Lemonade and Silver Linings

Sometimes you don't realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.
Susan Gale

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You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy. Jane Marczewski 'Nightbirde'   and/or  at 10:40 begins commentary that continues this thought.

 

You're not what you experienced.
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Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Maya Angelou

 

When you can't control what's happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what's happening. That's where your power is. unknown

 

Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.
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You will never know your limits until you push yourself past them.
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You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Jim Rohn

 

No matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep your head up and handle it.
Tupac

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Overcoming challenges in the environment means that we not only have to demonstrate a will greater than our circumstances, but it also must break old habits by releasing the encoded memories of past experiences that may be dated and that no longer apply to our current conditions. To evolve then is to break the genetic habits we are prone to.
Dr. Joe Dispenza in Evolve Your Brain

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When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Wayne Dyer

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If you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't, you'll see obstacles.

Wayne Dyer​

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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Life can be complicated at times. But the challenges you face are the same ones that billions of people have encountered throughout history. Those who have conquered the obstacles before them, whether personal or professional, have one thing in common. They never gave up. Neither should you!

Admiral William H. McRaven in The Hero Code 

 

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

Joyce Meyer

 

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

Willie Nelson

 

Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out ok. Rather it is knowing that you will be ok no matter how things turn out.

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Fear and anxiety will vanish when you sing.

Corrie ten Boom in Amazing Love

 

You are what you are and where you are because of what's gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

Zig Ziglar

 

Freedom comes when you realize that the lies aren't true, no matter how many times you've heard them.

Jesse Duplantis

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Practicing power statements (piece of cake, step it up, I got this) until they become second nature will, over time, place the interdiction process (stopping the negative mental talk) on an autopilot. Juiced up power statements explode negative mental chatter and allow your mind to still itself and await its next set of instructions…negativity will return unless you redirect your mind to a new, positive thought pattern.

 Mark Divine in Unbeatable Mind​

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Crying is a way your eyes speak when your mouth can't explain how broken your heart is.

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If the people in your circle aren't contributing to your growth, then you are not in a circle, you are in a cage.

Kianu Starr

 

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Ernest Hemingway

 

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

Les Brown

 

When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen. Drake

 

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

Mary Englbreit

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If you allow the pain of life to swallow you, then your primary goals become to numb yourself through addictions and distractions because you're unwilling to face and transform those emotions.

Dr. Benjamin Hardy in Be Your Future Self Now (Free Kindle Version)

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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie

 

Always concentrate on how far you have come, rather than how far you have left to go.

Heidi Johnson

 

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.

Desmond Tutu

 

Be stronger than your excuses.

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Going in one more round when you don't think you can, that's what makes all the difference in your life.

Rocky Balboa

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The reality is you can endure the most difficult, painful circumstance in your life and still choose to be the happiest and most grateful you've ever been.

Hal Elrod in The Miracle Equation