If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realising that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page. -Mark Houlahan
This quote really gels with me at the moment as I am on a new path and I am writing a new story for myself. I have made many changes to my thinking and my daily routines which has without a doubt changed my life.
There is another quote swimming in my thoughts at the moment, along the lines of; To change your whole life, all you need is to change your thoughts....
I don't know who to credit that quote with, or if it is even a correct recreation of it. But I can honestly say without a shadow of doubt - this quote is true and correct in every way.
Any bad situation you may have - ANY bad situation can be changed in an instant if you just change your thoughts about it..
For instance: my childhood was so terrible, I hate my parents, they didn't even try to be good parents, they were too caught up in their own lives to care about me....
Some people will carry this thought their whole lives and inevitably re-enact their childhood for their kids - and so continues the cycle....
However if you just change your thoughts to: My parents could have done a better job, but I am thankful for their mistakes because it has made me so much stronger. I have learnt to look after myself, without the lessons they taught me (no matter how harsh and unfair they were) I wouldn't have achieved all that I have or have the burning passion to give my children a much better life. I have become a better person because of it, and I wouldn't change it for the world..
You can tell which path is the more empowering of the two... I guess I strayed down that tangent briefly because it is pertinent to where I am now.
I have been wading through my past - which I believed to be terrible and unjust (which it is) however I have realised that holding on to hurt - only keeps me hurting... It has no effect on the people I hold responsible. In fact I am taking all responsibility away from them and all the power I have allowed them to have over the last few years... I am in charge of my own life - my own feelings - my emotions - my success - my failures.
In fact I am going one step further.. I am going to use the hurt as fuel, I am using it to give me power and drive. I have forgiven them... Well maybe that is still a stretch, but I am willing to forgive them - I want it to be over with, I don't want them in my thoughts, I don't want to continue to be their victim. I am my own success. I am in control.
All of the hurt and time I've wasted thinking about the past is going into my fuel tank for energy. I am passionate about turning my life around. I am dedicated to being the best I can be. They can't stop me from achieving anything I want.... I thank them (my family) for all the unnecessary pain - without it I wouldn't have anything to prove and wouldn't be so passionate about being the best I can......
So for all the pain, hurt, bad decisions, abandonment and endangerment - THANK YOU - from the bottom of my heart. It has made me who I am, it is now the corner stone for my success.
From here on out I am writing my own story....
This quote really gels with me at the moment as I am on a new path and I am writing a new story for myself. I have made many changes to my thinking and my daily routines which has without a doubt changed my life.
There is another quote swimming in my thoughts at the moment, along the lines of; To change your whole life, all you need is to change your thoughts....
I don't know who to credit that quote with, or if it is even a correct recreation of it. But I can honestly say without a shadow of doubt - this quote is true and correct in every way.
Any bad situation you may have - ANY bad situation can be changed in an instant if you just change your thoughts about it..
For instance: my childhood was so terrible, I hate my parents, they didn't even try to be good parents, they were too caught up in their own lives to care about me....
Some people will carry this thought their whole lives and inevitably re-enact their childhood for their kids - and so continues the cycle....
However if you just change your thoughts to: My parents could have done a better job, but I am thankful for their mistakes because it has made me so much stronger. I have learnt to look after myself, without the lessons they taught me (no matter how harsh and unfair they were) I wouldn't have achieved all that I have or have the burning passion to give my children a much better life. I have become a better person because of it, and I wouldn't change it for the world..
You can tell which path is the more empowering of the two... I guess I strayed down that tangent briefly because it is pertinent to where I am now.
I have been wading through my past - which I believed to be terrible and unjust (which it is) however I have realised that holding on to hurt - only keeps me hurting... It has no effect on the people I hold responsible. In fact I am taking all responsibility away from them and all the power I have allowed them to have over the last few years... I am in charge of my own life - my own feelings - my emotions - my success - my failures.
In fact I am going one step further.. I am going to use the hurt as fuel, I am using it to give me power and drive. I have forgiven them... Well maybe that is still a stretch, but I am willing to forgive them - I want it to be over with, I don't want them in my thoughts, I don't want to continue to be their victim. I am my own success. I am in control.
All of the hurt and time I've wasted thinking about the past is going into my fuel tank for energy. I am passionate about turning my life around. I am dedicated to being the best I can be. They can't stop me from achieving anything I want.... I thank them (my family) for all the unnecessary pain - without it I wouldn't have anything to prove and wouldn't be so passionate about being the best I can......
So for all the pain, hurt, bad decisions, abandonment and endangerment - THANK YOU - from the bottom of my heart. It has made me who I am, it is now the corner stone for my success.
From here on out I am writing my own story....
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