Thoughts to chew on to keep bright and cheerful!

These 20 thoughts will help develop a positive, pragmatic approach to life:

1. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
2. You are never fully dressed without a smile.
3. You are as interesting, attractive and competent as anyone you are going to meet.
4. A bore talks about himself, a gossip talks about others and a marvellous conversationalist talks about you!
5. Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't and the other half of people who have nothing to say, yet keep talking.
6. You don't have to do what other people want or expect you to and the easiest way to do it is to say 'No.'
7. If you are praised for being good at something, don't question the person's judgement or denigrate your abilities with a stern remark.
8. In this world, just when you're trying to think of yourself memorable, there's always someone who forgets that they have met you.
9. Now is the time for every good deed. Do not wait until tomorrow, for it may be just a little too late.
10. Set a worthy oal, work towards it. Then set a higher one. In this way character is moulded. If you have grown up children, encourage them to do so, guiding them gently.
11. We always find time for what we like to do.
12. Make each day a positive day. and start today - in fact right now!
13. the great secret of happy serene living is in the phrase ' one at a time'. It means, first of all 'one day at a time'.
14. The man who would control others must first learn to control himself. If he cannot control what is under his hat, he cannot control what is under his roof. Self-mastery comes first.
15. You double every burden at which you frown or complain; you halve every burden which you meet woth hope, optimism and cheerfulness.
16. The best thing you can do for others is not only share your rishes, but to reveal him his own.
17. There's nothing wrong if you blunder once in a while in blue moon.
18. Your true pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
19. If you feel you have something to contribute and if you in your ideas, keep up with your confidence and carry them out.
20. Expecting success leads to thinking successfully, which eventually leads to being successful.

Mental Calisthenics - Treasures from My Old Diary

• Think of what would please an old friend, or anyone close to you. And act upon it.
• Write something everyday. A note to yourself, a bit of poetry or an entry in a daily journal.
• Memorise something interesting, funny, moving or serious (short and sweet length) once in a while. And to provide a total contrast, try to remember something from what you read, heard, said long ago.
• Review your calender for the next two weeks. If there's nothing good in it, do something different, the best things in life are free: museums, galleries, lectures... even some recitals.
• Make a decision to think only the pleasnt thoughts about a period of life that bothered you a lot.
• Think about two things everyday that deal with a positive reinforcement of things you want to change about yourself.
• Indulge in these mental exercises and watch your life change for the better.