A lesson that leads closer to your dreams

Using positive self-talk isn’t easy, especially when things aren’t going your way. Remember, the route to your destination is never a straight line.

You will take questionable turns and get lost sometimes. But it doesn’t always matter which road you embark on; what matters is that you embark with the right mind-set.

You will realise that it’s not too late to be what you might have been. No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change and become an improved version of yourself.

Peace, strength and understanding will come to you when you manage to tune out the noisy judgments of others, in an effort to better hear the soft and steady hum of your own inner strength.

Choices, chances and changes – start making them. You must make a choice to take a chance, or your life will never change.

In the end, more so than the mistakes we make along the way, we regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make silence makes the inner battle much harder and longer.

Speak your truth. Let it out... before it kills you! Honestly, this is one of the saddest things about so many people – their most important thoughts and feelings often go unspoken and barely understood.

You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be, simply because it’s familiar and comfortable. Great things rarely come from comfort zones. You have to take risks. You will only realise the full potential of your life when you allow the unexpected to happen. If you sit around for too long blaming others for the things they did or didn’t do, or know or didn’t know, you’ll remain sitting in one spot until you pass. Placing blame is easy, because it means you don’t have to do anything.

Don’t wish your life away. Experience it. Work at it.

Everything you go through grows you. Sometimes you think doing something is a total waste of time, and then it ends up being one of the best things you ever did.

Amazing things can and do happen when you least expect them. Let each day be great day in life, you must find at least one of these things: a sincere laugh, an act of kindness, a realisation, or a lesson that leads you closer to your dreams.