If you can’t do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love.

If you
can’t do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can’t do them with a little love,
do them anyway. Love grows when people serve. – John Ortbery

Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it hope. Feed it truth. Feed it with
love.

The most wonderful thing I decided to do was share my life and heart with you.

May God bless and keep you always. May your wishes all come true. May you always do for
others and let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung.
May you grow up to be righteous. May you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth
and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be
strong. May your hands always be busy. May your feet always be swift. May you have a strong
foundation when the winds of change shift. May your heart always be joyful. May your song
always be sung, and may you stay forever young.

Confidence is not “they will like me.” Confidence is “I will be fine if they don’t.” – Christina
Grimmie

Don't be sad! Because God sends hope in the most desperate moments. Don't forget, the
heaviest rain comes out of the darkest clouds. ~ Rumi

The midwife knows the birth is painful, the baby forces its way. You have to be prepared to
pain and difficulties if you want to reborn. ~ Shams Tabrizi

Doubts and fears divide the kingdom of the heart. ~ Rumi

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. ~ K.
Gibran

He who has led you so far, will guide you further. ~ Rumi

If something you desire does not happen, don't grieve!

It might be that something better will happen, or it is really more appropriate that it's not
happening at all. ~ Rumi

One tree can start a forest,

One bird can herald spring,
One smile can begin a friendship,
One hand can lift a soul,
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal,
One sunbeam can light a room,
One candle can wipe out darkness,
One laugh can conquer gloom,
One hope can raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care,
One voice can wake up everybody,
One life can make the difference.
Be that one. ~ UK
Be crumbled.
So wild flowers will come up where you are.
You have been stony for too many years.
Try something different.
Surrender. ~ Rumi

Whatever happens to you, don’t fall in despair. Even if all the doors are closed, a secret
path will be there for you that no one knows. You can’t see it yet but so many paradises
are at the end of this path. Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want,
thank before having what you want. ~ Shams Tabrizi

Enough with your doubts! Enough with your sorrows! Let them all go, and I will show
you the way. ~ Rumi

Have patience.
All things are difficult
before they become easy. ~ Saadi

A flower leads to the eternalization of the soul and universal wisdom. Whoever does not
succumb to the beauty of a flower, allows their soul to die.

People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –
Andre Gide

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. –Rumi

Blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours shine any brighter.

A few bad chapters does not mean your story is over.

Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and say thanks to
God for the troubles we don’t have.

Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been
planted. –Christine Caine

When you start doubting yourself, remember how far you have come; remember everything
you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.

An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of
the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

Ships don’t sink because of the water around them, ships sink because of the water that gets
in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weight you down.

I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case heart might stop, mind
can forget. I love them with my soul. Soul never stops or forgets. --Rumi

If ever there is a tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must always
remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you
think. But the most important thing is even if we are apart I’ll always be with you. –Winnie the
Pooh
Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I’ve been through. I said, its
because no matter what, I am a survivor, not a victim. –Patricia Buckley

Every now and then we get a chance to really be there for somebody, try not to miss out on it.
It is the stuff we are here for.

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you
don’t have to sit on it.

Save us from troubled, restless sleep; from all ill dreams your children keep. So calm our minds
that fears may cease and rested bodies wake in peace. –6 th century compline hymn

Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just
breathe, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.

Never dgive up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs – but move on.
--Paulo Coelho

Lord Almightly, come and scatter the darkness of our hearts by the light of your presence.
Amen –The Book of Common Prayer

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a
certain set of attitudes. –Hugh Downs

God is working out stuff you haven’t even prayed for yet. He’s the God who works ahead of
time.

Don’t wonder what will happen next, decide what happens next!

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss or dream? Because the most beautiful things
in life are not seen but felt y the heart. –Denzel Washington

Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good
things.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the
same. –Allison Dickson

No one ever stays the same. Every day you either get better or you get worse. Get better every
day. –James Street

No matter what a man’s past has been, his future is spotless.

Anyone who seeks his own happiness will not find it. But those who seek the happiness of
others will find happiness in all they do.

It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.

No one can hurt you without your consent.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray

Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start. Each day is
a new beginning. Every morning we wake up is the first day of our new life.

The way ahead is clear and free. I give myself permission to move out of the past with
gratitude, and into a glorious new day.
I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in
something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it
and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. –Roald Dahl

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. –C.S. Lewis

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –
Christopher Columbus

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years! –Abraham Lincoln

Nothing can stand against our God. Whatever you face in life, if you will just hold your peace
and remain at rest, God promises He will fight your battles. He will make a way even when you
don’t see a way.

When something bad happens, you have 3 choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you,
or you can let it strengthen you.

