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10 timeless ideas to instantly strengthen you...

 Read this once for a pick-me-up.

Re-read it daily to realise your fullest potential.
⚡️ Nothing can hurt you when you know you have nothing to protect.

Self-esteem is an illusion.

You can’t damage what is made up.

You are unfathomably bigger than the idea you hold of yourself in your mind.
⚡️ You were already a success the day you were born.

Life is a miracle, and getting here means you already won.

Allow the time you’re alive in the world to play, to create and to thrive from a position of realised strength.
⚡️ Any criticism you receive may seem like an attack, but the perpetrator is always attacking themselves.

It is always a projection rooted in personal insecurity.

It is never about you.

They are resisting their thoughts about you, not you.
⚡️ The ‘stress’ you feel is you responding to your thoughts and feeling your thoughts physically.

The idea that something external caused your stress is a mirage.

You have it within you right now to let go of the seriousness of your thoughts and to empower yourself.
⚡️ Very little can faze you when - after every perceived setback - you ask yourself this:

‘How can I use this?

How does this strengthen me?

What have I learned from this?

How can this drive me forward with double the ferocity?’
⚡️ Happiness is not something you wait for.

It is a choice.

You might not see it now, but if you are open to this, you will see it and your spirits will rise.
⚡️ The secret no one dares share is that you are creating everything.

You are the root of this entire experience.

You are composed of the same creative force driving the continual expansion of the Universe.
Your mind is a projector, not a receiver.

You are connected to it all and you create it all.

Act like it.
⚡️ You have everything you need right now.

You will not get it from any job, person, experience, purchase, or ‘success’.

You have it. All else is a bonus.

Have fun knowing you already have what you’re looking for.
⚡️ The idea that life should be a struggle is societal programming.

You can experience joy, peace and energy right now, every day, for the rest of your life.
This comes with a willingness to use pain creatively and continually let go of the idea that what’s happening is not to your liking.
⚡️ You lower yourself when you embody the figure of a poor victim.

You’re not at the mercy of them, what happened, or even your own thoughts.
You must move on now.

Don’t buy into the cutesy stuff about needing more ‘self-love’ - this is unnecessary and self-absorbed.

You are already made of love.

You needn’t look inward, and you don’t need ‘fixing.’
You need to get up, stand up straight, and embody your powerful self.

You need to get out there and improve someone else’s life.

To forget yourself is to realise your greatest strength.

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10 ideas to instantly strengthen you:

• You can't be hurt if you have nothing to protect
• You were a 'success' at birth
• Criticisers aways project
• Stress is self-generated
• Always ask: 'How can I use this?'
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10 ideas to instantly strengthen you:

• Happiness is a choice
• You create it all
• You already have everything you need
• Life can be joyful until the end
• You are never a victim.
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