Thank you very much. I appreciate you kind words. I am glad that the Motivators are beneficial to you.

Have a great week!

Mary

I feel blessed to have come upon you and your Monday Motivating Moments. Your writings are spot-on for me, and I feel so fortunate that God put you in my life.

All could use your Monday emails. Thanks for being you.

Elise Buol

I think the affirmation “I am open to all good things and I welcome them into my life.” is true, but isn’t all that simple.

It’s true, you’ll miss out on almost every possibility that comes your way, if you’re not open to them. This applies to good and bad. To stay on the positive side, you need a positive expectation. The affirmation can be understood as a positive expectation, but without it, the outcome may not be what you expect…

Thanks for making my day happier

Since you brought up plagiarism, I did a quick Google search this morning on this title. Of course, I found many references to the Swedish proverb. I also found that this Motivator content has been duplicated on three other blogs (there may be more). One of blogs did cite me as the author, the others did not. Two of them even included my “Affirmation for the Week,” which have been part of my Motivators since 1999.

Actually, I published this particular Motivator originally on September 15, 2003 at http://www.workplaceissues.com/mmm230915.htm, which is also my website.

Again, thank you for commenting. If you find other times where I do not give proper credit for others’ work, please let me know. I do not intentionally plagiarize.

Thank you for being a subscriber to the Motivating Moments weekly email for the past several years.

Have a great week!

Exactly! Doing beats saying.

We are what we do and what we do should be a reflection of who we are.

I like that quote…

Our thoughts are much more powerful than we may realize. By monitoring and managing our thoughts, we can change our life.

Thanks for sharing Kirsten.

I also like this other quote of his:
“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes”

We really are able to change how our world seems to us by interacting with it differently. My mother would call it “not listening to your tapes” – not letting those little negative thoughts that we all get control how you view the world.

I have a book by Pema Chodron on Mindfulness. You are so right – you can take control of your life by being aware.

I like your motto! Change certainly seems to be the “norm” these days, especially in the online business world.

Best wishes for a successful 2012 and beyond!