If we could each open up our eyes and see what our own mouth says to our brain, we would learn so much more about the depths of our sorrows. It is so much more than the religion we believe in that gives us hope. Are you spiritually in sync with your own body? Do you know how to stop the negative thoughts from brewing and ease into thoughts of positive energy? It seems as though positive affirmations to yourself is the hardest worldly thing to master. Whether you realize it or not, you are subconsciously speaking to yourself. You are the person you speak to the most on a day to day basis. You hear your thoughts telling you how much of a failure you are when you let yourself or other people down and you hear your thoughts praising you when you've lifted yourself or others up. The words you say to yourself stick more than the words others say to you. Being around inspiration will inspire you; being around people who belittle you will diminish you. We tend to believe we care what other people think, that is not the truth. It's not other people we want to impress, it is ourselves. Someone could say something bad about you once, but you might go home and start to tell yourself that same thing every single day until you believe it. They are not the reason you believe you are of no importance, you are the reason you believe that way about yourself. If you heard someone speaking to your loved one the way you speak to yourself, would you ever sit down for it? No. You would stand up and do something about it, so why can't you stand up for your own self against your own negative thoughts? Sometimes we do not see that we are the negativity in our lives because the thoughts we have about ourselves are all we know. Sometimes we make ourselves believe we could never be loved, because we have no love to give ourselves. If we loved ourselves deeply enough, the words of those around us would fade into darkness and there would always be a light of hope for us. Speak to yourself with nothing but love. Tell yourself you are smart, that you mean something in this world. Remind yourself every day that you walk among others with purpose, even if you haven't figured out that purpose just yet. The world could be a dark place, because that is where your mind is right now. If we look at ourselves with hope, then soon enough the world we are looking at will offer nothing but hope for us in return.
With Love, Nour Azouqa
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It's becoming so repetitive isn't it? The job you go to or the classes you attend. Repetition can drive you mad. We wake up, do our morning routines, go to work, come home, eat and sleep only to do it all over again the next day.
Have you watched Spongebob before? The episode where Squidward moves and finds himself in the most "perfect" neighborhood but quickly begins to regret doing the same thing every single day, realizing that what he thought he wanted turned out to be a nightmare for him. I'm pretty sure every single one of us had felt for him during that episode because that is how we feel all the time. I used to wake up and ask myself "How am I going to get through this week... let alone this single day?" I used to count down the days to my next off day where I had no responsibilities and once I got to that day, it would vanish in a blink of an eye and I would be right back to wondering how I was going to make it through the week all over again. Any situation that makes you question your contentedness means something is wrong. It means it's time to leave behind something your body is literally forcing you to get out of. Your body is telling you it is anxious and wants something else, your mind is telling you that you are tired of repetition. So how do we get through the week when we can't find the joy in it? By finding something new. Look for a job that gives you more time with your family, look for a new hobby to keep you distracted or try out a new recipe if you love the kitchen. Post a calendar up of new things you want to try for each day. Go kickboxing, play soccer, try out basketball, go skydiving for all I care just get out there and do something, otherwise you will begin to feel nothing. The worst feeling is going lifeless and feeling like there is no more excitement in the world...but that is never the case; there is always something that can be done, you just have to get up and get it done. Nothing good ever came out of a comfort zone. Decide what you want, and do it. Once you close the door on unhappiness, you will open the door to possibilities and I promise that is one door you want to open. With Love, Nour Azouqa Something does not sit right in your stomach today... and you either know what is bothering you or you just woke up this way. Either way, it does not matter- you are still not feeling good about it. The blessings that were so big yesterday seem so small and insignificant today and when you cannot get over the pain of pushing forward, do it anyway.
It could feel like you are not where you want to be, and we feel that. You could have gotten out of a long relationship with someone you expected to marry, we have been there. You could simply just be having a bad hair day and you spend the rest of the day angry about it because you're a perfectionist, we get it. It does not matter what is bothering you, what matters is that you are bothered and you can take the time to do something about it... and even if there is nothing you can physically do, you can mentally strengthen yourself and try to get past it. Take the pain as an opportunity to grow. Your problems are never small, and no one is entitled to tell you what is valid to feel upset about, so be upset and let yourself feel what you need to feel. Pamper yourself today and give yourself kind words. Make for a better tomorrow, by loving yourself a little extra today. With Love, Nour Azouqa I hope today is the day you stop settling for things that do not make your soul happy. I hope that you find the courage to move forward from what holds you back. I hope that you gather up the strength to let go of the things no longer healthy for you.
Walk away from the job that doesn't appreciate you, or the significant other that does not notice you... maybe even the friend that betrayed you. Walk away from the negativity so that you can find some light in your life. Maybe you can learn today, to be the light in your life. With Love, Nour Azouqa |