Encouraging thoughts

UF_PikePC98 · #1 02-26-2003, 11:12 PM

I figured I'd start a thread for people who might need encouraging thoughts. All it takes is a simple phrase for someones day to turn from gloomy to bright. Feel free to post anything you feel might be benificial to others.

Mine-

The Power of Attitude:

"Our lives are not determined by what happenes to us, but by how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst...a spark that creates extraordinary results."

shopgirl · #2 02-26-2003, 11:23 PM

Great thread!

I collect quotes and I'm definately adding that one to my collection. Besides that, I'm having a really hard time right now and reading that was appropriate and encouraging.

Thanks

shopgirl · #3 02-26-2003, 11:28 PM

"What lies behind us and what lies before us is nothing compared to what lies within us."

Emerson

33girl · #4 02-26-2003, 11:42 PM

Hold your head up you silly girl
Look what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you
Silly girl

-The Beatles, "Martha My Dear" (named after Paul's Old English Sheepdog)

TigerGirl52 · #5 02-26-2003, 11:58 PM

Hey! Just wanted to compliment UF_Pike on this thread. I think it's a pretty cool gesture...especially since I'm having a crappy day today!

Allison

ADPiViolets · #6 02-27-2003, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 33girl
Hold your head up you silly girl
Look what you've done
When you find yourself in the thick of it
Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you
Silly girl

-The Beatles, "Martha My Dear" (named after Paul's Old English Sheepdog)

I love this song! And I LOVE the beatles and Paul! I saw him in concert in May!

I'm sorry, I just wanted to add this!

gphiangel624 · #7 02-27-2003, 02:41 AM

UF_PikePC98, thanks for starting this thread. I'm with all the others that it really does help to read these kind of words... I think I'm going to read this every day... and maybe add to it when I can actually think of something positive...

juniorgrrl · #8 02-27-2003, 11:50 AM

"Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh-darnit, people like me"

-stuart smalley

UF_PikePC98 · #9 02-27-2003, 12:13 PM

This one is a favorite when things seem to be in the distant:

Perseverance:

" In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins...not through strength, but through persistence."

queequek · #10 02-27-2003, 01:51 PM

"Don't worry, be happy"
- the Olsen twins, FULL HOUSE

UDZETA · #11 02-27-2003, 02:14 PM

God never closes one door without opening another.
By the way I really need some cheering up I have been having a very stressful week. Thanks for the thread!

MSSTCY1 · #12 02-27-2003, 03:17 PM

One of my sisters sent this to me at my absolute lowest point, and since then it always brings me up

I don't know who said it though.

The friends who can be silent with us in a moment of dispair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing - and face with us the reality of our powerlessness - those are the friends who really care.

UF_PikePC98 · #13 02-27-2003, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UDZETA
God never closes one door without opening another.
By the way I really need some cheering up I have been having a very stressful week. Thanks for the thread!

It's that weather up there that stresses people out......

Cheer up.....soon you'll be in Florida and having bright sunshining days!

Dionysus · #14 02-27-2003, 05:04 PM

"Man's rejection is a form of God's protection (from them)"

shopgirl · #15 02-27-2003, 05:23 PM

I am loving all of these quotes.

Dionysus...I especially like yours.

MSSCTY1...I like yours too, although it makes me feel lonely.