“Spending time to go through mental exercises is similar to the act of physical activity. You are goal setting and ensuring that you uphold your commitment to the act. Sitting down and writing a list of 4-5 bullet points of positive things happening in your life can be vital to combat negative obsess…”— Adam Legas, calendar.com
“Just because your mind tells you that something is awful or evil or unplanned or otherwise negative doesn’t mean you have to agree. Just because other people say that something is hopeless or crazy or broken to pieces doesn’t mean it is. We decide what story to tell ourselves.”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.com
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. A…”— Kitty O'Meara, reddit.com
“Traveling is fun but it’s a lot of work with a toddler in tow!”— Laura Gummerman, abeautifulmess.com
“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”— Tom Bodett, amazon.com
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com
“Our spring daffodils are coming up in the yard and I can see our banana leaf trees I planted last year are sprouting as well (I was a little worried they wouldn’t make it though the winter, but they did!). Can’t wait to see the yard in full bloom soon!”— Laura Gummerman, abeautifulmess.com
“In a way, Parkinson’s got my head in the game. I realized there are bigger things than being a rock star.”— Michael J. Fox, nytimes.com
“I’m trying to live in the way of love and the way of Jesus the best I know how. I know I don’t have it all right, but I love the way of Jesus. I don’t have a definition for that.”— Lisa Gungor, relevantmagazine.com
“If I truly believe this body and world are something to escape, I will only suffer. But if I believe I am looking at the face of God, I will stare in awe every time. It’s all in how you see it.”— Lisa Gungor, goodgoodgood.co
“Nothing better than complimenting someone and then watching them glow.”— Brandon Woelfel, shopcatalog.com
“If you remember to laugh in the bad times knowing that some good must come out of them, you will see the good.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“While many of us focus primarily on diet and exercise to achieve better health, science suggests that our well-being also is influenced by the company we keep.”— Tara Parker-Pope, nytimes.com
“If you’re always looking at what you don’t have and can’t do, you’ll always be in a bad mood - if you’re thankful for what you DO have and what you CAN do, you’ll be happy and love life way more (even in the same circumstances).”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“If you decide to be a blessing to others & take the focus off yourself, I promise you will live a way more fulfilled life. It will take a lot more work, but - it's worth it!”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”— Howard Thurman, amazon.com
“The silent miracle of human progress is too slow and too fragmented to ever qualify as news.”— Hans Rosling, theguardian.com
“I think it's just a healthy way to be, that you're not a liability to the planet and that you're doing something positive. It seems like a necessary balance to life, being part of the community.”— Eddie Vedder, avclub.com
“I have never met a bad situation that I haven’t blown out of proportion in my mind”— Maria Del Russo, manrepeller.com