I am a strong believer of positivity! This post is a place for people to come and leave uplifting, positive thoughts! I feel it is so important to bring out the good in others and to spread love by being positive! Please leave your positive thoughts, uplifting quotes, scriptures, or share anything positive! When I designed and made this button I never dreamed it would be such a blessing to not only me but everyone that comes here to visit!Bless you all for your friendship and love! ♥ HUGS ♥
Looking forward to reading your positive thoughts :)
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1 – 200 of 2632 Newer› Newest»I LOVE it! Who can't use some positive encouraging words, right. Excellent idea.
Oh goodie, I get to be one of the first to try the positive button.
I have this scripture on my facebook because it just speaks hope, love and peace.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)
What a lovely Idea!
Jody from Mommy Moment
"Open hands catch the ball. Open hearts catch love."
One of the things I love about blogging is that I can focus on the positive...and not be critical like I naturally can be.
Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future."
And though I love all the giveaways, I appreciate Seeking Sisterhood the most...because it is exactly what I am doing!
Smile, you are beautiful!
www.operationbeautiful.com
(Hope you don't mind me sharing a site that I find positive and helpful)
As the Queen of Happiness, I approve of this button! :D
Happiness is a choice; a conscious decision everyone makes, or doesn't make, every day!
i love this one:
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I REALLY need positive thoughts sent my way :) So I will be checking in to see what others have to say.
If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa
What a great idea, cute button!
Sending positive thoughts!
Even though we have never MET, you have been such an influence in my blogging life and I consider you a great friend!!!! Hugs & Love to you!!!!!!
Every new second of your life is a new chance to get it right.
wandapanda at live dot com
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under Heaven.
wandapanda at live dot com
i am vary excited my parents (the snowbirds) are coming home this week after 4 months out west...my little boy is very happy!
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” :)
Much better idea than the "easy" button - we could all use more positivity in our lives!!!
Take care and have a great week - you are such a lovely, delightful person bringing joy to LOTS of people!
Bless you!
I'm having positive thoughts of winning something nice! carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com
I'm naturally not a very positive person so your button and article are an inspiration. Thanks for making me think about changing the negative for the positive and all the benefits that can follow!
Enjoy reading it on google feed reader. Keep up the great work, it's appreciated :)
Here's a great saying that I try to remember when things aren't going well.
It will all be okay in the end. If it is not okay, then it is not the end.
Smile and be nice. The tiny gesture you forget in a second may be the brightest spot in someone else's day.
wandapanda at live dot com
What goes around comes around, so send around your very best!
wandapanda at live dot com
This is a fantastic idea!! I think I should put something like this on my blog!
Here's a quote I like: "Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't."
Richard Bach
I really like the straightforwardness of TtSC, thanks!
I could really use some positive thoughts!
Hope to see you at Kristina's blogger lunch!
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life." So begin as you mean to go on!
wandapanda at live dot com
You are a good friend!
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!! I am stirring mine super sweet :)
Great idea!!!!!!! I just found a blog yesterday that's all about looking at the bright side. Here's the link.
http://www.ayearofnocomplaints.blogspot.com/
I hope it gives you lots of positive feedback!
Love it!
Sun is shining today!
I guess my strength comes from just having FAITH that God's promises are sure...so,
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help"
with health issues i know there is not a timeline to that promise, so day to day living and faith that it WILL come keeps me going, AND positive!
thanks so much for this Shauna! Love this!
ejricther60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
I think there's a song that says, "Smile and the world smiles with you." Makes sense, doesn't it?
Use your talent (everybody has one) in anyway you can. Don't keep it for yourself like a miser - spend it like a millionaire! Lucy MacDonald
I'm all about being positive! :)
--Brandy
One of my favorites:
"You can't pick and choose your problems,
But, you can choose how you handle them."
Jumping for joy is good exercise. ~Author Unknown
HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
Positive thoughts, huh? I got out my quote book from when I was a teenager for this. :-)
Here's a favorite of mine:
"There are forty thousand ways
Of constructing tribal lays
And every single one of them is right."
--Kipling
I saw the first robin of spring in my backyard today...talk about positive!
