Barriers

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." Rumi

• I love, nurture, and respect the inner child I see in others.
• I love others unconditionally from the fullness of my own heart.
• I love myself and allow others to love me also.

Inspiration

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." Ella Fitzgerald

• Adventure is the result of my willingness to live with a spirit of enthusiasm.
• I keep my mind fit by challenging my intellect.
• I spend my days doing what I value.

Optimistic

"If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your hands." Bob Proctor

• I fill my mind with peaceful thoughts.
• I am optimistic.
• I am thankful for all the little things.

Morning Dew

"The spur of delight comes in small ways." Robert L Stevenson

• I take time to be silent.
• I enjoy the beauty of the world around me.
• I value simple pleasures.

Rainbows of my Life

"Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up...is for you and you alone to decide." Cavett Robert

• I can courageously handle anything as long as I take it one moment at a time.
• I have a positive, uplifting attitude.
• Each day I open my heart to recognize the rainbows of my life.

Looking out the Window

"Oh mom....

Thank you for all you love and laughs. My world wouldn't be the same without you and your support and our talks. I think it's such a gift for both of us that we are on our passionate life's journey together. It's also quite a gift that we truly get one another and have this amazing zest and passion for our lives. If people could only see what we see when we look out the window :)."

Holly Nakashima

Courage

"It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before...to test your limits...to break through barriers...and the day came when the risk it took to continue to remain inside the bud of a rose was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin

• I am willing to grow up.
• I say "Yes" to life.
• I have the courage to take responsibility for myself.

The Power of Prayer

"The vibrations of mental forces are the finest and consequently the

most powerful in existence." Charles Haanel

• I love and accept myself exactly as I am.
• I meditate each day and grow with insight as to my purpose in life.
• I am one with my inner power and the universe.

Life

"Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can choose to see life as ever widening. To choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we have learned and create something beautiful." Liz Carpenter

• Today I choose to believe I can do all things.
• I have the courage to believe in myself.
• My hopes and dreams are alive within me.

Splendid Torch

"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the next generations." George Shaw

• I own my own excellence by concentrating on the good in myself.
• I am light, and I reflect light onto others.
• I see myself as a vessel for divine energy and find joy in serving others.

Wait Upon the Lord

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:32

• I take time to replenish my energy through rest and relaxation.
• I have energy and will power to do everything I must do in a day.
• My body is strong and resilient.

Miracles

"There are only two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein

• I am in tune with my spiritual oneness and continue to grow more each day.
• I give myself permission to keep my life simple.
• I appreciate each priceless day I live.

Holiness

"When your life is filled with the desire to see holiness in everyday life, something magical happens; ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul." Rabbi Harold Kushner

• I give myself permission to fill my cup to over flowing.
• I am fresh and clean.
• I am filled with love and energy.

I Know What I Want

"Everything is in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step towards getting it." Mae West

• I am open and receptive in allowing prosperity to flow into my life and I am graciously receiving it.
• Everything I do and touch I prosper.
• I am rich today to the extent beyond anything I could ever imagine.

I Laugh

"I laugh, I love, I hope, I dream, I hurt, I cry, I fear, I try...I live." Maggie Swain

• I take one thing at a time in bite-size pieces.
• I live in the "here & now," and I am thriving.
• I fill my mind with peaceful thoughts.

God is my Lighthouse

"God is my lighthouse. He guides my life through each phase, each difficulty and each treasured moment." Maggie Swain

• I allow myself to rest in the unseen arms of God.
• I have the power to create peaceful thoughts even in stressful situations.
• I speak to myself in a loving and supportive matter.

Knowledge

"Reading furnishes our mind with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read, ours..." John Locke

• I understand everything I read.
• Everything comes easily to me and I retain all new information.
• I have a photogenic memory.

Hero

"You are the hero of your own story." Mary McCarthy

• Today I choose to believe I can do all things.
• I trust I am capable.
• I am not alone.

Love

"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house...let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your warm greeting." Mother Teresa

• I express myself with love and kindness.
• I love others by listening attentively to them.
• I do small things with great love.

Seek What is Honorable

"If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course." Oprah Winfrey

• I am blessed and prosperous.
• I am focused on what is important, and I am enjoying what life has to offer.
• I appreciate each priceless day I live.

Success

"Success is creating a state of mind that allows you to obtain whatever

it is you really want." Dr. Victor Frankel

• I am persistent and ambitious.
• I am confident, optimistic and look forward to new challenges.
• I am reliant, self-confident, and full of dtermination and independence.

Possibilities

"Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do." William Ellery Channing

• I am a beautiful person with a beautiful spirit.
• I live each day knowing my possibilities are endless.
• This very day, is in so many ways the very best day I have ever experienced, and I am here today to fully live in it's abundant treasures.

I Have a Dream

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney

• I have an exceptional memory, and excel in my studies.
• I have a wonderful job that I enjoy and it fulfills me in many levels.
• I transform my thoughts into positive magnets of prosperity.

Your Heart

"As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." Proverbs 23:7

• I radiate my deep inner peace and deeply touch those around me.
• I am balanced and in harmony with my inner self and the universe.
• I enjoy the beauty of the world around me.

Self-Confidence

"Self-confidence is the first prerequisite to great undertaking." Samuel Johnson

• I am confident, optimistic and look forward to new challenges.
• I have great inner courage and project a positive self-image.
• I value myself, and I am worthy of good things.

Your Right

"If you think you can or think you can't, your right." Henry Ford

• I help myself achieve my goals by knowing I can surmount any obstacles in my path.
• I accentuate my abilities.
• I am one with my inner power and the universe.

The Ecstasy of Free Thought

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve." Dr. Napoleon Hill

• I set and achieve all of my goals.
• Each day I do something towards fulfilling my personal dreams and goals.
• My priorities and goals are set and I am expecting success.

Crossroad

"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength." Hasidic Saying

• I know my purpose in life.
• I am one with my inner power and the universe.
• I am confident, optimistic and look forward to new challenges.

Greatness

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." Mother Teresa

• I give thanks for the gifts that I alone have to share.
• I compassionately tend my inner garden.
• I appreciate the unique beauty I bring to the world.

What Lies Within

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies withus us." Emerson

• I take time to listen to my inner wisdom.
• I trust my inner butterfly.
• I am light, and allow my light to shine.

Desire

"If we go down into ourselves we find that we possess exactly what we desire." Simone Weil

• I value myself, and I am worthy of good things.
• I am worthy of living the life I want to live.
• I refuse to accept limitations.

The Whole World in your Hands

"In oneself lies the whole world, and if you know how to look and learn, then the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you the key or the door to open, except yourself." J. Krishnamurti

• Today I choose to believe I can do all things.
• I believe in my strengths, skills, and talents.
• I am committed to making the most of my life.

Decisive Words of Thinking

"A beautiful mind begins with decisive words of thinking." Maggie Swain

• Today I choose to see my life for the wonderful gift that it is.
• I recognize the miracle of being who I am. I am enough.
• I have the power and discipline to do anything I desire.

Holy Ground

Have you ever been to your sacred Holy Ground?

Have you ever sat in that quiet Holy Seat?

Have you ever felt that inner light of love fall across

your Holy Inner Being?

By: Maggie E. Swain