Short messages on Positive change from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Start spending time with the right people – the people you enjoy, who love and appreciate you, and who encourage you to improve in healthy and exciting ways.
When we’re not present in the moment, we’re on autopilot, making choices without realising we’re affecting our futures. If you can stay present, you can see the choices you’re about to make and slow them down.
If someone is trying to pass their bad mood to you, kindly say to yourself “no, thank you.” Do not accept their gift. Let it roll off you like water.
When you choose to brighten someone’s day, you stir up positive energy within yourself which you’ll carry with you throughout your day.
We can all benefit from listening and considering other points of view. Even if we don’t agree, it can give us a chance to consider if we’re honouring all the different aspects of our Self.
Seeing a different side to a story can help you see yourself more clearly. It gives you a chance to consider yourself from a different angle.
“What happened is done. Stop giving time to things which no longer exist, when there is so much joy to be had here and now.” – Karen Salmansohn.
Cultivating patience can help you gain perspective on your problems; by giving it time and making it less immediate, you can make it less about you and more about the problem that needs solving.
When we extend a hand to help someone, no matter how big or small, it offers us the chance to step outside ourselves for a minute and understand more of the big picture.
To gain perspective means you know how to change the meaning of a circumstance. Your new perspective changes the meaning of the event, which changes the feelings you have in response, which changes what actions you take.