Best Mantras To Keep You Hanging On When Things Are Shit

[PacificDogwood]

I am supporting a RL friend through some shitty times - no real end in sight

She said the exact same thing I recently saw posted by a battle-experienced, wise MNer :
"Keep putting one foot in front of the other, and keep breathing in and out."

Pace yourself.
Be kind to yourself and look after yourself.
This too shall pass I may have used that one rather a lot in my own head
Que sera, sera.
Let it go.
You cannot change somebody else's behaviour; you can only change your response to it.

I am sure there are many more.

They are all quite trite truisms, but not any less true for all that.

Please add your own - anything at all that kept you hanging on when times were tough and no light at the end of the tunnel was forthcoming.

And I do hope you did come out the other side and don't need your own mantras anymore.

[hollyisalovelyname]

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

[TheTurtleMoves]

I love this thread. Thanks to all who contributed

[ClaudiaNaughton]

Yes andsmile that's it exactly. Old Scottish I think.

[Impatientwino]

This has always made me chuckle

'Every time you feel yourself being pulled into other peoples drama repeat these words

Not my circus
Not my monkeys'

[FastWindow]

'it's only money'.

I need this so so much at the moment.

[ItsNotUnusualToBe]

TTSP is a manta around here. As is, it's just a phase.

Also : I can. I will. I am.

[andsmileitschristmas]

I think it means that winters are tough and youve got through them before so you can this time - but applied to situation you are finding hard going presently

[Clawdy]

Claudia don't get that one?

[ClaudiaNaughton]

You never died a winter yet. From DM

[ZanyGran13]

Live in the moment and see the beauty there is all around you. Living in the past or the future is no place to be. All things pass.

Keep going you will make it.

[Poledra]

Penguins, The Trick is to Keep Breathing is a book by Janice Galloway that I too read many years ago, cannot remember much about but have never forgotten the title of.

'Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly' - GK Chesterton. Reminds me that I (we?) are all too inclined to think things/ourselves more important than we actually are.

'It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to get permission' - Grace Hopper, an inspirational woman in her own right.

[lilythemonkey]

Happy the man
And happy he alone
He who can call each day his own
He who, secure within can say
"Tomorrow do thy worst. For I have lived today!"

[PacificDogwood]

Oh wow, thank you, MNHQ

NCIS, thank you for the duck poem - made me smile after a Long Day At The Office.

[andsmileitschristmas]

Thank you MNHQ

[GarlicNovember]

:) :)

[AmyMumsnet]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your nominations and your brilliant words of wisdom. We've now moved this to classics.

[minklundy]

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm

Keep your head up and your heart open.

Take the shoes off of your teeth and quit running your mouth about what you are going to do and put them on your feet and take some steps towards your goals

action conquers fear

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Nothing great was ever achieved by being realistic.

Nobody will Love me, the way I love me. So, the way I treat myself sets the standards for others.

change the way you view the world and you will change the world you live in

[Rosa]

It might be daft but ' always look on the bright side of life... da da da da ' . It always comes into my head when I am feeling down ... It just makes me smile again or face the day .

[smokeandfluff]

It's better to have tried and failed rather than never have tried at all.

Its the journey that matters, not the destination.

Life is a work in progress

The darkest hour is before the dawn

Tomorrow is another day

[NCIS]

If you're going through hell, keep going,
And

From the troubles of the world I turn to ducks, beautiful comical things. a poem by F W Harvey.

[CaulkheadUpNorth]

Just seen the link to dr Seuss "oh the places you'll go". I recommend anyone to read it if things are tough right now.

When I'm tempted to say "oh it'll be fine" (when something might not be, probably isn't) the therapist says

"It will be, and that's all we can be sure of right now".

[andsmileitschristmas]

I have asked for this collective wisdom to be put in Classics - its such a lovely thread full of real positive reflections

Anyone else agree - please submit a 'report' from OP

[Batmam]

One day this will only be a memory??

[myfurbyisalive]

Everything will be okay in the end, and if it's not okay, it's not the end.

If you don't give up, you cannot fail. (see below link)

[ChippingInAutumnLover]

mink .

But sadly not, it was being bitched about just the other day. But tough! If people can't accept it comes from a good place, even if they think it's naff or twee, then they can jog on.