Make Lemonade

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
- Charles R. Swindoll

Being defeated is often a temporary condition.
Giving up is what makes it permanent.
- Marilyn vos Savant

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations"
are opportunities to either advance,
or stay where you are.
- Maxwell Maltz

Zig as Life Zigs and Zag as Life Zags.
Stay Adaptable, Stay Joyful
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: There is a Way

Learning from Failure

Boldly Sail the Storms of Life

How to Stay Positive Around Negative People
    

Same Creation, Many Views

Loving people live in a loving world.
Hostile people live in a hostile world.
Same world.
- Wayne Dyer

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
- William Arthur Ward

The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man
are fixed upon the same creation;
but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.
- Albert Pike

A mentality of scarcity - of lack -
is the natural consequence of
viewing the world through eyes of fear.
In contrast, when the world is viewed
through eyes of love,
the future becomes unlimited.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choosing a Joyful Life

Being a Reflection

Don't Let One Cloud

Power of a Positive Attitude
    

Appreciating Our Lives

Joy is what happens to us
when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
- Marianne Williamson

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.
- Charles Kuralt

Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer,
for it acknowledges the presence of good
wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
- Alan Cohen

Seeing my glass of life as mostly full
triggers an amazing cycle of transformation
Appreciation for the abundance of life incites gratitude -
which brings on that warm comfortable
feeling of joy and satisfaction with life.
Gratitude for abundance also creates increasing abundance.
Being truly grateful for the abundance that
is now in my life causes an ever greater abundance
to flow in my direction.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Giving Thanks for the Commonplace

Feeling Blessed

The Power of Appreciation

Appreciating Today

Life Really Is Good
   

Burning Away Old Regrets and Resentments

Forgiveness is the cleansing fire
that burns away old regrets and resentments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
- A Course In Miracles

There is no love without forgiveness,
and there is no forgiveness without love.
- Bryant H. McGill

The practice of forgiveness is our most important
contribution to the healing of the world.
- Marianne Williamson

Today's affirmation:
I accept everything that ever has been,
with no regrets, no resentments, and no call for vengeance.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Forgive Others for Your Own Sake

Finding Peace in Forgiveness

Forgiveness is Essential to a Great Relationship

How to get over regrets and resentments

Burned by Your Own Anger
    

Surrender to Spirit

When I see Spirit in everything, Peace is at hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace.
Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world.
Amen.
- Marianne Williamson

Don't seek God in temples.
He is close to you.
He is within you.
Only you should surrender to Him
and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
- Leo Tolstoy

Unless you have made a complete surrender
and are doing His will
it will avail you nothing.
- Billy Sunday

"Surrender to a Higher Power," a central tenet of 12-step programs,
is the key to recovering from depression, worry, and fear.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choosing Inner Peace

The Cleansing Fire of Spirit

Blessed to Forgive

Focus on Peace