Monday Mindfulness

Cultivating Strength, Joy, Calm & Resilience


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A Room without a Roof

No Roof

A room without a roof lets the rain in. A room without a roof lets the cold in. A room without a roof lets the sunshine in. A room without a roof lets the warmth in. A room without a roof lets it all in.

What if you were to allow yourself to be a room without a roof? To let it all in without judgment as to whether it is good or bad. Let it all simply flow in and out and perhaps you will find that there is a place and purpose for all of it, that without a roof there is no filter, no barrier, limiting what is there for you.

Raise the roof!


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Share Your YOUness

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Never discount your contributions, your value…your YOU-ness. Share your gifts with the world, not out of vanity or to gain some return, but because they may make the difference in someone else’s life. But, you can’t be selective, sharing only some of your gifts, some of the time, as you never know for whom, when, or why your gifts will matter most.

“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”
― Dr. Seuss


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Timeless Optimism

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The Optimist Creed (by Christian D. Larson, 1912)

Promise yourself

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past, and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.

To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.

To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

Written 100 years ago and yet written for today.

Make it a great week!