There is nothing like a strong, powerful quote to change up your mood on a dime. A perspective changer in one powerful sentence. Here are some of my favourites that I have cherry-picked for you – they are instant mood lifters! Our personal happiness level is an inside job, it’s not someone else’s job to “make us” happy, or for circumstances to go the way we want at all times to determine our happiness – it’s a deeper internal process and choice. I love these powerful reminders to:
To inspire happy action:
“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday, and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe and mostly live” – Dalai Lama
To treasure the small stuff:
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing” – Mother Theresa
To keep it positive:
“Talk about your blessings more than your problems” – Anonymous
To live in the now, and embrace reality rather than fight it:
“Stress is caused by being here, but wanting to be there” – Eckhart Tolle
To drop the comparisonitus, instant buzz killer:
“Two things prevent us from happiness; living in the past and observing others” – Anonymous
To say yes to the mess that is life and stop trying to control everything:
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are” – Elizabeth Gilbert
To take action and choose action in all the tiny little decisions we make:
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions” – Dalaii Lama
To focus on what we want, not what we don’t want:
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you” – Walt Whitman
To take charge of your own happiness:
“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same” – Carlos Castenada
To take the power back, it is not circumstances that define our happiness, it’s what we think about them:
Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It relies soley on what you think” – Buddha
Copy out your favourite and make it your screensaver: your happiness is truly in your hands. Go be happy today gorgeous.
