Put a STOP! to the inner critic

Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought:

What has your self talk been like already today? Chances are that there have been many opportunities for the inner critic to pop up with negative thoughts, comments or helping to create a negative attitude. For the rest of today put a STOP! to negative self talk and negative attitudes and see what a difference it makes! The rest of your day and your trip home will be lighter and brighter!

Affirm:
    I will say STOP! to all negative Self Talk and YES! to Positive Thinking and a Positive Attitude!

Have a Positive Change Within and Without Today!
Mary Ellen
Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day in Every Way!
Believe in Yourself, Anything is Possible!

Miracles can be Everywhere

Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought:

Did you know there are miracles just waiting to be discovered? Today be the observer. As you go through your day, pay attention to everything and everyone. It may be in the smallest gesture from someone, an unexpected thank you, a giggle from a child, an offer of help from a total stranger, witnessing a random act of kindness.
In being the observer today, you may see something, hear something, find something, learn something or witness something that just may turn out to be a miracle. If you pay close attention, you may discover that today is full of miracles. Truth be told, you may even realize that YOU are the miracle.

Affirm:
    Today I expect miracles and I find them, even within myself!

Have a Miracle Tuesday!
Mary Ellen
Get Jazzed & Joyful About you, Every Day in Every Way!
Believe in Yourself, Anything is Possible!

Cheer Yourself On Vision Board Done!

The top picture is of the semi final Vision Board. I adjusted the placement of some of the words and started to paste them down.

And here is the final Cheer Yourself On Vision Board! I added some smaller paper flower embellishments to fill in and added some bling in the form of crystals around the edges of the circles to highlight the Oh Yes I Can! cheers.

I Looove how this board turned out! I am still debating about whether to gloss it in Collage decoupage medium or whether to leave it as is.
While I decide I have put it up scross from my desk where I can see it and read it and Cheer Myself on with my new daily motto of
    "OH YES I CAN!"

Hang out with Positive People

Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought:

Life is just too short and too precious to choose to spend time with people who tear you down, criticize you or drain you with negative complaining.

Realize that you can choose how and who you spend your time with. You can Choose to limit your time with those that bring you down and CHOOSE to spend more time with people who uplift you, encourage you and cheer you on in life.

Affirm:
    I surround myself with positive people and I feel the difference!

Have an Uplifting Monday!
Mary Ellen
Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day in Every Way!
Believe in Yourself, Anything is Possible!

Make Today a Great Day!

Good Day!

And that is the message today. Make today a good day - even a great day! You can do it because the difference between a good day or a bad day is all in the way that you think about today. Thinking positively allows you to view any speed bumps as opportunities to use your problem solving abilities, to get creative, improve your patience, fine tune your communication skills, delegate some tasks off your lengthy to do list and keep your attitude from spiraling downward into negativity.

Affirm:
    No matter what happens I will keep my thoughts and actions on turning today into a great day!

Have a Great Wednesday!
Mary Ellen
Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day in Every Way!
Believe in Yourself, Anything is Possible!

Cheer Yourself On Vision Board

I pieced together and laid out what I wanted on my cheer Yourself On Board and then took a picture of it. Then I can remove any or all of the pieces and not worry about forgetting where everything goes.

Then I printed the picture in black and white in large size and put it next to my Vision Board so I could refer to it as I continued to create.

Then I started painting my flowers on my board. This is where I am at right now after letting it dry last night. Today I will add more flowers and add the flower details and see how I like it. I can already tell I may change my board layout as I am getting new ideas as I paint!

Will post some more later - I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Let's follow Art's example!

Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought:

"Things turn out best for the people that make the best out of the way things turn out."

I first heard this quote from Art Linkletter and it has stuck with me for years.

And Art Linkletter should know. He was abandoned as an infant and later adopted. He literally took the phrase "when life hands you lemons make lemonade" to heart. As a young boy he used to take the best of the discarded lemons from a fruit factory and sell them to help raise money for his adopted family.

He was two months shy of his 98th birthday when he passed away this past May, of simply old age. He had been married for 75 years, wrote several books and he still traveled all over the world as a motivational speaker and advocate for living your best life after 60 and ran 4 businesses!

When a reporter asked how he did it he responded:
"Do the best you can every day. Help someone else whenever you can. Communicate the truth from a grateful heart and always keep a sense of humor. And exercise your mind, spirit and body on a regular basis."

So today let's follow Art's advice and his life example!

Affirm:
    I keep the clear intention of being the Best Me today and I use Grateful thinking, a Helpful Heart and a Sense of Humor to communicate my Best to all I encounter!

Have your Best Tuesday yet!
Mary Ellen
Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day in Every Way!
Believe in Yourself, Anything is Possible!