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Life Enhancing Thought # 73

You want people to be your friends. But are you a real friend to yourself?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 72

Your body is not you.
Your age is not you.
Your mind is not you.
So... who is "you"?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 71

If you don't succeed in truly liking yourself, probably no-one else will.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 70

When you look at yourself in the mirror, do you like what you see?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 69

You certainly know that the only thing you can actually change in order to improve your life is "yourself". Are you doing it?

... and with you.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 68

This life is all you have. 
Don't waste any of it. 
Seriously.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 67

You become aware of your powerlessness when you wish to change things that don’t depend on you. Avoid feeling frustrated by simply acknowledging them.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 66

If you consciously listen to a clock ticking, you realize that you would never be able to stop time, not even for just one instant. Does this make you think?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 65

In general, do you think that people are good? Or are they bad? In either case, you are right. Your ‘judgement’ creates your reality.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 64

Refusing to accept life’s happenings is silly. Either you like them or not, they “happen”. To you, like to anybody else.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 63

Smiling is the best way to ban your bad mood. You might not feel like doing it but, if you try, you’ll see that it usually works.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 62

You are always free to accept or oppose what happens. Acceptance gives you inner peace, opposition grants you on-going inner war.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 61

Being able to establish a real "intimacy" (intellectual/of the mind and emotional/of the heart) with another is one of the greatest gift one can wish for.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 60

It's not easy to "detach" yourself from unpleasant situations. But it's feasible. You should try.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 59

Practice keeping your eyes looking at the stars rather than staring at the mud.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 58

You believe that it's usually "you" who reacts to the behavior of others. Don't forget that the other way around works as well.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 57

Your day can be good or bad according to your attitude. Events are possibly the same, it's your state of mind that may need to change.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 56

"Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

What kind of mind is yours?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 55

Honest self-examination:
How “helpful” are you? (= capable of providing a selfless service to another)

Life-Enhancing Thought # 54

Honest self-examination:

How “generous” are you? (= capable of giving others 'something' of yourself such as time, attention, authentic caring etc.)

Life-Enhancing Thought # 53

Honest self-examination:
How “compassionate” are you? (= capable of truly understanding someone else’s feelings)

Life-Enhancing Thought # 52

Honest self-examination:
How “daring” are you? (= capable of trying something whose outcome is uncertain)

Life-Enhancing Thought # 51

Honest self-examination:
How “brave” are you? (= capable of facing a challenging situation)

Life-Enhancing Thought # 50

Do you trust too much?
Do you trust too little?
As for everything in life, a balance is advisable. 

Life-Enhancing Thought # 49

Memories are good only if they give you a positive feeling, if they provide you with useful information or if they teach you a valuable lesson.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 48

Are you completely satisfied with your life? 

Yes? Lucky you. 

No? Most people aren't. But it's a common feature of life.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 47

A meditation (Part 5)

"Believing in life, in how much it has to offer, in how much you have to give, and in how life can be everything you want, if you only keep believing."

(The End)

Life-Enhancing Thought # 46

A meditation (Part 4)
"Believing in yourself, in the person you are and in all you can be."

Life-Enhancing Thought # 45

A meditation (Part 3)

"Believing in your strength, in the faith of your convictions, in the courage to go on even when it would be so much easier to quit."

Life-Enhancing Thought # 44

A meditation (Part 2)

"Believing in your dreams, in what you really want, and not settling for anything that is less than what you know is right for you."

Life-Enhancing Thought # 43

A meditation (Part 1)

"Situations sometimes may seem difficult, but things have a way of working out, if you only keep believing."

Life-Enhancing Thought # 42

When you want to open a door, you sometimes insist on pushing instead of pulling. So you keep failing. Got the message?

Life -Enhancing Thought # 41

Whenever you make a decision that changes your life, either for the better or for the worse, it means that it was meant to be.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 40

Some people are too full of themselves, so they overlook any good insight they might get from their fellow human beings. Are you one of them?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 39

Sometimes you may convince yourself that you are "superior" to others. You aren’t. Never. And you are never "inferior", either.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 38

Believing in yourself doesn’t mean you should be conceited. It means that you give credit to your capability as a human being.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 37

Some worry too much about other people’s opinion because they don’t trust their own. Are you one of them?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 36

Don’t ignore your intuition – the small voice that tries to surface from your deeper “self” – because it always tells the truth.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 35

A human being isn’t only a living creature with an intelligent mind. Such “creature” is also endowed with a spirit that kindles higher thoughts and leads towards higher goals.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 34

Do you ever look around and truly “see” what is there? Or don't you rather see your "perception" (= interpretation / judgment) of what simply "is"?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 33

If you look at the stars and really focus on what you see, you can’t help being overwhelmed by such beauty and majesty. You will also feel humbled by their greatness and proud of being a part of it.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 32

Each human being is convinced that his or her behavioral motivations are totally acceptable. Is this always true?

By the way, what are the true motivations behind “your” behavior?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 31

The “creed” of some is religion, others believe in wealth, fame, power, beauty or…

What is “your” creed?

Life-Enhancing Thought # 30

No-one is really “bad”.

They only have bad reasons to justify their behavior.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 29

If you succeed in overcoming the first moment of disappointment, you can "accept" and move on.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 28

You are stronger than you believe.
Just challenge yourself and you’ll see.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 27

As you don’t like to be judged, remember that you, too, have no right to judge others.

Life-Enhancing Thought # 26

A mirror is the perfect image of your life: it reflects what “you” show it.