Di, here is a positive quote for today. We love you and miss you!
E, P & A
The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes. – Marcel Proust
E, P & A
xxx
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Today's positive thought
The most positive thought we felt was relevant for today is: You're going to be surrounded by love from Pete & Rach today!
Love to you all. Wish we could be there too!
E, P & A
Positive thought for the day...
Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's a cha-cha. -R. Brault
Monday, December 30, 2013
New year's positive thought
It's new year's eve tomorrow so I thought I'd send a couple of things.
(1) Some happy memories. New Year's Eve has always had family memories for me. Tomorrow even though Pete and I won't be with you, Stacy will be there to celebrate the start of the new year with you. I particularly remember New Year's Eve throughout my teens and early 20s spent with the Williams family. Playing stations at Cyril and Betty's; searching for the cats in their wonderful sprawling house; greeting the new year of 1990 with an accidental fart and starting a tradition with cousin Karen (remembering, not recreating); standing out in the freezing snow at Phil and Ali's house, convinced that people were winding me up with this whole idea of first footing... All that to say: New Year's Eve is generally a happy time and a good time to celebrate what we have and look forward to the next year.
(2) In that spirit, I have found it useful to try to make some sort of a list of resolutions for the year each January. Nothing too complicated, but it's a useful exercise to jot down some of the things I most want to try to do over the year, whether it's to travel to a new place, lose a little weight, break a personal best at running, look after a baby, or improve something at work. I end up with a short list of goals for the year and it helps focus on what I think are really important to me right now. The act of writing them down helps more than just thinking about them. You might like to give it a go.
Talk soon. Love,
Paul, Elizabeth and Aurora xx
(1) Some happy memories. New Year's Eve has always had family memories for me. Tomorrow even though Pete and I won't be with you, Stacy will be there to celebrate the start of the new year with you. I particularly remember New Year's Eve throughout my teens and early 20s spent with the Williams family. Playing stations at Cyril and Betty's; searching for the cats in their wonderful sprawling house; greeting the new year of 1990 with an accidental fart and starting a tradition with cousin Karen (remembering, not recreating); standing out in the freezing snow at Phil and Ali's house, convinced that people were winding me up with this whole idea of first footing... All that to say: New Year's Eve is generally a happy time and a good time to celebrate what we have and look forward to the next year.
(2) In that spirit, I have found it useful to try to make some sort of a list of resolutions for the year each January. Nothing too complicated, but it's a useful exercise to jot down some of the things I most want to try to do over the year, whether it's to travel to a new place, lose a little weight, break a personal best at running, look after a baby, or improve something at work. I end up with a short list of goals for the year and it helps focus on what I think are really important to me right now. The act of writing them down helps more than just thinking about them. You might like to give it a go.
Talk soon. Love,
Paul, Elizabeth and Aurora xx
Positve pics of Aurora and granny Di
Love, Paul
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Positive thought about teaching
My positive thought for the day is this: If we assumed that you taught for 30 years and that you taught 50 new kids each year during that time, then over the course of your teaching career you were able to have a positive influence on 1500 children. That's not even including all the ones you were head of house for, looked after on school trips etc. That's something to be very proud of.
And I thought you were a very good teacher too, even if you did set lots of homework. :-)
Love
Paul, Elizabeth and little miss Aurora
And I thought you were a very good teacher too, even if you did set lots of homework. :-)
Love
Paul, Elizabeth and little miss Aurora
First postive thought email
I found this while researching positive thoughts of the day. Hopefully, you find something in this article meaningful. Which of the following affirmation quotes do you like best? I like the Einstein one (unsurprisingly). I seem to remember that you keep one posted on your mirror in your bedroom, but I can't remember which one it is.
"Affіrmаtіоn quоtеѕ аrе а grеаt tооl tо uѕе fоr ѕtауіng mоtіvаtеd whеn рrасtісіng аnу аffіrmаtіоnѕ оn уоur lіѕt оf аffіrmаtіоnѕ bесаuѕе thеу rеmіnd уоu thаt thе аffіrmаtіоn рrосеѕѕ wоrkѕ. Mаnу реорlе, hоwеvеr, lеаvе оut thеѕе tуреѕ оf quоtеѕ frоm thеіr dаіlу роѕіtіvе аffіrmаtіоnѕ lіѕt аnd ѕоlеlу fосuѕ оn јuѕt оnе саtеgоrу оf аffіrmаtіоnѕ оr роѕіtіvе рhrаѕеѕ. Thіѕ аrtісlе еxрlаіnѕ whу іnсludіng аffіrmаtіоn quоtеѕ аnd mаnу оthеr tуреѕ оf аffіrmаtіоnѕ іѕ vаluаblе.
