Ability, Motivation, and Attitude!

A Happy Attitude!

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”

— Hugh Downs

Forgive & Forget!

When we forgive and forget...

that

 is

getting even.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Gratitude is Attitude...in Action!

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, 

we shall find compensation 

in every disappointment.”

~Henry David Thoreau

Being Thankful - Mindful Awareness - Gratitude

  
When you hear yourself saying "I have to...", 

change your attitude and say "I get to...".
~Kim Franklin-Magana

There are so many things we take for granted these days that we sometimes forget how fortunate we are to have the opportunity to do what we now perceive as work.  

A job is most commonly thought of as work, of course, but what does that job then allow us to do, buy, experience, or improve?  When someone first lands a job, they are so happy because they see it as a way to benefit and improve the quality of their life.  Then something happens...they become accustomed to their new way of living and forget the life they once had before the job was in their life that improved it in the first place.

That is why mindfulness is so important to your everyday happiness.  Gratitude, for the common experiences in your life, is an important factor to your overall happiness in general.

When was the last time you thought, I get to cook dinner, do the laundry, wash the dishes, and clean my house?  

Without a washer and dryer you might have to go to a laundry mat and spend hours of the day, not to mention the money, doing your laundry on an ongoing basis in order to have clean clothes.  You would also not have the luxury of your laundry in process while you are somewhere else in the house, cooking dinner, spending time with family, enjoying quiet restful time, or working on various other projects around the home.

Without a dishwasher, you would have to wash each item by hand and be stuck in the kitchen long after the meal was over cleaning and scrubbing, only to have to repeat this task, day in and day out.

Without a house...well you get the picture.  

Mindful awareness is the key to everyday happiness in your life.  Change the settings in your brain, the way you so easily change the settings on your computer or T.V. remote to, 
"I feel fortunate and grateful for the blessings and opportunities that my life has given me."  

Then, the only thing left to do is ENJOY THE FRUITS (or in this case, dessert's) of your labor!

Positive Attitude and Emotion vs. Impassivity and Indifference...

The greatest danger 

to our future 

is apathy. 

~Jane Goodall

To read more, visit here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apathy

Difficulty O R Opportunity?

"The pessimist sees the difficulty

in every opportunity;

an optimist sees the opportunity

in every difficulty."

~Winston Churchill

It's Your Decision!

You decide what kind of day it is 

by your own interpretation 

of the world around you.

~Kim Franklin-Magana 

Happiness is Invincible Power!

Resolve to keep happy,

and your joy and you

shall form an invincible host

against difficulties.

 ~ Helen Keller

Trust Yourself!

When they say you can't, you can.

What they are really saying is... I can't.

(They’re probably right.)

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Set Your Own Limitations!

Do just once

what others say you can't do,

and you will never pay attention

to their limitations

again.

~ James R. Cook

(1728-1779)

Read all about his interesting life 
on the high seas here: 
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000007723,00.html

Intention(s)...Right or Wrong

“What

you see

depends on

what you’re looking for.”

~Unknown


(the walls are made out of sea shells)

Alter Your Attitude, Alter Your Life!

The greatest discovery of my generation

is that human beings can alter their lives

by altering their attitudes of mind.

~William James  (1842-1910)

William James was an original thinker in and between the disciplines of physiology, psychology and philosophy. 

Continue here:  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/

also, ATTITUDE (PSYCHOLOGY):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_(psychology)

What is happiness?

“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, 

but a manner of traveling.”

~ Margaret Lee Runbeck

Margaret Lee Runbeck (U.S. author, 1905-1956) 
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Margaret Lee Runbeck first appeared in print a few weeks before her thirteenth birthday.  

For more reading, please visit:  http://runbeck.org/content/quotes-margaret-lee-runbeck

Cloudy vs. Sunny

“A cloudy day  is  no match  for a  sunny  disposition.”

~William Arthur Ward

William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims.  To learn more, please visit:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Arthur_Ward

HAVE AN ADVENTURE!

“An adventure 
is only 
an inconvenience 
rightly considered. 

An inconvenience 
is only 
an adventure 
wrongly considered.”

~G.K Chesterton



Turn...

Be like the flower,

 turn your face

to the sun.

~Kahlil Gibran



Change...

“If you change the way you look at things,

the things you look at change.”

~Dr. Wayne Dyer

Happy, happy!

Be happy.

 It's one way of being wise. 
~Colette



Confidence

Confidence

 comes 
not from always being right 
but from not fearing 
to be wrong.
- Peter T. McIntyre