August 2016 – Daily Mantras – All

One more month is over. Here are all of them.

This one was really fun. Onward to September.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 20

Here’s today’s mantra:

And finally, take a moment. I want to be able to rest. I want to be able to remember to respond and not react.

Here’s the thing. I have this friend Kerry whom I love. I notice that when I am around her, she is always easygoing. She isn’t super picky. It’s not that she doesn’t care, it’s just that she is open, kind and just easy to be with. She makes life feel effortless when I am with her and I love that feeling. I want to also create that feeling for those around me. But, alas, I am usually just the opposite. I am super picky. Super stressed. Often worried. I don’t go with the flow. I am the flow.

So I want to take a moment and ask myself “what would i do if i were easier?” How would I respond differently? What would I choose? I want to take a moment to be more the kind of person I want to be. Not be on automatic pilot but really be present and act from a place of choice.

To do that well, I need to always take a moment.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 19

Here’s today’s mantra:

This one is thanks to my nephew Jeff. It’s one of his mantras that I think I really could use.

I always worry. About everything. About small things, big things, medium things. About all of it. For a long time, when I was pregnant, I had a big sign over my door that said “give up that there’s something wrong.” I love what that means but somehow it sounds negative to me. I don’t want to just give up that something is wrong. I want to embrace that all is good. Everything is great. Life is good. All will be ok.

I want to remind myself that good and bad are just in my head. I can choose good. I can see the good. All is good.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 18

Here’s today’s mantra:

This one is here to honor my word. To remind me that every step of my life is my choice. I decide what to do next, I decide how to feel, I decide who to be, I decide where to go, who to choose, what I see, what I hear. What I remember. What I believe.

I decide every moment of every day. Not what happens. But what I make it mean.

It’s all up to me.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 17

Here’s today’s mantra:

Things can be hard. Things can go differently than I wish. I might not be as strong as I thought. A task can be much more monumental than it seemed. And yet. I do it anyway. I am a huge proponent of doing it anyway.

Things aren’t meant to be easy. The “easy” comes with practice. It comes with doing hard things first. So even if it seems hard, long, tough, I just do it anyway.

Even if I am scared, worried, anxious, I do it anyway.

Even if it feels impossible. I do it anyway.

I do it because I know I can.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 16

Here’s today’s mantra:

This is similar to day three. Thanks to my OLW last year, I learned that I am indeed brave. I have all the courage I need. I put my mind to something and I do it. So all I need is the little voice in my head that reminds me that I am already brave. I am brave.

And onward I go.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 15

Here’s today’s mantra:

Life is too short to hold grudges. And more importantly, when I don’t forgive, that other person holds a power over my life, my decisions, my happiness. I don’t want any of that. I want to forgive quickly. easily. I want to let it go. I don’t need to give them permission to do it again but I can let it go. I can detach from the experience. I can heal. I can learn to create boundaries. But all of this begins with forgiving.

Especially the people I love. I don’t want to build up a fight. I don’t want to win the argument. I want to let it go. I want to forgive and move on. I want to give the people I love a million chances. I want to assume the best of people.

 


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 14

Here’s today’s mantra:

Life is full of possibilities. Full of people, opportunities, challenges, surprises. I want to be open to all of them. To other ways of thinking and being. I want to be open to what life might bring. Open to doing new things. Open to change. Open to things that seem crazy. Open to trying. That’s the only way I will get to grow, evolve, see what I might love.

I also want to be open to receive. To let others’ love wash over me. Their kindness. Their friendship.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 13

Here’s today’s mantra:

Another core desired feeling: be true to me. I want to be me. Unabashedly.

I have so many issues around this one. So many wounds. So many voices in my head that tell me there’s something wrong with who I am and that I should aim to change: the way i look, the way i talk, the way i behave. Change everything if I want to be loved.

And yet, there’s a strong pull inside me to be me. I feel like even though I feel bad about it constantly, I still always choose to be me. I don’t want to give up being me.

So instead of fighting it, i just want to own it. Step into being me. Not just be ok but be totally happy to be me. Thrive as me.

I want to choose me.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 12

Here’s today’s mantra:

This one of my core desired values for 2016. Give. be more generous. In every way. Give more time. Give more money. Give more love. Give more hugs. Give more smiles. Give more patience. Give more knowledge. Give more effort.

I have a lot more than I think. None of these things are scarce.

I don’t want to believe in a mentality of scarcity. I want to choose abundance. The fastest way to that path is to give more. When I give, it becomes clear that I can give. that I have more to give. Abundance begets more abundance.

So step one: give more.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 11

Here’s today’s mantra:

Shine. This is a word that’s been nagging at me for a few months now. It might be my pick for 2017. Though I do have a few other contenders, I love the idea of shining every moment. Being the very best version of me.

I bought a bracelet a few months ago, it says: Let your light shine

And that’s what this mantra is for me. Letting my inner light shine onto the people I love. I love this quote: I just really want to be the warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love. 

Yes. yes. yes.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 10

Here’s today’s mantra:

I wrote all about this one a while ago. Joy is a choice. I can choose to do things that I know will bring me joy. I can focus on what gives me joy. I can choose the perspective of joy. I can choose the moments of joy over anxiety, worry, fear. I get to choose how I feel and I can choose joy. My life is complex and all of these possible choices live on top of each other. At any moment, I have something to be happy about, something to worry about, something I am afraid of, etc. So I have to pick which one to focus on. This card is here to remind me to choose JOY.


Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.