March 25, 2025 - "Step With Care and Great Tact . . ."

The Dr. Seuss Quote for today is, "Step with care and great tact. And remember life's a great balancing act!" Life has it's "stages" and "moments" and we need to walk though it with a mind for "balance" and for showing grace to others - including yourself. Yesterday I heard someone talking about how they never give themselves the benefit of the doubt or notice when they do something well, so when others do this for them, it really got them to thinking about how they should go easier on themselves. Far too often this is true for many of us, so today I want to take a minute to share affirmations I found on the verywellmind.com where they said, Positive self-affirmations are usually short, simple statements you come up with on your own based on your own needs and emotions. But self-affirmations have a more universal application, too. It’s okay to use more generalized, pre-written affirmations if you feel they apply well to you.

Here are some positive mental health affirmations to get you started:

• I am a strong, capable person.
• I have done difficult things in the past, and I can do them again.
• I am allowed to feel upset, angry, and sad sometimes—this is part of being human.
• My personal boundaries are important, and I’m allowed to express my needs to others.
• “No” is a complete sentence, and I don’t have to explain or justify my boundaries.
• I am allowed to feel good and to experience pleasure in life.
• I am worthy of receiving good things and of accomplishing my goals in life.
• The past is the past, and my past doesn’t predict my future.
• I forgive myself for the mistakes I made, and I refuse to hold them against myself.
• I am allowed to take up space, to have desires, and to have a voice.
• I don’t have to give up my hopes and dreams.
• I know my worth.
• I deserve to be loved and to love others.
• Growth is sometimes bumpy and isn’t always linear, but I will stay the course.
• I will surround myself with people who love and support me unconditionally.
• I accept myself for who I am.
• With positive thoughts and self-confidence, I will be unstoppable.
• I am proud of myself and will continue to strive to do well.
• Today, I will do my best.

You will find more affirmations at this link. 

Please take these affirmations to heart as you are worthy of loving and accepting yourself - and be sure to take time to affirm others as well. Once again today I want to send you my virtual "hug" - You matter. You deserve to be loved and are loved - I love you! You make our world a better place - we need you in this world. I hope you have people around you who tell you these things, but if not, please let me be someone who does. Yes, I say this every day, but these words are true and will always be so. You will find the video at this link.