Ann

The power of feelings
by Ralph Marston

You can feel good for no reason at all. In fact, you can choose to feel any way you wish at any time and in any situation.

Whatever you desire, you desire because of the way you think it will make you feel. Whatever you avoid, you avoid because you don’t wish to experience the feelings that you assume it will bring.

Yet the fact is that your feelings are not controlled by your circumstances. Those feelings are determined by how you choose to respond to various situations and events.

Your feelings in any moment are yours to choose. You can choose to feel the wonderful reality of your most treasured dreams long before those dreams have been fully achieved.

And when you do, you put yourself in a positive, powerful place from which you can surely make those dreams real. When you feel good for no reason, you immediately begin to create the reasons.

Choose each day to feel the way you wish to feel, no matter what is going on around you. And let your feelings pull you toward the fulfillment of your destiny.

2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr.
From The Daily Motivator

Ann

There is a saying I like..."If you can't change your circumstances, change your attitude", meaning that by changing my perspective and drawing on the tools of my recovery, I can get through what needs getting through, or get past what needs be left behind.

Change is change and the change we can control is how we respond (note I didn't say "react") to what goes on around us.

There is a time to feel the sadness, the frustration, the anger and let the feelings flow from our hearts to the universe. But hanging out there too long leads to no place good.

Then comes the time to feel empowered, strong, confident in ourselves, and courageous enough to face another day.

Ralph said it best.

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