Motivational
These are some of my favourite
motivational quotes, sayings and stories. Enjoy.
Ann
"Winners make things
happen. Losers let things happen."
Thoughts and Beliefs are not simply nebulous words floating
about in our heads.
They are instead electromagnetic realities, which once conceived,
have an intense desire to manifest themselves in our lives.
The stronger the thought,
The more quickly it will come into our experience.
We get what we concentrate on.
“We magnetise into our lives whatever we hold in our
thoughts.”
James Baldwin states "Children
have never been very good at listening to their elders,
but they never fail to imitate them."
I believe a baby or child does not understand
your words but they can understand your body language, and
get a message, whether it is the one you want to give or
not.. If you look worried about something, they will think
something is wrong and will get frightened. So in the midst
of your fear if you smile and keep calm you will instantly
reassure your child.
African Proverb.
It takes a village to raise a child.
How sad we work so hard that we now live
in splendid isolation, not creating a support network, and
not knowing what is normal any more, or wishing to seek
or share wisdom.
The reason that Smiles last so long is
because there is a mile between the S's.
Tiny Frogs Life's lesson No. 1
There once was a bunch of tiny frogs, who
arranged a running competition.
The goal was to reach the top of a very
high tower.
A big crowd had gathered around the tower
to see the race and cheer
on the contestants...
The race began...
Honestly...No one in the crowd really believed that the
tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.
You heard statements such as:
"Oh, WAY too difficult !!"
"They will NEVER make it to the top!!"
or:
"Not a chance that they will succeed.
The tower is too high!!"
The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by
one...Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing
higher and higher...
The crowd continued to yell, "It is
too difficult!!! No one will make it!!"
More tiny frogs got tired and gave up...
But ONE continued higher and higher and
higher... This one wouldn't give up
in the end everyone else had given up climbing
the tower,
Except for the one tiny frog who, after
a big effort, was the only one who reached the top.
THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally
wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it?
A contestant asked the tiny frog how he
had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal? It
turned out...That the winner was DEAF.
The wisdom of this story is: Never listen
to other people's tendencies to be
negative or pessimistic...
Because they take your most wonderful dreams
and wishes away from you.
(the ones you have in your heart. )
Always think of the power words have.
Because everything you hear and read will
affect your actions.
Therefore: ALWAYS be...POSITIVE.
And above all: Be DEAF when people tell
YOU that you can not fulfil your dreams.
Always think: God and I can do this.
I CAN CHANGE MY BELIEFS BY ALLOWING MYSELF
TO DESIRE SOMETHING BEYOND THEM.
You always have two choices.
Each morning I wake up and say I have two
choices.
I can choose to be in a good mood,
Or
I can choose to be in a bad mood.
I always choose to be in a good mood.
“If I was any better I’d be
twins.”
Each time a bad thing happens,
I can choose to be a victim or I can choose
to learn from it.
I always choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining
I can choose to accept their complaint,
Or I can point out the positive side of
living.
Can life be that simple?
Of course it can be.
Life is all about choices.
When you cut away all the junk,
Every situation is about choice.
You choose how you react to the situation.
You choose how people will affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or in a
bad mood.
It’s your choice how you live your
Life.
Every day you have the choice to either,
Enjoy your life or hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours,
That no one can control or take away from
you
Is Your Attitude
If you can take care of that,
Everything else in life becomes easier.
COURAGE IS RESISTANCE TO FEAR, MASTERY OF
FEAR-
-NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR” MARK TWAIN.
I wish.
A very famous Obstetrician was vacationing
on a tropical island.
Walking along a beautiful beach he found
a lamp half buried in the sand.
He picked it up and started rubbing off
the dirt, when a Genie appeared to grant him 3 wishes.
After some careful thought the Obstetrician
said,
“ I want to have the best outcomes.”
“ I want the lowest caesarean rates
in the country.”
I want all women to be able to afford my
care.”
The Genie said,
“ Done, You are now a Midwife.”
“NO! WAIT”
shouted the Obstetrician, as the trail of
smoke drifted back into the lamp.
But it was too late.
