A Beautiful Life Begins with a Beautiful Mind

 Today, challenge yourself to:

Encourage rather than discourage
Be open rather than closed
Live in the moment rather than live in the past
Be peaceful rather than right
Grow flowers rather than cut flowers
Support others’ success rather than resent it
Be courageous rather than fearful
Make your life a beautiful one ♥

6 Morning Mantras You’ll Love

What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Look at your phone? Think about everything you have to do that day? Why not start your day off on the right foot by centering yourself with a morning mantra.  Just a few moments of thinking positively can transform your day.

A mantra, according to the dictionary is:

“Any sacred word or syllable used as an object of concentration and embodying some aspect of spiritual power.”

Below are 6 positive morning mantras. If any of these resonate with you,  print them out, write them down, or pin them on your Pinterest board so you can easily remember them.  Continue reading “6 Morning Mantras You’ll Love”

Gratitude Sunday

Gratitude Sunday

Happy Gratitude Sunday everyone! I hope you’ve all had a fantastic week.

First, I want to let you know how grateful I am for all of YOU. I love seeing all of your comments each week and getting to know you. You are truly the most amazing, genuine and HAPPIEST people, and I am so lucky to have met you!

Here are 3 *more* things I’m grateful for today: Continue reading “Gratitude Sunday”

5 Steps to Going to Sleep Happy Every Night

5 steps to going to sleep happy every night

I’ve never been one to be especially “moody”, but just like everyone else there are times when I used to not be able to sleep because of a bad grade in school or something a friend said to me. One day I realized it wasn’t what was happening to me, it was how I was reacting to it. I decided to take control of my own happiness, rather than leaving my fate in the hands of my friend or teacher. Since then, I made the conscious decision to make sure I go to sleep happy every night. Here are my 5 steps to going to sleep happy: Continue reading “5 Steps to Going to Sleep Happy Every Night”

Special Gratitude Sunday

Gratitude Sunday

When is the last time you thought about someone you were grateful for? Have you gone a step further and told that person why you were grateful for him? This week, I wanted to share an amazing video about the power of gratitude and the impact it has on happiness.

First, subjects were given a test and asked to rate their current level of happiness. Then they were asked to think of someone who was really influential in their lives and write down as much as they could about why this person was so important. What they didn’t know was that they would have to call that person and read what they wrote. Take a look at what happens…

Here are a few things (and people) I’m grateful for today:  Continue reading “Special Gratitude Sunday”

Gratitude Sunday

Gratitude Sunday

Happy Gratitude Sunday, everyone! I hope you’ve all had a happy week. I saw this quote the other day and think it encompasses the reason that Gratitude is so important.

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.” — Brother David Steindl-Rast

Here are 3 things I’m grateful for today: Continue reading “Gratitude Sunday”

Gratitude Sunday



Gratitude Sunday

Happy Gratitude Sunday! I hope you’re all having a great week so far. Have you been enjoying the little things lately? Are you focusing on the positive events in your life? When you feel grateful and happy, you aren’t able to feel negative emotions like anger or envy. Let go of any stress that you’ve ben holding onto this week right now and remind yourself of all of the great things are going on.

Here are 3 things I’m grateful for today: Continue reading “Gratitude Sunday”