Don’t Let Life Discourage You

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Photo by Andrew Neel

You need courage to say yes to life. Simply put, “It takes courage to say yes to life.”

To live your life, you must have the courage to say no to the things that are hurting you. It is very important.

Richard L. Evans said, “Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” Do you believe that?

If you believe, you are right. If you don’t believe, you are also right.

Starting something new is hard. But not doing anything is a bad idea. Seth Godin writes, “The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.” If you do not start something, you will fail at something.

To win is to play. If you are not a participant, you are a bystander. People don’t celebrate bystanders; they celebrate participants.

If you want to win, be a player, not a spectator.

This Is Why You Should Give Yourself Plenty Of Love

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Photo by Reto Wiezel

Always give yourself plenty of love. When you are in love with yourself, nothing else matters. It is important to love and celebrate ourselves. That is why we are here. We are not here to hate. We are here to love.

But to give out love, you must first have it. And love is not what you get from other people. It is what you give to other people. To give love to other people, you have got to be really good at loving yourself.

Barbara De Angelis said, “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” To give out something, you must first have it. If you don’t have love to give to others, you will find it difficult to love anyone. The question is: Are you good at loving yourself?