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
If you change the way you look at things, the things you're looking at begin to change. unknown
Today you are richer by the exact amount you learned yesterday.
wandapanda at live dot com
What an Awesome idea! You have the best blogs hands down!
The best and most beautiful things in life cannot be seen, not touched, but are felt in the HEART!
Have a HAPPY Day!
I LOVE this idea. Wouldn't you know YOU would be the one to come up with it!~♥
"No matter what circumstances you sisters experience, your influence can be marvelously far-reaching. I believe some of you have a tendency to underestimate your profound capacity for blessing the lives of others. More often than not, it is not on the stage with some public pronouncement but in your example of righteousness and the countless gentle acts of love and kindness done so willingly, so often on a one-to-one basis."
--James E. Faust
Shauna, Thank YOU for being YOU and all of your countless gentle acts of love:)
May I also put this idea on my blog and spread the joy if beautiful inspiration?
"Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final."
--Thomas S. Monson
It's a gorgeous day & I'm going a long walk!
Shauna I love your blogs! They are so uplifting and positive. Thank you for all the love and time you put into them.
“The best way you can cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up”
- MARK TWAIN
spring is just a few days away!
yeah birds chirping trees blooming, so happy for it!
Positive people make the most of their days, are less tired at the end, and appreciate others more. I think that should be all of us, no?
--Brandy
I am thankful for so many Blessings in life that are many times taken for granted...my God, husband, kids, house, food, ability to work and pay bills, freedom to be free in this country, having a computer, electricity, water, cars to drive, schools, music, washing machine and dryer, immediate and extended family still living, a brain and a memory, a voice, my eyesight, mobility, hearing, and so much more that is not guaranteed in life, but that we all take for granted each day.
Smile at a stranger today - it will make 2 people feel better.
wandapanda at live dot com
This is really common, but still good:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
You know, this morning I woke up able to see, able to talk, able to hear, able to breathe, able to hug my children and be with my soul mate (husband) in the warm sunshine.....I give all my thanks to God, whom made all that possible. And when we are ankle deep in the snow tomorrow (winter storm coming), I am going to praise Him because I know He will bring the sun back!
I just had a cancer scare recently and for 2 months had been going through tests (painful) and the stress of it all. What sustained me is really thinking of how everything has a purpose and that there is something to be learned from what I was going through. I was at peace and positive that things will work out. Last Monday, cancer was RULED OUT. I believe that faith, hope and positivity really makes a huge difference in people's lives!
mandalarctic@gmail.com
Hoping for a positive day today!!!
March 20th
--Brandy
MANDALA, thank God!!!...that is a long time to be scared and try to stay positive every moment. So happy and elated for you! It gives people a new outlook on life, RIGht!?
Peace of mind...yay!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
The airlines got one thing right: adjust your own oxygen mask first, THEN turn around and help everyone else.
wandapanda at live dot com
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." === Dale Carnegie
Whenever I'm feeling down, my little dachshund Nelson senses it...and climbs onto my lap to give me sweet puppy kisses. Talk about adding a bit of positivity to my day!
I just hatched out a bunch of baby chicks. There is nothing sweeter than fluffy baby chicks jumping into your hands and snuggling their heads between your fingers. I love God's creation. So much love and cuteness.
Mandala, that is such great news! Your right, we put our faith & hope in the Lord, and it will not return void. God bless you!
Here's a good one to share!
Use your talent (everybody has one) in anyway you can. Don't keep it for yourself like a miser - spend it like a millionaire! Lucy MacDonald
SO TRUE...our youth needs to hear this, they are so pressured these days to be good, athletic, beautiful, intelligent...it is hard for them to see what they have to offer others. It is in GIVING that we receive!
EIleen
i found this and like it
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
Alice Walker
wow , this is definately a new idea
"Dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, and live as though heaven is on earth."
Author: unknown
wandapanda at live dot com
Open your heart so love can come in
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
18,904,110 people are having a birthday today. Treat the next stranger as if it's his birthday (maybe it is!!).
wandapanda at live dot com
Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take, but the amount of moments that take our breath away.
Kel
betweenthelines-kam@hotmail.com
Pray for world peace!
Looking in at the positive feedback. Now I know where to go when needing some upliftment!
I just got my first client for my new Executive Recruiting business today...yippee!!
Blessings and positive thoughts coming your way.
