Tag: Believe

You Cannot Go Back, But You Can Go Forward

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Photo by Roberto Hund

It takes courage to live. And to live your life, you must have confidence in yourself. You must have confidence in your abilities to live your life in the present, in the moment, in the now.

Appreciate yesterday, but enjoy today. Today is all that you have right now. If you lose it, it will never come back to you.

Do not waste your time. Because you cannot go back, you can only go forward. In the words of Paulo Coelho, “No one can go back, but everyone can go forward. And tomorrow, when the sun rises, all you have to say to yourselves is: I am going to think of this day as the first day of my life.”

Yes, today is the first day of your life. Today is a new day. Today is a new life. Today is a new beginning.

Whether you want to believe it or not, you have the power to change your life. Because every day is a new opportunity to live a new life. Every day is a new chance to reinvent ourselves.

Every day is a new start. It is an opportunity to run your own race. Today is your day. Live it.

You Have The Power To Create Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Photo by Samkov

You have the power to create yourself. You have the power to change what you don’t like about yourself. But you can’t do it overnight. If you really want to work on yourself, you have got to be kind to yourself.

Change is not easy, but it is doable. You have the power to change yourself. Don Miquel Ruiz writes, “You have the power to create. Your power is so strong that whatever you believe comes true. You create yourself, whatever you believe you are. You are the way you are because that is what you believe about yourself. Your whole reality, everything you believe, is your creation. You have the same power as any other human in the world. The main difference between you and someone else is how you apply your power, what you create with your power. You may be similar to others in many ways, but no one in the world lives her life the way you do.” Go for it. Whatever you want to do to move yourself closer to your dreams, don’t let fear stop you from doing it. If you don’t do it, you will remain where you are.