If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means “First Attempt In Learning”. End is not the end,
in fact, E.N.D. means “Effort Never Dies”. If you get No as an answer, remember that N.O.
means “Next Opportunity”. So let’s be positive.

Good friends helps you to find important things when you have lost them…your smile, your
hope and your courage.

Fall in love with someone who wants you and cherishes you. Someone who understands you
even in the madness; someone who helps you and guides you. Someone who is your support,
your hope. Fall in love with someone who forgives you after an argument. Fall in love with
someone who misses you and wants to be with you. Do not fall in love only with a body or a
face; fall in love with a heart and a soul.

Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream,
you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that
you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period. –The Pursuit of Happiness movie

We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic to
creativity. When we get home, home is still the same, but something in our minds has
changed, and that changes everything.

An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with
difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus and keep
aiming.

At the end of the day, remind yourself that you did the best you could today, and that is good
enough.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort. It’s choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or
easy. It’s choosing to practice your values rather than simply professing them. –Brene Brown

Today is Mine – It is Unique

Nobody in the whole world has one exactly like it. It holds the sum of all my past experiences
and all of my future potential. I can fill it with joyous moments or ruin it with fruitless worry. If
painful recollections of the past come into my mind or frightening thoughts of the future, I can
put them away. They cannot spoil my day.
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
When tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand, that an angel came and called
my name and took me by the hand. The angel said my place was ready, in Heaven far above,
and that I’d have to leave behind all those I dearly love. But when I walked through Heaven’s
gates, I felt so much at home, for God looked down, smiled at me and told me “welcome
home”. So when tomorrow starts without me, don’t think we’re far apart, for every time you
think of me, I’m right there in your heart.

A Parent’s Prayer
Thank you for my children, Lord; I know they are a gift from you. Daily I need Your strength and
wisdom to train them in the way they should go. Give me patience and a joyful heart; let me
be an example of Your love and forgiveness. Thank You, Father, for the honor of being a
parent. Amen.

7 Reminders from God

I will be with you
I will strengthen you
I will answer you
I will protect you
I will provide for you
I will give you peace
I will love you (and always have)

Prayer for Today

Father, today I release to You all that I am and all that I have. I invite You to flood
every part of my being and use me for Your glory. Thank You for using what is in my
hand today in Jesus’s name. Amen.

Family Rules
Always tell the truth
Work hard
Keep your promises
Try new things
Don’t whine
Laugh out loud
Always say I Love You
Use kind words
Do your best
Be grateful
Be kind
Be proud of yourself
Say please and thank you
Remember you are loved

Make the Ordinary Come Alive

Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable, but it is a way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them. the extraordinary will take care of itself.

How to Help with Anxiety

Look around you, find:
-5 things you can see
-4 things you can touch
-3 things you can hear
-2 things you can smell
-1 thing you can taste.
This is called grounding. It can help when you feel like you have lost all control of your
surroundings.

Start each day with a grateful heart

Today is a good day for a good day!

Someone will always be prettier. Someone will always be smarter. Someone will always be
younger. But they will never be you.

Best friends are the people in life that make you laugh a little louder, smile a little brighter and
live a little better.

I wish you the strength to face challenges with confidence...along with the wisdom to choose
your battles carefully...I wish you adventure on your journey and may you always stop to help
someone along the way...Listen to your heart and take risks carefully... Remember how much
you are loved...I am so proud of you..

Blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours shine any brighter.

A few bad chapters does not mean your story is over.

Happiness stops when we stop complaining about the troubles we have, and say thanks to God
for the troubles we don’t have.

Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been
planted. – Christine Caine

When you start doubting yourself remember how far you have come, remember everything
you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.

An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of
the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case heart might stop, mind
can forget. I love them with my soul, Soul never stops or forgets. – Rumi
Many we love have passed away too soon… Without reason. We remember them often in a
thousand different ways, In the morning… In the night… When we look at the stars… A date… A
song… A place… A smell…

It’s a new day, fresh start, fresh energy, new opportunities. Get your mind right, be thankful,
be positive and start your day right.

You are not everyone’s cup of tea, and that’s okay. The world is filled with people who, no
matter what you do, no matter what you try, will simply not like you. But the world is also filled
with those who will love you fiercely. The ones who love you: they are your people. Don’t
waste your finite time and heart trying to convince people who aren’t your people that you
have value. They will miss it completely. They won’t buy what you are selling. Don’t try to
convince them to walk your path with you because you will only waste your time and your
emotional good health. You are not for them and they are not for you. You are not their cup of
tea and they are not yours. Politely wave them along and you move away as well. Seek to
share your path with those who recognize and appreciate your gifts, who you are. Be who you
are. You are not everyone’s cup of tea and that is okay.

Life is short, so LIVE it. Love is rare, so GRAB it. Fear controls you, so FACE it. Memories are
precious, so CHERISH them. We only get one life, so LIVE it.