I am having trouble with change...body, health, life, kids...
I found this quote!
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
-Oscar Wilde
It lets me know that if I am not content with something, I need to take a step to change it...not just physically, but mentally!
thanks so much!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Totally need this button today! :)
--Brandy
fosterbrandy(at)msn(dot)com
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Smell 'em where you find 'em!
wandapanda at live dot com
There's No expiration date on Memories!! So Making Memories is Priceless :)
SMILE it's CONTAGIOUS!!
I think I can. I think I can. I think I can......!!
Being positive today!!!
--Brandy
To start living the life of your dreams you only need to do ONE thing … change your state of mind.
Hi everyone! I found a really GREAT thought today online. Simple but true!
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein
I get stuck in the first one sometimes, and take things for granted. I wish I could live everyday with the second thought! It takes training I think...
Right in the middle of a cloudy rainy day, the sun shined through the clouds this afternoon -- and a small rainbow appeared!
I love your blog!! Keep up the great work!! ~Nancye
Thanks to everyone for leaving such inspiring comments. Reading them helped me a lot this week.
I thought it was supposed to be cold and rainy today. Well I got a wonderful surprise with a lovely day filled with sunshine! This always puts me in a positive mood!
An Apple a Day keeps the doctor away!! :)
Just stopping by to wish everyone a warm and wonderful Thursday!
OOOh. I love this one!
A Swedish Proverb
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours”
wow...that just about covers it ALL!
thanks!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Never look back at what might have been but look forward to what will be..
My own thoughts
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
If you chance to meet a frown, do not let it stay--Quickly turn it upside down and SMILE that frown away!! No one likes a frowny face change it for a SMILE, make the world a better place by smiling all the while :)
SMILE!!
like your button.
I hate to say it but thinking positive didn't stop my alternator from dying on me today. :-P And when they tried to replace it, a bolt/belt had to be replaced, too, adding another $100 to the bill. Blah! Still trying to be upbeat, though. At least the 10-year-old heap still runs!!
A local dairy just opened their ice cream shop for the season today. Ice cream always gives me a positive outlook!
My positive thought is that I choose to be happy. Life is what you make it. And if you choose to be happy you will!
We live by faith and not by sight!
Thankfully!!
I think this weekend is going to be a great weekend! Everyone enjoy, carawling(at)hotmail(Dot)com
The trials of this life will ulitmately lead to joy if we tryst in God's plan and discover how to use adversity to grow stronger!!
It's easy to be positive when you're around happy, positive people. It's much more difficult when you're the only positive person in the room!
I am babysitting my niece and nephew tonight -- and they truly are such a joy! They really make me smile and always put me in a positive mood!
Always praise your children and let them know they can be anything that they want to be, they just have to believe in themselves.
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
miskallie2000: Excellent advice! My mother used to have a poem framed on the wall that said just what you did. A parent can't encourage their kids enough! They really are our future.
The sun is shining and it's a Saturday...what's more positive than that?!
I always share SMILE stuff, but it truly pays off to SMILE.
So.... Put a Little Smile on your Face!!
Keep a smile on your face and you will feel so much better if you are not feeling great..Smiling gets all the good feelings working...also makes people you meet smile back at you..
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
THIS one surprised me...I was looking for something regarding personal growth and found this quote by KIRK DOUGLAS (just this week)
" Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive."
I think I shut off too much...I think I have nothing to offer because I am thinking BIG...but really I think most things grow by taking smaller steps!
thanks!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
My cold is better and I will be out walking at least 4 miles tomorrow
i love this...i actually do this on my own blog.. http://becomingtheyou.blogspot.com
i ask my twitter followers to tweet positives every day...i love that you do this too!
I just found out today that I won a Barnes & Noble Nook eReader! Happy, happy day!!
Every Fairytale has some adversity to make it to Happily Ever After. Adversity helps us grow!! Make the best of any situation.
Congratulations, Nelsby. I hope you enjoy your nook. By the way, it's a small world! ... you live right down Main Ave. about a mile or two from me!
i love it!!!
What a great idea, what
great words! =]
Shanna.Elizabeth@Hotmail.com
Great reminder especially first thing in the morning, thanks!
