To ask for your favourite (positive) motto or mantra?

[AliciaWhiskers]

Just ended a relationship of 18 months and feeling a bit shit.

Can I ask for a bit of cheering up with your favourite mottos or mantras or positive vibe sayings that will make me feel better?

If it's for you it won't go by you

'What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger'

This is my favorite and it's actually true, I've found.

Sorry about your break up. They're shit.
Onwards and Upwards to you

Things are always better in the end. If they’re not better yet, it’s just not the end. It’s always better.

That and “you never regret going” which is what I tell myself when I’m considering bunking off the gym - but maybe not so appropriate here... 😆

'Only dead fish go with the flow'
'Facta Non Verba' ( deeds not words)
'Prorsum Semper' ( ever forwards)
'Press on regardless'
Per Ardua Ad Astra ( through difficulties to the stars)

Clearly not the gaslighter ones 🙄

Have asked MN to delete!

I'm calm
I'm confident
I'm in control

This too shall pass

I just hope my death makes more cents than my life

Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.

'The past can hurt, but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it' Rafiki from The Lion King

The course of true love never did run smooth

You're stronger than you think 😉

@SamBeckettslastleap That's my second favorite, or maybe my favorite even 😊

Thus too shall pass

& in the case of a break up, after your first one you knows that’s true-you coped last time, you’ll cope this time

It’s shit but you will come out the other side🌷 and from the other screen shots, if they’re related to the break up, it looks like you’ve made the right decision!

This too shall pass

Is a really good mantra in all kinds of situations, from break up pain, to physical pain and teething babies,tantruming toddlers & trying teens...and onwards!

I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realise it's a comedy.

Don't forgive and forget, remember and change.

I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realise it's a comedy!

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday and all is well.

It's not strictly a positive mantra but if you follow it, the consequences for you are only positive

"When someone shows you who they are believe them"

And then someone on MN extended this for me with

"If you watch a friend treat someone with a cruel disregard or contempt be it a partner or another close friend believe there and then that they will one day turn on you if convenient, for that is who they are"

So much can be avoided by becoming a better judge of character and listening to small clues and gut feelings

You're beautiful 😍

From Desiderata:-

^Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should^

If you cant say anything nice about anybody - come sit by me
(courtesy of Steel magnolias )

@ThreeLittleDots

I'd forgotten about Desiderata!

I must get a decorative copy