Past joy droppings feed the soul.

 

 

 

Be a LIME. 

 

When life hands you lemons, be a lime. No matter what life hands you, think lime.

Language

Intention

Mindset

Energy

 

Watch your language, your self-talk. What messages are you sending to yourself? Stop yourself every time you say, "I'm fat;" "I'm stupid;" "I'm broke" "Nothing ever goes my way;" "Everything bad always happen in my life." And on and on and on.

 

If a co-worker spilled coffee on his shirt, would you yell at him: "Of course you spilled it! You idiot! You're such a klutz. Now your whole day is ruined. You never do anything right."

 

Don't talk to yourself that way either. Pay attention to what you say, internally and out loud. Stop the negative. Rephrase with a positive. Laugh off life's little mistakes. 

 

Set your intention EVERY day. It can be as simple as "I will enjoy today." Focusing your thoughts reminds that YOU are indeed the boss of your brain. You can learn to rule your thoughts.

 

That leads to mindset. Maintaining the mindset of a realistic optimist takes practice. Use specific language and set specific intentions. Your mindset needs to be one of belief and trust that good will come your way.

 

It's all interrelated and all about energy. If you wander through the day believing life is a big Mack truck going to run you down, that is the kind of life you will have.

 

Pay attention to where you are sending your energy. Focus on what lights you up, lifts you up, energizes you. Bring more of that into your life and get rid of the energy-sucking people and activities and thoughts.

 

Focusing our thoughts takes efforts; the rewards are so worth it. When life hands you lemons, you'll cope better because you "lime." 

 

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