A friend is someone who knows all about you and LOVES you just the same!! I love all my BLOGGY friends.
WHEN fear takes over~~~
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
- Christopher Columbus
I have to think this way, every day when the fear drowns me...
Eileen
I am watching The Office on TV right now. This show is hilarious! And it always makes me feel more positive about my job!
I saw a really beautiful women in the mirror this morning.
Never ask someone to do what you would not do yourself. Never treat others as lesser than you.
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
Just think ... soon it will be hot and sunny enough to want to eat a snow cone!!
I LOVE IT; and really could use it! What a great idea. :)
"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."
Elbert Hubbard
lockwoodmerrie@yahoo.com
Spring is so pretty!! Not that the other seasons aren't but there is something so nice about the flowers and GREEN!! So ENJOY the weather and SMILE today.
My garden is looking wonderful.
As I sat in a fast and testimony meeting in Colorado this weekend with 3 of our children, their spouses and 10 of our precious grandchildren, the thought kept coming to me, 'Where much is given much is expected'.
One of those is having a heart of gratitude! As women being so blessed by so many of the Lord's blessings both small and large I am so full of gratitude for ALL things. Even those hard things which teach and help us to grow and become stronger and closer to HIM.
♥♥♥
I just got home from watching my niece and her entire second grade class in a musical play called Bugz. I had forgotten just how funny it is to watch a big bunch of 8-year olds trying to act and sing!
I really need this i have been having a bad time with depression and i need some positive in y life right now i have gone through and read all of these! i lov lov lov it! it!
THANKS I hope getting back into blogging puts JOY back into my life!
It is a beautiful night and I am feeling oh so lucky!
I follow seeking sisterhood
I follow trying 2 stay calm
dreamweaver21us(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Never forget that God works in mysterious ways.
I love this one!
“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills.
Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.”
- Earl Shoaf
I need to live by this and complain less!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
I HAVE to leave this one too...
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
– Hellen Keller
I feel this....
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
I think this is a great thing, nice to read a daily one
calvert0 at telus dot net
You don't stop laughing because you grow old--you grow old because you stop laughing!!
A cheerful hear is a good medicine...Proverbs 17:22
I love my kids even when it is hard.
Did you ever read Helen Keller's autobiography? It is simply amazing. It's difficult to feel sorry for oneself after reading that story!
I pushed that positive thoughts button! I could sure use it about now! :)
Gonna share the smile of my grandhildren this weekend
TERRI...I have never read Hellen Keller's book...I never knew there was one! I will have to find it!
GRAMEE...hope you are having a good day. I know how you feel.
My positive thought today:
“Pessimist : A person who says that O is the last letter of ZERO, instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.”
- Anonymous
Sigh...that is a good one to live by!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
Wow, what a day. A family I know (and the family in the other side of the double home) lost their house and everything in it to a fire today. Hard to be positive but I'm trying!
Love is like a Flower it needs constant feeding.
Everyone needs positivity in their lives!
We are what we ... think !
Hmm lemme think of one I have heard..."Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact."
- William James
the weather is beautiful, warm and sunny.
ejrichter60: Yes, it's called The Story of My Life and it was published in 1903. Thanks to your comment, I searched and found out it is online and can be read for FREE. Thanks! http://www.afb.org/mylife/book.asp?ch=HK-toc
Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us ... Ephesians 5:2
My positive thought--
"Those who fear the thorns, will never pick the roses!"
THANKS TERRI! I will save that and get to it very soon!
AND my thought found today is this:
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
- Thomas A Edison
I've heard this before and always makes me chuckle...especially when I ask my kids to "BUCKLE DOWN"...did I JUST SAY BUCKLE DOWN? OMGOSH...I have really turned into my MOther (funny). ANYWAY, my kids do not like to do menial labor. Don't get it, when we were young we just had jobs to do. I am VERY SURE I never, ever in my life whined about it (haha).
Have a BLESSED EASTER EVERYONE!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
my positive thought of the day: It's never too late to have a happy childhood}--Tom Robbins
I do like the "positive" button... My positive thought for the day:
When I was about to turn 38 and was Really bummed about it (all that "pushing 40" stuff), I mentioned my angst to my mother (then 74). Her response: "It's better than NOT turning 38!" Every birthday's looked REALLY good since then! (I just turned 51; mom's 87!)
