Life is a chain of ups and downs, do your best

Some days are better, some days are worse. Look for the blessings instead of the curse. Be positive, stay strong, and get enough rest. You can’t do it all, but you can do your best.

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”― Roy T. Bennett,

“Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.”― Roy Bennett

“Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.”― Roy Bennett

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” —Walt Whitman

“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” —Jodi Picoul

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” —Tony Robbins

“You can have it all. Just not all at once.” —Oprah Winfrey

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

Be your own best friend

“I’ve been stabbed in the back by those I needed most. I’ve been lied to by those I love. And I have felt alone when I couldn’t afford to be. But at the end of the day I had to learn to be my own best friend because there’s going to be days where no-one is going to be there for me but myself.”

Release emotions of the past that no longer serve you. Connect with your generous and compassionate spirit. Be thankful for the growth that comes from forgiveness. Live in the present and with an open heart. ~ Creig Crippen

I've been lied to by those I love. And I have felt alone when I couldn't afford to be. But at the end of the day, I don't think this is sad at all. It's a hard lesson, but once you get it your ability to love yourself is so strong you are able to appreciate those really great people in your life so much more. That's been my experience anyway, but I'm a hard core optimist. 

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a supreme creator, with god, with the divine; and this is true no matter how unlikely, how strange, how unorthodox, one’s particular life path might appear to one’s self or others at any given moment.”– Genesis P-Orridge