Short messages on Positive change from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
There are always new business opportunities to find, new tests in school to take and new people to date or make friends with.
Envy comes from a perceived scarcity in some area of your life. Instead, keep your focus steadily on the opportunities, on the new chances, on what you can learn as best you can instead of confining your mind and your life.
Take time today to appreciate someone who does something you take for granted.
“Envy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own.” – Harold Coffin
Comparing what you have to what others have is a good way to make yourself miserable. Focus on yourself when it comes to comparing.
You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.
You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to, you don’t have to get involved in everything and you don’t have to spend your time fighting every battle.
Positive self-talk creates positive self-image and self-esteem, leading to positive self-talk. Take control of your self-talk and start a positive cycle.
Never put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.
On particularly rough days, when you’re sure you can’t possibly endure, remind yourself that your track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%, and that’s pretty good.