Nice positive Easter Day, carawling(at)hotmail(Dot)com
My positive thought for the day!
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”
- Elizabeth Bibesco
THAT is beautiful and so insightful!
thanks much!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
My granddaughters and I made an Easter Bunny Cake. They had a great time. I love the smiles on the faces of children.
Monday time for a fresh week.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. - Confucius
I love this site!
thanks so much!
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.”
- George Bernard Shaw
Eileen
This is my favorite scripture:
Yea, I know I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore i will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things.
Alma 26:12
I strongly believe this!
"The Past is behind; learn from it. The future is ahead; prepare for it. The present is here; live it!"
-President Thomas S. Monson
**One of my favorite quotes!
We Build our marriages with endless friendship, confidence, integrity, and by administering and sustaining each other in our difficulties
~James E. Faust
Whether I believe in John Edward (the psychic) or not, I was moved by one simple thing he said directly after 9-11. He was talking about all the people who said they felt helpless and wanted to do something but didn't know what to do. He told them that there was something they could do ... They could pray.
I love the day.
Don't let negative thoughts stay more than a minute. Always have positive thoughts and you will be positive in your life.
misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com
Kindness Matters
Shauna,
I LOVE you started this post!!!
When you feel over whelmed and that you can't rise to the occasion,then fall to your knees.
I just adopted this as a new mantra. For now anyway:
The place you are called to be is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep need meet."
what a positive place..
Clean bill of health today. It is a great day.
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
- Stephen Covey
Hmmm...God IS the main event!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting♥ :)
I like what i see. So I will act.
Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros
My husband and I have just decided to get pregnant this year!
Not an easy time now but I know everything will be all right!
some real cutie looked back at me in the mirror this morning
Something that always helps me is remembering that bad times never last, and good times are always around the corner
“So many of our dreams at first seems impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
- Christopher Reeve
AMEN!
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
I really have to put into my thoughts the words HOPE and BELIEVE to get through my tuff time right now!! Without it I would be lost.
Wow! this is the first time I clicked in here and it is really awesome! Now I know where to come when I need to read some positive, uplifting and encouraging words!
ShawnaMichelle@ymail.com
I continue to love this button! Here's my positive thought for the day: Yesterday, my son (who is mildly Autistic) said "bye bye mom" to me yesterday as I left for the doctor. It's the first time he's ever called me mom with meaning!!!
Going to see the smiling faces of my grandchildren
I always do better when I remember the big picture; letting the little things go and focusing on what really matters.
Positivity is my goal!
“We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.”
- Talmund
Deep...
ejrichter60 at gmail dot com
Eileen
No matter what's going on in my life, I try to help others be positive!
This is a good thing.
Sending everyone my love.
My parents always taught their kids that if you focus more on others than yourself, your problems will me minimized.
Always encourage your kids to do their best and they will succeed.
smiles...Tammy
Positive energy is the only kind of energy to have.I don't have time for negativity.
You can find something you like about everyone.
I always start my day with a positive thought!
My dog made it through surgery AOK. I am loving today.
Just reading backwards a bit...have been off a couple days...
Yeah Sarah O...that is SO cool
and so glad about your dog Sodahoney! (our dogs are so much angels in our lives...I almost lost mine on my birthday a year and half ago...and she has been by my side every day since. I know it was her purpose to be my friend through a rough time. I hope yours is doing well!)
My positive thought:
" We confide in our strength, without boasting it; we respect that of others, without fearing it."
Thomas Jefferson
Have a good day everyone!
Eileen
"Be gentle with yourself. Don't expect yourself to be perfect by tomorrow morning. If you're a late bloomer,as many of us are,be patient and give yourself time to grow"
~anonymous
jenzen1969atgmaildotcom
living life to the fullest
What a fantastic idea! I love this button. I've been having a bad week but I woke up today with positive thoughts and determined that my day would be good and it has been! Wake up with good thoughts!
Here is a quote that helped me through a difficult day.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
Smile and make it a big, funny-looking smile! It will make you feel better.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours; yours are the eyes through which to look at Christ's compassion to the world, yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good, and yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now." - St. Teresa of Avila
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