Your willingness to look at your fabric is what empowers you to change. – Iyanla Vanzant

Death takes the body. God takes the soul. Our minds hold the memories. Our hearts keep the
love. Our faith lets us know we will meet again.

Being negative only makes a journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t
have to sit on it. – Joyce Meyer

As the daughter of the King, you get to wear your princess crown. I hope you’ll do so proudly.
But remember, that woman over there who may be so easy to judge…she’s a daughter of the
King, too. She has her own crown. It’s different than yours but it’s just as beautiful. She is just
as valuable to the King. As daughters, let’s make sure to treat our sisters like princesses, too. –
Kelli Bachara, The Unraveling Blog

Rembmer whenever you’re in a position to help someone, be glad and always do it because
that’s God answering someone else’s prayers through you.

The OTHER Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to stop beating myself up for not doing things perfectly, the
courage to forgive myself because I’m working on doing better and the wisdom to know that
you already love me just the way I am.

Surround yourself with people that push you to do better. No drama or negativity. Just higher
goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy or hate. Simply
bringing out the absolute best in each other. – Warren Buffett
Some people live in a bitter, angry, hate-filled world. Some people live in a friendly, caring,
love-filled world. Same world… - Jose N. Harris

God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain,
broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. – Vance Havner

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you
can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can. – John Wesley

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you
right, forgive the ones who don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get
the chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy, they just
promised it would be worth it. – Dr. Seuss

There was a moment when I realized I no longer was the same person. Life had changed. And
the me before slowly faded in the fabric of the years. If I looked closely the scars were there,
but they no longer caused pain. Now they were simply part of my story. Instead of being
something I ran from they became something that created the strength in who I am now. –
Rachel Marie Martin, The Brave Art of Motherhood

If we could spread love as quickly as we spread hate and negativity, what an amazing world we
would live in.

It’s okay to cry if you’re in pain. Remember tears are prayers too. They travel to God when we
can’t speak.

Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to
care. Let your words heal and not wound.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called “yesterday” and
the other is called “tomorrow”. Today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together. – Brene
Brown

No matter how stressed you are, remember how blessed you are.

If you’re always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you’re in? Enjoy the ride!

What the caterpillar calls the end, the butterfly calls the beginning.

If your path is more difficult, it is because your calling is higher.

Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others.

You are responsible for your happiness. In fact, you create it. You attract it. You manifest it.
You are the architect of your reality. You choose your thoughts, your perceptions, and your
reaction to external forces. You possess all of the tools needed to expand your awareness, to
orchestrate the evolution of your consciousness, to choose happiness, to choose love. You are
that powerful. Create the life you deserve. Vibrate love.

You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

As we journey under our individual umbrellas, we should not forget we all share the same sky.
– Doris Day

Six Important Guidelines for Life

1. When you are alone, mind your thoughts.
2. When you are with friends, mind your tongue.
3. When you are angry, mind your temper.
4. When you are with a group, mind your behavior.
5. When you are in trouble, mind your emotions.
6. When God starts blessing you, mind your ego.

Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it hope. Feed it truth. Feed it with
love.

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What
you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
– Jane Goodall

You’re not behind in life. There’s no schedule or timetable that we all must follow. It’s all made
up. Wherever you are right now is exactly where you need to be. Seven billion people can’t do
everything in exactly the same scheduled order. We are all different with a variety of needs
and goals. Some get married early, some get married late, while others don’t get married at all.
What is early? What is late? Compared to whom? Compared with what? Some want children,
others don’t. Some want a career; others enjoy taking care of a house and children. Your life is
not on anyone else’s schedule. Don’t beat yourself up for where you are right now. It’s your
timeline, not anyone else’s, and nothing is off schedule. – Emily Maroutian

You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.

Beauty Tips by Audrey Hepburn

For attractive lips, speak with words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.
People even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and
redeemed. Never throw out anybody.

A bar of iron cost $5. Made into horseshoes, it’s worth $12. Made into needles, it’s worth
$3500. Made into balance springs for watches, it’s worth $300,000. Your value is determined
by what you are able to make of yourself, so do not shortchange yourself.
You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to
you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice
does not belong to fate, it belongs to you.

Don’t change yourself so that other people will like you. Be yourself so that the right people
will love you.

Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on
the Earth, for what they believe is what they will become! – Brooke Hampton

I am sorry that you are a giver in a world full of takers. I know that you are tired. Just know that
the giver has the ability to fill their own cup, and the taker is constantly in need of someone to
fill theirs. There is great power in being a giver.

God didn’t make you to be loved by everyone. He didn’t make you to be one-size-fits-all and
generic and boring. He did not send you to this Earth so that you could please all the people.
He made you to love Him, and to follow Him, and to carry out His very specific purpose by
being your very own you.

