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**Ann** · 07-06-2006, 09:51 AM

Imagine how great it would be to have someone providing you with a constant supply of encouragement. When you get in the habit of encouraging yourself, that is exactly what you can have.

All day long, you are thinking and saying things to yourself. You have the power to choose precisely what those thoughts and those words will be.
Choose to make them positive, uplifting, and encouraging. Make good use of the thousands of opportunities you get each day to provide yourself with support and direction.

When you catch yourself mentally beating up on yourself, decide to stop such destructive behavior right then and there. Instead, give yourself a few words of real, sincere encouragement and notice how much more energized and effective you immediately feel.

In addition, get in the habit of offering encouragement to others whenever you get the chance. That will make you more likely to send even more encouragement in your own direction.

During each waking moment, you are constantly thinking or talking to yourself or others. Choose to use all that dialogue to move yourself and your world in a positive direction.

-- Ralph Marston

**51anna** · 07-06-2006, 04:42 PM

That is beautiful Ann!

And, I really needed to read this today!

michski · 07-06-2006, 05:01 PM

That is a credo to live by!
Thanks!!

Hope · 07-06-2006, 07:35 PM

Thank you!! I needed those words!

Arura · 07-07-2006, 12:39 AM

Ann I do love reading your posts in the morning.Sometimes there so close to the mark.
Thank You.

07-06-2006, 09:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Encouraging Words Imagine how great it would be to have someone providing you with a constant supply of encouragement. When you get in the habit of encouraging yourself, that is exactly what you can have. All day long, you are thinking and saying things to yourself. You have the power to choose precisely what those thoughts and those words will be. Choose to make them positive, uplifting, and encouraging. Make good use of the thousands of opportunities you get each day to provide yourself with support and direction. When you catch yourself mentally beating up on yourself, decide to stop such destructive behavior right then and there. Instead, give yourself a few words of real, sincere encouragement and notice how much more energized and effective you immediately feel. In addition, get in the habit of offering encouragement to others whenever you get the chance. That will make you more likely to send even more encouragement in your own direction. During each waking moment, you are constantly thinking or talking to yourself or others. Choose to use all that dialogue to move yourself and your world in a positive direction. -- Ralph Marston __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

07-06-2006, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 11,160	That is beautiful Ann! And, I really needed to read this today! __________________ Anna "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

07-06-2006, 05:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
michski Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: California Posts: 977	That is a credo to live by! Thanks!! __________________ Fake it til you make it!

07-07-2006, 12:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
Arura Trying to do the right thing. Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Posts: 4,354	Ann I do love reading your posts in the morning.Sometimes there so close to the mark. Thank You. __________________ Weve come along way and were Changing day by day We DO Recover. We can Recover...!

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07-06-2006, 07:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Hope Getting Better All The Time Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Recovering Posts: 3,252	Thank you!! I needed those words!

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