In these challenging times, we hope you and your families are keeping well in body and mind. As the Prime Minister said, this will be a challenging time for mental health as well as the physical.
I find it inspiring that the people of Australia can become more community-focused, acting with the common good at the heart of their decisions. Focusing on the positive stories gives me hope: stories of neighbours calling to check on each other; appreciating the dedication and compassion of workers in the health and aged care fields.
Darius Foroux is a Dutch writer who promotes a positive contribution to society; he is encouraged by Ralph Waldo Emerson on the purpose of life: âto be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.â Below are 21 other quotes that he or I think inspire positive mental health.
- âBe yourself; everyone else is already taken.â -Oscar Wilde Itâs tempting to follow the herd because thatâs in our nature... instead make choices based on personal beliefs and values.
- âBe fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.â -Warren Buffet The time to sell is when the market is crazy with enthusiasm. The time to buy is when itâs crazy with fear. Remembering that for every one who sells a share, there must be someone who buys it.
- âIf life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.â -Eleanor Roosevelt
- âYou will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.â-Maya Angelou
- âLife would be tragic if it werenât funny.â -Stephen Hawking … wise words from someone who didnât give up despite being dealt a very tragic disease.
- âLife is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.â -Søren Kierkegaard. We canât solve every problem. As Reinhold Niebuhr prayed:
- âGrant me the serenity to accept the things I canât changeâ.
- âThe opposite of love is not hate; itâs indifference.â -Elie Wiesel
- âLove yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.â -Lucille Ball
- âWe become what we think about all day longâ -Ralph Waldo Emerson. What a warning about focusing on the positive in our lives as much as we can … being thankful people.
- âWhat you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.â -Seneca
- âIn spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.â –Anne Frank… and Anneâs everything was pretty challenging to being positive.
- âNothing is impossible, the word itself says, âIâm possible!â -Audrey Hepburn
- âYou must be the change you wish to see in the world.â -Gandhi
- âSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.â â Henry David Thoreau. Set a goal and working towards it steadily.
- âIt is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.â -Marcus Aurelius
- âKnowledge is the antidote to fear.â -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- âThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
- âFall seven times and stand up eight.â -Japanese Proverb
- âI would rather die of passion than of boredom.â -Vincent van Gogh
- âDo what you can, where you are, with what you have.â -Teddy Roosevelt
Wishing you health and happiness.
Tom, Maria and Kerrie
at Financial Springs