One of the most powerful truths we can offer our children is the knowledge that we’re all still
learning. None of us have arrived; we all have room to grow. This frees our kids from expecting
perfection of themselves – or anyone else – because they know that life is a journey, from day
one on. – Erica Layne

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However,
the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present…gratefully. – Maya Angelou

If you are more fortunate than others, build a longer table, not a taller fence.

If you feel like you are losing everything, remember that trees lose their leaves every year and
they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the
branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself.

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be
mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally,
extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. –
L.R. Knost

Its okay if you fall apart sometimes. Tacos fall apart and we still love them.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. –
Henri J. M. Nouwen

Choose Joy!
Don’t wait for things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be
happy right now. Otherwise, you’ll run out of time.
You don’t have to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with
your imperfections.

Like wildflowers; you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people never thought you
would. – E.V.

Every person you meet today is either a demolition site or a construction opportunity. Your
words will make a difference. Will they be weapons for destruction or tools for construction?

Walk like a queen. Live like a hippie. Speak like a sailor. Travel like a gypsy. Garden like a witch.
Work like a warrior. – Jo Lee

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the
planet. – Mohadesa Najumi

Don’t worry about the numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person
nearest you. – Mother Teresa

There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still. – Corrie Ten Boom

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy
to leave behind.

I declare every negative thing that has made you cry over the years will fade away and be
replaced with happiness, laughter, love and blessing.

She couldn’t keep her colors inside the lines, so she drew new lines.

Your direction matters more than your speed

Confidence is not “they will like me”; confidence is “I’ll be fine if they don’t”. –Christina
Grimme

No matter how stressed you are, remember how blessed you are.

Remember whenever you’re in a position to help someone, be glad and always do it because
that’s God answering someone else’s prayers through you.

Being negative only makes a journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don’t
have to sit on it. – Joyce Meyer

Life is short, so live it

Love is rare, so grab it
Fear controls you, so face it
Memories are precious, so cherish them
We only get one life, so live it!
Surround yourself with people that push you to do better. No drama or negativity. Just higher
goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy or hate. Simply
bringing out the absolute best in each other. –Warren Buffet

Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could
be given a single weed and only see the wildflower in it. Perception is a key component to
gratitude. And gratitude is a key component to joy.

Even though there are days I wish I could change some things that happened in the past,
there’s a reason the rear view mirror is so small and the windshield is so big, where you’re
headed is much more important than what you’ve left behind.

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together. – Brene
Brown

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called “yesterday” and
the other is called “tomorrow”. Today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Today will never come again. Be a blessing. Be a friend. Encourage someone. Take time to
care. Let your words heal and not wound.

Some people live in a bitter, angry, hate-filled world. Some people live in a friendly, caring,
love-filled world. Same world… - Jose N. Harris

God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain,
broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. – Vance Havner

We can’t always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it.

“Someday you will be faced with the reality of loss. And as life goes on, days rolling into nights,
it will become clear that you never really stop missing someone special who’s gone, you just
learn to live around the gaping hole of their absence. When you lose someone you can’t
imagine living without, your heart breaks wide open, and the bad news is you never
completely get over the loss. You will never forget them. However, in a backwards way, this is
also the good news. They will live on in the warmth of your broken heart that doesn’t fully heal
back up, and you will continue to grow and experience life, even with your wound. Its like
badly breaking an ankle that never heals perfectly, and that still hurts when you dance, but you
dance anyway with a slight limp, and this limp just adds to the depth of your performance and
the authenticity of your character. The people you lose remain a part of you. Remember them
and always cherish the good moments spent with them.” – don’t’ know author, but shared by
Christopher Walken

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come
through your door. – Irish blessing

Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving forward. – Einstein
You can’t skip chapters, that’s not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every
character. You won’t enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks. You will
read things you don’t want to read, you will have moments when you don’t want the pages to
end. But you have to keep going. Stories keep the world revolving. Live yours, don’t miss out. –
Pillow Thoughts II

You can shed tears because they are gone, or you can smile because they lived. You can close
your eyes and pray they will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that they left for
you. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see them, or you can be full of the love you
shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for
tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember only that they are gone, or you can
cherish their memory and let it live on. You can cry and close your mind and feel empty, or you
can do what they would want. Smile, open your heart, love…and go on. – Elizabeth Ammons

8 things to remember when going through tough times

 Everything can – and will – change.
 You’ve overcome challenges before.
 It’s a learning experience.
 Not getting what you want can be a blessing.
 Allow yourself to have some fun.
 Being kind to yourself is the best medicine.
 Other people’s negativity isn’t worth worrying about.
 There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.

A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.

Be a pineapple. Stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside.