Tag: Nurture

Allowing Yourself To Appreciate What You Have

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Photo by Anna Shvets

Be grateful for what you have. Stop paying attention to what you don’t have. We don’t see what we have because we are searching for what is not there. Searching for what is not there is like chasing a butterfly. It will never be there. Focus on what you already have. Maintain it. Nurture it. Because if you don’t maintain and respect what you have, they will disappear.

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”- Oprah Winfrey

Don’t waste your time on what is not there. What is not there is not there. Focus on what is there. Focus on your life. Focus on your career. Focus on your growth. Focus on your health. Focus on your relationships (with yourself and others). The more you focus on what is necessary, the more you will attract it into your life. In the words of Oprah Winfrey, “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” You want more things, right? Then be thankful for what you already have.

If You Keep Going Back To Your Old Life, How Can You Make Your New Life?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Photo by Bill White

“I can’t go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”- Lewis Caroll

Yesterday was yesterday. Today is today. And tomorrow will be tomorrow. Life is a continuous process. Life is moving forward , not backward. It is changing.

If you want to move your life forward, you must change. You must stop going back to where people don’t respect you. Stop going back to your comfort zone. Stop going back to your old pain. Let it go.

Let the bad things go. Let your bad friends go. You don’t need them in your life anymore. You don’t need people who will put you down. You need people who will lift you up. You need people who will help you find your purpose in life. They are waiting for you.

But if you keep going back to your old life, how can you make your new life? To make your new life, to nurture your present, to nurture your future, you must stop going back to your old zone. You don’t need it. All you need is now. Are you ready to stop going back to your old pain?