Have faith....

Doubt is like....

....a single celled amoeba. It self-replicates. It grows without the need of assistance and encouragement. If you've got even so much as a tiny little bit of it, you just have to wait a while and you will end up with a whole lot more. Unless, that is, you interfere with its environment and reduce the number of ideal conditions under which it can thrive. 

Just remember that certainty is self-perpetuating too. Then, deliberately apply positive, hopeful energy to whatever is making you feel most anxious.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add 

colour to my sunset sky.    (Rabindranath Tagore)

How do you reach....

....a state of happiness? How do you become truly comfortable? How do you fill your heart with so much enthusiasm that you can overcome any obstacle, override any negative development, overthrow any unhealthy habit pattern? By relaxing. By trusting. By making a real effort not to get stuck in old fears. By trying hard not to get emotionally drawn into new dramas.

But mainly, by asking/praying for the ability to be appreciative of all that's so wonderful in this world!

              

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is

when men are afraid of the light.   (Plato)

Do you remember the tale of Red Riding Hood?....

....You do?  That's good, but here's a line from Snow White!!  'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?'   (Me?  Awkward?  As if...!!!) 
Anyway, what a ridiculous question that was.  No wonder the wicked witch was such a nasty piece of work. Even her own reflection had a poor opinion of her. Although... in a strange way... we all have bits of ourselves that we don't much like. Physical attributes that we might prefer to change. Attitudes we wish we could alter.

It's one thing to identify room for improvement and another to lose self-respect.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions be louder than your words.

In days of yore....

....before the breathalyser, the police had another way to see if a driver was drunk. They would say, 'get out of your car and walk in a straight line.' An inability to do as much was considered evidence of incapacity.
But it is not just alcohol that can influence us to steer a confused and meandering path through life. Diversions and distractions, positive and negative alike, can make us deviate from our missions.

Often our challenge is to remain straight and sober enough to see the difference between what is truly important and what is not.

A friend is someone who reached for your hand and touched your heart.

When we borrow....

....from the bank, we have to pay them back more than we took. When we place our funds into a saving account, we expect a reward for our investment. And if our financial situation is neutral, with neither debits nor credits to consider, well, that is not necessarily the kind of economic heaven that some people might imagine. 

As with money, so with affection, attention, energy, indeed, any process that requires a degree of give and take. As long as arrangements are moderate, not extreme, all will be well.

A good garden may have some weeds.   (Thomas Fuller)

Move in any direction....

....you care to, but go there gently. Lose that angry edge. Ignore that sense of urgency. We inhabitants of earth in the 21st Century face more social, material and mental pressure than any other humans who have ever dwelt on this planet. We encounter sources of potential stress from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep. 

There's only one way to cope with it all. By refusing to let it get to us. 

I wish they would only take me as I am.   (Vincent Van Gogh)