written by Rhonda Byrne (both available on Amazon.com). Both taught me alot. How to be true to myself and my higher power. How to think and focus all my positive energy to make good things happen in my life. How to believe in myself that I could indeed have things and do things without being completely unsatisfied in my life.

I live a happy life now because I also learned to be grateful. A grateful heart carries so much power. If you enjoy what you already have than you will immediately be blessed with more because you appreciate it. It's much like a relationship. You give love and get love back. It works much like that in the Universe. If you give you shall receive ten fold. I learned to give, but never expected to receive. If you EXPECT to receive and you are only giving TO receive then of course it won't work. You have to be true to your heart first. Do what your heart tells you to do.

These days people do what their head tells them which soon leads to unhappiness, negativity, and a bad attitude. Attitude is also a big deal. Which comes from thinking positive. I try everyday to wake up and smile first thing and immediately be grateful I am here one more day. I love waking up in the morning with a fresh new start to show the world new and exciting things I have read, or seen, or heard.

I am happy in my own life. I may not have alot and I may be a single mom barely making ends meet, but I am truly happy in my life. Why? Because I have a grateful heart and things happen to fall into place as I need them to.

Have an Attitude of Gratitude and you will get far...

Intro

Now you have seen an original poetic piece from me. I am sure you would like to know a bit about me and how I got to be all about positive living. It all started in September 2010 when I turned 30 and realized that now I am "officially" an adult as my Mom put it. I have made it through the scary learning 20's and have thought I knew it all at times and never really knowing anything. Being a single Mom, and working harder then anyone I knew just to keep afloat. I felt that I had to do SOMETHING to change the mess I was in. I then realized I needed more than just my job and my son. I started dating again, but even that turned out badly. Before we split he had introduced me into a wonderful church and invited me into his life of AA and they all welcome me with open arms. I still love them and always will but I really can't say if I needed the steps but I do know the concept of AA can be for ANY issue you have in your life. I feel that even though I wasn't addicted to alcohol I was addicted to negativity and self loathing.

Soon after he and I split put more effort into thinking positively and having a grateful heart. I found that my life completely turned around just by thinking positively and being thankful for what I have. Knowing God would provide for me the things I needed and would open doors to help me make something better for myself.

The last few months I have spent finding myself with a pure heart and soul. I decided clearing ALL negative things, people, everything, out of my life would be the start I needed. I have found that sharing my inspirations and seeing how they make others so much happier that maybe I could continue on helping at least one person a day. I was lead to a page on Facebook by a friend who is also in AA and this page is made mostly for recovery from whatever you needed. I read their words and it touched my soul so deeply that I HAD to spread that same joy. I started posting it on my personal page, against the annoyed friends wishes, LOL. I decided in early March 2011 that I should make my own inspirational page that I could share with more than just my personal friends.

So Positive Inspirations was born. And now here I am with the same in a blog for more lengthy inspirations. I hope that you all enjoy this and that these words are able to help you in reading them as it helps me to write them. You all help me as much as I help you by commenting and sharing in your own experiences. So please, share this with everyone you know. You never know whose life you will save by just a few encouraging words.