FIRST STEP
INDISPENSABLE FIRST STEP TO GETTING THE
THINGS
YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE
IS THIS:
DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT.”
BEN STEIN.
‘Prevention'
'Prevention' is a worthy and good cause.
The problem is that her cousin 'intervention'
likes to follow only a few paces behind."
— Mayri Sagady
Best Advise “Let Your Monkey Do it.
Letting the Primate in you do the work is
a short way of saying not to let your over busy mind interfere
with the ancient wisdom of your body.
Things that primates do not do in labour that Women do-
and that interferes with labour:
Monkeys do not think of technology as necessary
to give birth.
Monkeys do not obsess about their bodies
being inadequate.
Monkeys do not blame their condition on
any one else.
Monkeys do not do maths about their dilation
to speculate how long labour might take.
(“It has taken me 8 hours to get to
5cms dilated so it will take me at least another 8hrs to
get to 10”)
Monkeys in labour get into the position
that feels BEST, not the one they have been to assume.
Monkeys are not self-conscious about making
noises, farting, or pooping during labour.
(After all even Queens and Movie Stars poop
–every day, if they are healthy.)
How can you “let your monkey do it”
in hospital?
It really helps to mentally prepare to be
a little wild while you are there.
Try to behave as much as possible as you
would in your own bedroom.
Be willing to be unconventional if that
might help your labour along.
Keep the lighting at a subtle level.
Only have people around you who positively
enhance the experience.
Have people knock and wait for permission
before entering your room.
EVEN IF YOUR ON THE RIGHT TRACK,
YOU’LL GET RUN OVER IF YOU JUST SIT
THERE.
She Who Believes in Herself
Trusting her instincts was
the hardest thing she ever did.
But she listened to the whispering of her heart.
She pushed forth with the faith in her skills…
And faith in her knowledge
That she could succeed.
And she did.
In the end, trusting her heart
Was the smartest thing she ever did!
“THE ONLY PLACE WHERE SUCCESS COMES
BEFORE WORK IS IN THE DICTIONARY.”
VIDAL SASSOON
THE BUTTERFLY AND THE EPISIOTOMY
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
A small opening appeared, and he watched
the Butterfly struggle to force it’s body through
that little hole.
It seemed to stop making any progress. It
appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and could
go no further.
The Man helped the Butterfly;
He took a pair of scissors and snipped the
remaining bit of cocoon.
The Butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shrivelled
wings.
The man expected that,
at any moment, the wings would enlarge and
expand to be able to support the body, which would contract
in time.
It didn’t.
the Butterfly spent the rest of it’s
life crawling around with a swollen body and shrivelled
wings. It was never able too fly.
What the Man did not understand
was that the restricting cocoon and the
struggle required for the Butterfly to get through the tiny
opening were Gods way of forcing the fluid from the body
of the Butterfly into it’s wings so that it would
be ready for flight once it achieved freedom from the cocoon.
"When women's lives are busy, their
money and work paramount,
they come into birth with the same expectations
as their trips to a convenience store:
they want to get in and get out with what they came for.
But natural birth requires preparation,
emotional and physical."
— Connee Pike-Urlacher
2000 YEARS AGO AN ANCIENT TEACHER PATANJALI
WHO SUGGESTS THAT INSPIRATION INVOLVES THE MIND THAT TRANSCENDS
ALL LIMITATION, THOUGHTS THAT BREAK ALL THEIR BONDS AND
A CONSCIOUSNESS THAT EXPANDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
PLACE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU WANT.
HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHOOSE IT.
THEN
PICTURE IT, DREAM IT, DRAW IT,
ACT AS IF IT IS TRUE.
BECOME INSPIRED.
(INSPIRED ORIGINATES FROM THE WORDS IN AND
SPIRIT.)
The midwife
considers the miracle
of childbirth as normal, and leaves
it alone unless there's trouble.
The obstetrician normally sees
childbirth as trouble:
if he leaves it alone,
it's a miracle."
— Sheila Stubbs
"Birth became something that was performed
on women
rather than something that women performed."
