"Think about who you want to be now. We are not trapped, and the things we endured or experienced don’t have to define us. Just because we were victimized doesn’t mean we have to be a victim now. Just because we failed doesn’t make us a failure now. Just because our hearts are broken doesn’t mean we won’t love or be loved again. It may seem normal to hold on to past pain, but it is also normal to let it go when we are ready."
-- John F. Westfall
"Remember that the subconscious mind will accept whatever is being fed into it on a constant basis. Be very careful what you routinely think about and what influences you allow to penetrate this most powerful part of your mind. In other words, the subconscious will accept fact or fiction that is consistently passed into it through our conscious thoughts. Therefore, if I were to repeat a series of positive statements, or affirmations, as they are often called, they would be absorbed and accepted."
-- John Paul Carinci
"Healthy body weight. Avoid obesity. Without being fanatical, maintain a body weight in the normal range, eating in a moderate, healthy way without yo-yo dieting or crazy restrictions you can’t maintain over the long run."
-- Arthur C. Brooks
"The relationship between sleep and mental health works both ways. Prioritizing sleep will help your mental health, and making changes to your day will affect your sleep."
-- Julie Smith
"As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t matter how unrealistic or far-fetched a dream or ambition may be. I am quite convinced that we all have it in us to achieve nearly everything we set our mind to."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"The secret weapon in all families is forgiveness. Almost all unresolved conflict comes down to unresolved resentment, so a practice of forgiving each other explicitly and implicitly is extremely important."
-- Arthur C. Brooks
"Nothing has a greater effect on your ability to enjoy experiences—at any age—than your health. In fact, health is actually a lot more valuable than money, because no amount of money can ever make up for very poor health—whereas people in good health but with little money can still have many wonderful experiences."
-- Bill Perkins
"It is a well-known rule that habits are formed in about twenty days. You can break a bad habit or form a new good habit in three weeks’ time. So, if you want to stop smoking, that habit can be broken by doing without cigarettes for three weeks. Easier said than done, I know. But by utilizing positive affirmations, the bad habit can fall by the wayside. Here are a few such statements to try:
“Stop smoking! Stop!”
“Stop ruining your lungs!”
“Stop! I have so much to live for! I’m killing myself!”
“Stop! You can’t do this!”"
-- John Paul Carinci
"We should avoid assuming we know why things happened the way they did, or why people treated us a certain way, or why we did what we did. These assumptions are usually wrong, because we are looking at the circumstances through distorted thinking. Rather than assume, it is sometimes possible to check reality. Often we can test our opinions and see if we are right. Even if we come up with many possible reasons, we still won’t know for certain. It’s all right to recognize we may never know for certain why things happened the way they did. It’s okay. After examining the experience, we can still choose to move on in a healthy way."
-- John F. Westfall
"THINGS DON’T OFTEN HAPPEN IN our lives like we have hoped. When we encounter unfavorable outcomes, we often experience difficult emotions. If this is happening to you right now, no matter how overwhelming and terrifying it is, I want you to know that you can weather the storm. You are stronger than you feel right now and wiser than you believe."
-- Haemin Sunim