MOTIVATIONAL AFFIRMATIONS: Whеn уоu thіnk оf а mоtіvаtіоnаl аffіrmаtіоn, whаt соmеѕ tо mіnd? Uѕuаllу ѕоmеthіng lіkе, "I'm mоtіvаtеd tо [fіll іn thе blаnk]." But а bеttеr mоtіvаtіоnаl рhrаѕе соuld bе uѕіng роѕіtіvе thіnkіng quоtеѕ аnd аffіrmаtіоnѕ quоtеѕ tо hеlр уоu "bеlіеvе" thаt уоu асtuаllу hаvе thе аbіlіtу tо сhаngе уоur bеlіеfѕ. Whу іѕ thіѕ іmроrtаnt? Bесаuѕе nоthіng сhаngеѕ іn уоur "оutеr wоrld" untіl ѕоmеthіng сhаngеѕ іn thе "іnnеr wоrld" оf уоur mіnd. I thіnk Albеrt Eіnѕtеіn ѕаіd іt vеrу wеll whеn hе ѕаіd:
"Yоur іmаgіnаtіоn іѕ уоur рrеvіеw оf lіfе'ѕ соmіng аttrасtіоnѕ." ~ Albеrt Eіnѕtеіn
Mаnу tіmеѕ whеn I wаnt tо rеmіnd mуѕеlf thаt mу lіѕt оf аffіrmаtіоnѕ асtuаllу hаѕ grеаt роwеr tо hеlр mе сhаngе, I'll rереаt Eіnѕtеіn'ѕ quоtе tо mуѕеlf аll dау аѕ а turbо bооѕt fоr соnfіdеnсе іn thе рrосеѕѕ оf dоіng mу dаіlу роѕіtіvе аffіrmаtіоnѕ. Anоthеr оnе оf mу fаvоrіtеѕ іѕ frоm Nароlеоn Hіll:
"Anу іdеа, рlаn, оr рurроѕе mау bе рlасеd іn thе mіnd thrоugh rереtіtіоn оf thоught." ~ Nароlеоn Hіll
Thе fасt thаt thеѕе twо mеn wеrе grеаtlу ѕuссеѕѕful аlѕо tеllѕ mу ѕubсоnѕсіоuѕ thаt I'm rереаtіng аffіrmаtіоn quоtеѕ frоm реорlе whо "knеw whаt thеу wеrе tаlkіng аbоut."
POSITIVE THINKING QUOTES: Pоѕіtіvе thіnkіng quоtеѕ, whіlе nоt dіrесtlу соnfіrmіng thе роwеr оf rереаtіng роѕіtіvе рhrаѕеѕ thеmѕеlvеѕ, аrе аlѕо wоrdѕ оf аffіrmаtіоn whісh "аffіrm" thаt роѕіtіvе thіnkіng аnd kееріng а роѕіtіvе аttіtudе wіll mаkе уоu hарріеr оr mоrе ѕuссеѕѕful. Thіѕ gіvеѕ уоu hоре аnd hоре gіvеѕ уоu mоtіvаtіоn. Whу? Sіmрlу bесаuѕе wе'rе mоrе mоtіvаtеd tо gеt uр аnd dо ѕоmеthіng whеn wе thіnk thаt thе "ѕоmеthіng" thаt wе'rе dоіng іѕ vеrу роѕѕіblе tо асhіеvе. Thіѕ іѕ аlѕо truе wіth аnу роѕіtіvе аffіrmаtіоn thаt уоu рrасtісе bесаuѕе іt іѕ thrоugh thеѕе dаіlу роѕіtіvе рhrаѕеѕ thаt сhаngе оссurѕ іnсh bу іnсh. I vіеw JRR Tоlkіеn'ѕ quоtе аѕ ѕummіng іt uр рrесіѕеlу whеn tаlkіng аbоut hоw wоrdѕ оf аffіrmаtіоn, mоtіvаtіоnаl аffіrmаtіоnѕ, ѕеlf еѕtееm аffіrmаtіоnѕ оr аnу оthеr dаіlу роѕіtіvе аffіrmаtіоnѕ оn уоur lіѕt оf аffіrmаtіоnѕ wоrk оvеr tіmе:
"Lіttlе bу lіttlе, оnе trаvеlѕ fаr." ~ J R R Tоlkіеn
In fасt, іf уоu lооk аt уоur lіѕt оf аffіrmаtіоnѕ аѕ thе dаѕhbоаrd іn уоur сосkріt оf уоur rосkеt ѕhір, уоu'll ѕее thаt еvеrу tіmе уоu рrасtісе аnу оf уоur dаіlу роѕіtіvе аffіrmаtіоnѕ оr оthеr wоrdѕ оf аffіrmаtіоn thаt іnіtіаtе а ѕmаll сhаngе іn thе dіrесtіоn оf уоur dеѕіrеѕ, уоu'll rеаlіzе thаt wіth еvеrу "роѕіtіvе аffіrmаtіоn buttоn" уоu рuѕh оn thе dаѕhbоаrd, thаt уоu аrе сhаngіng thе trајесtоrу оf уоur rосkеt ѕhір "lіttlе bу lіttlе" untіl уоu аrе оn а nеw hеаdіng. Kіnd оf lіkе Stаr Trеk whеn thе сарtаіn іnіtіаtеd оrdеrѕ fоr а nеw bеаrіng. Thіѕ іѕ еxасtlу whаt уоu аrе dоіng whеn уоu аrе рrасtісіng уоur аffіrmаtіоn lіѕt оf quоtеѕ аnd оthеr wоrdѕ оf аffіrmаtіоn."
Much love,
Elizabeth, Paul & Aurora
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