promises to myself (inspiration monday)

i missed blogging this weekend,

but i am glad i took the break.

it was a good time for some much needed reflection

and time for myself & my thoughts.

i realized today that i need to keep things in perspective

and i have made some promises to myself:

when i miss my family

and wish i could be less far away from them,

i will remind myself how blessed i am

to have a family as tightly knit as ours

and that i am able to phone up

every member of my family

to just say hello

and share a story or a piece of news

whenever i want.

when i am disappointed with myself

and regret something i have done in the past,

i will remember that what's done is done

and the only thing i can do with the past

is learn from it

and use the lesson to make myself better in the future.

when i am annoyed that my job

is not always interesting

or perfect

or making me rich,

i will remember that in today's economy

i am lucky to be a new graduate and have a job

that is in line with what i enjoy doing

and that there are many people
in much worse situations

than me.

when i am scared about the future,

and i feel like life is a big, vast, open space

that i need to fill and i don't know how,

i will remember to take things one day at a time

and to do things every day that make me feel

happy and fulfilled.

when i feel that i don't have a deep enough

spiritual relationship or focus

and i am angry with myself for thinking

or acting in a way that i'm not proud of

i will close my eyes

and say a little prayer

and forgive myself for not being perfect

and promise myself

that i will try again tomorrow.

"The universe is change;
our life is what our thoughts make it."
*Marcus Aurelius*

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

*Norman Vincent Peale*

  

enjoy your monday,

i hope it's a wonderful one.

photos from here &  here