Your guide to a healthier perspective of life
Courage is not never being afraid. Courage is having fear and acting anyways.
We are all fearful of something – being criticized, looking dumb, losing a loved one, losing our health, losing our status/reputation, losing our job/career/income, etc. But the only way to live life is to hear your fears, but to keep pushing forward.
Don’t let your fears stop you from taking action. Use them to motivate you to make your life better.
Stop making excuses. Nobody cares. You might not be at 100% for what you are truly capable of, but the only thing that you can do is give your 100% for that day. Nobody wants to hear your excuses. When you continually have a reason for why you are not at your peak performance, your accomplishment becomes less impressive.
If it’s not going to matter in five years, don’t let yourself stress over it for more than five minutes. Feel your feelings. You don’t have to be a robot. But if something isn’t going to matter in the grand scheme of things, let it roll off your shoulders. Why stress out over something that has already happened and that you can’t change? Try to remedy the situation or learn from your experience/get better so that same thing doesn’t happen again.
When you focus on the positive, you’ll see (and get) more positivity in your life. When you focus on the negative, you’ll find more negativity in your life. It’s really that simple.
This is why starting and ending your day with a prayer, thinking about what you’re grateful for, stopping and taking a moment of silence, etc is so helpful. These things can help you be intentional and focus on how great your life really is.
There will always be bumps in the road. Life is not always going to be easy. But at any given time, there will be something you can be grateful for…
So focus on the positive. Actively seek it out. Surround yourself with other positive people, read positive/inspiring quotes and books, listen to positive podcasts or books, and stop watching the news (which mostly conveys negative information). What you focus on will grow and you’ll tend to find more of that thing.
What is your default life code? If you could have a list to share with your children about how you want them to act, or how you should be acting for them to see, what would it be? Some of the things I want my kids to see from me are the following…
Always try your best, but have fun doing it.
Be respectful and kind.
Be humble in winning and in defeat. Act like you’ve been there before.
Hold yourself to high standards, but don’t judge others if they don’t do the same.
Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
Be optimistic, but realistic.
Don’t worry, be happy. Life is good.