— Colleen Bak
“ WHETHER YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN
OR
YOU CAN’T, YOUR RIGHT.”
RULE NUMBER 1.
DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.
RULE NUMBER 2.
IT’S ALL SMALL STUFF.
“ALL OUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE -
IF WE HAVE THE COURAGE
TO PURSUE THEM.” WALT DISNEY
COURAGE IS RESISTANCE TO FEAR, MASTERY OF
FEAR-
NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR”
MARK TWAIN.
THE “DIS-EASE” OF THE MIND,
BECOMES
THE “DIS-EASE” OF THE BODY.
“ EXPERIENCE IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO
A MAN;
IT IS WHAT THE MAN DOES WITH WHAT HAPPENS
TO HIM.”
YOU ARE AS HAPPY
AS YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO BE.
"Just as a woman's heart knows how
and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull
back from fire,
so she knows
when and how
to give birth."
OBSTACLES ARE SOMETHING YOU SEE WHEN YOU
TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE GOAL.
“WORK JOYFULLY AND PEACEFULLY,
KNOWING THAT RIGHT THOUGHTS
AND RIGHT EFFORT,
WILL INEVITABLY BRING ABOUT
RIGHT RESULTS.”
JAMES ALLEN.
Set your sights high
The higher the better.
Expect the most
WONDERFUL,
Things to happen,
Not in the future
But right now.
Realise that nothing
Is too good
Allow absolutely nothing
to hamper you
Or hold you up
in any way.
Eileen caddy.
A Native American Grandfather
was talking to his Grandson
about how he felt.
He said “I feel as if I have two wolves
fighting in my heart,
One wolf is a vengeful, angry, violent one,
The other wolf is the
loving, compassionate one”
“Which one will win the fight in your
heart?”
The Grandfather answered:
“THE ONE
I FEED.”
THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS BETWEEN WHAT
YOU WANT AND GET FROM LIFE,
IS OFTEN MERELY THE WILL TO TRY AND THE
FAITH TO
BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE.
A young woman went to her mother and told
her about her life and how
things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was
going to make
it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and
struggling. It
seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She
filled three pots with water and
placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil.
In the first
she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in
the last she
placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without
saying a
word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the
burners. She fished the
carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs
out and placed
them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed
it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell
me, what do you see?" "Carrots,
eggs, and coffee," she replied. Her mother brought
her closer and asked
her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were
soft.
The mother then asked the daughter to take
an egg and break it. After
pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the
mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee.
The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter
then
asked,
"What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these
objects had faced the same
adversity ... boiling water . Each reacted differently.
The carrot went
in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected
to the
boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had
been fragile. Its
thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but
after sitting
through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The
ground coffee
beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling
water, they
had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her
daughter.
"When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond?
Are you a
carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot
that seems strong, but with
pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my
strength? Am I
the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes
with the heat?
Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a break-up,
a financial
hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and
stiff? Does my
shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough
with a stiff
spirit and hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean?
The bean
actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that
brings the
pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance
and flavour. If
you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you
get better
and change the situation around you. When the hour is the
darkest and
trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another
level? How
do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee
bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope
to make you
happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their
way.
The brightest future will always be based
on a forgotten past; you can't
go forward in life until you let go of your past failures
and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and
everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the
one who is smiling and everyone
around you is crying.
Change is difficult, even change that has
a positive impact on our lives.
For any change of habits to have a chance
to take root, we must have a plan of action.
Jumping into change for emotional reasons
is not likely to produce lasting effects.
In order to get through the pain of dealing
with change, you must become comfortable with being uncomfortable.
You must believe that the change is for the better, and
it will not always involve the difficulty it does now. You
must be willing to look for the bright spots in the midst
of what looks like misery.
You can succeed.You have done more difficult
things than this, and you have what it takes to succeed.
GOALS.
Setting realistic and measurable goals is
one way of keeping your motivation high.
Unrealistic goals are counterproductive
and defeating.
A Woman is like a Teabag-
Only in hot water do you realise how strong she is.
Normal Birth should be standard,
Saving technology for urgent, emergency
situations.
