Daily Meditations for Tough Times

Never Compromise Your Beliefs

Never compromise your beliefs!  If you have searched your heart and know that you know that you are in the right, stick to your guns!  If you have the slightest hesitancy or feel uneasy about your decision, then don't do it.  But if you KNOW you are in the right, stick with it! 

There's no use in gaining the world by losing your soul...

Do the Right Thing

Do the right thing because it is the right thing.  Don't do what your sister is doing.  Don't do what your friends are doing.  Don't emulate your co-workers (if they are doing things with which you don't agree). They are good people, but they are not you. 

Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do. 

And let that be enough.

Be Good to Yourself

Be good to yourself today.  Schedule a massage, read a good book, take a long lunch or hang out with friends. 

Do something for yourself you've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time or money to do before. 

And if you don't have time or money, at least reward yourself by thinking well of your accomplishments today. 

Think of how far you've come, what you've had to overcome and how many of your goals you've accomplished.  Remind yourself that though you are not where you'd like to be, you are well on the way to getting there. 

Be good to yourself today. '

And then try to do it every day :)

Live Your Life to Fulfill Yourself

Live your life to fulfill your own dreams. 

Pursue your passions. 

Do what makes you happy.

Be alive, be vivid and live each moment to its fullest. 

Take care of your family, spend time with your friends, be consistent at your job, but live, live, live to fulfill yourself!

Enjoy Every Minute of Your Life

Enjoy every minute of your life.

Get through the bad things and deal with them. 

Go to work, finish school and cook dinner.

Get through both the good and the bad.

And - as much as possible - enjoy every minute of your life.

You only get one life, therefore you MUST make the most of it.

You deserve it.

You need it.

It is your right. 

And it is especially your choice.

As much as possible - enjoy every single minute of your life today.

There is Nothing Wrong With You

There is nothing wrong with you.

Just because everyone doesn’t agree with you, it doesn’t make you wrong.

You have a unique vision and personality.

It is up to you to nurture and expand it so that you can optimally live your best life.

There is nothing wrong with you at all.

You are exactly the way you are meant to be.

Patience is a Virtue

Patience is a virtue.

It will serve as one of your greatest teachers.

It will enable you to get through situations you would have never believed you could.

It will allow you to sit by your child’s bed when the doctors say there is no hope only to see her recover.

It will allow you to be tender to your spouse even when he or she doesn’t deserve it.

Patience is your friend.

Nurture it and make room for it in your life.

Problems Come to Make You Stronger

Problems come to make you stronger.

They come to prepare you for the bigger things to come.

They serve to help you focus, make you more determined and the learn the greatest strategy of all – patience.

Allow your problems to make you stronger and more confident so that you can successfully face your tomorrow.

Don't treat problems like your enemy.

For they only come to make you stronger.

You Can Get Through Today

If today is a particularly rough day for you today, just remember - you can get through today.

If your boss is getting on your nerves so badly that you want to quit, remember - you can get through today.

If you feel like your marriage is so bad that you are contemplating divorce, remember - you can get through today.

If the bills are pressing in on you and you're worried about losing your home, remember - you can get through today.

If the worst happens and you receive a foreclosure notice, repossession paperwork or a pink slip at work, remember - you can STILL get through today.

So much of life has to be taken one day at a time.  And even when the worst happens, most of us still find the will to succeed.  How many paraplegics ever thought they'd continue to enjoy life after experiencing a horrible accident?  What man or woman ever believed they'd be just as happy single as they were when they were married?  And what person who ever filed for bankruptcy could anticipate the joy they'd find in learning (finally) how to manage their finances?

No matter what your circumstances today - remember - YOU CAN GET THROUGH TODAY!!

You Are Beautifully and Wonderfully Made

You are beautifully and wonderfully made.

You are strong and whole and well-formed.

You are well-made from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet.

You are exactly the way you were meant to be.

Be fully, beautifully, wholly, wonderfully YOU today!