Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.’ — Marcus Aurelius #thoughtfortoday #colourofthoughts #marcusaurelius There was a copy of ‘Meditations’ on the bookshelf at home when I was growing up. Here & now I find myself drawn back to the personal “self-motivation” guide written originally in Greek by a Roman…

Thought for today: ‘Learn to become still. And to take your attention away from what you don’t want, and all the emotional charge around it, and place your attention on what you wish to experience.’ — Michael Beckwith #thoughtfortoday #solutionfocused #attention First working day of the week and it’s been so packed this morning that…

Thought for today: ‘A rascal may be ever cunning but in the hour of need he will fail because he is a rascal.’ — Heinz Guderian #thoughtfortoday #rascal #cunning

Thought for today: ‘You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.’ — C. S. Lewis #thoughtfortoday #dreams #growingold #goals

Thought for today: ‘It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.’ — Gabriel García Márquez #thoughtfortoday #dreams #growingold

Thought for today: ‘Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.’ — Terry Pratchett #thoughtfortoday…

Thought for today: ‘The flesh endures the storms of the present alone, the mind those of the past and future as well as the present.’ — Epicurus #thoughtfortoday #epicure #resilience #mentalhealthweek Epicurus was a Greek philosopher who died about 2,300 years ago who found Epicureanism, a school of philosophy which challenged Platonism and Stoicism. Not…

Thought for today: ‘The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.’ — Carl Rogers #thoughtfortoday #personalgrowth #change #mentalhealthweek Carl Rogers shaped so much of what modern psychotherapy practices. He was one of the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology and developed the person-centred approach (or…

Thought for today: ‘Just because you fail once, it doesn’t mean you’re going to fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself because if you don’t, then who will? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling because life’s a beautiful thing and…

Thought for today: ‘I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.’ — Douglas Adams #thoughtfortoday #thejourney #life #theansweris42 Monday, a new week begins and I have plans. Who knows if I’ll end up where I intend to be! I am working…