Mantras To Live By
A mantra is "a word or phrase that is repeated often or that expresses someone's basic beliefs."
A mantra is a self affirmation that you can repeat & think to yourself. Itcan help you be reflective about your personal thought patterns and work on improving them. Pick 1 or 2 that you want to work on and make a commitment to thinking them this week. Say them to youself when you wake up in the morning and before bed.
Let us know how it goes!You can create your own & share them here. Here are a few for you to start with:
I love myself and accept myself in this moment.
I forgive myself.
Keep your head up & your heart open.
My life is a magical gift.
This too shall pass.
I am strong & vibrant. I bring my unique opinions & world view to everything that I do.
I will accept the change that I cannot change.
Whenever I feel down and want to hurt myself or do something that could be near death I think "at what cost"..... am I willing to make others pay by putting them through the loss of a child, sister, friend..... who would really be paying for anything bad that happens to me if I'm not there to pay it?
Never give up
remember why you started
"When you take care of yourself, the universe celebrates."
"It could be worse". and "I believe in angels" from ABBA. I am not religious, however this song is very special to me.
Karma.... It's real even if you don't belivein it.. It believes in you..
I don't know if this is a mantra or not, but a fellow counselor told me a long time ago - If you spendenough time with shizophrenics, pretty soon they will convince you that you are schizophrenic too. It's a metaphor.
"Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place."
this is beautiful :)
be a bucket filler instead of a bucket dipper
