Something inspirational:

“Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented, and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. Such attitudes are active and definite factors in creating satisfactory conditions. Watch your manner of speech then if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.”

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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8 comments on “Start each day”

  1. Trying to start the day on a positive note would make a lot of sense.

    I have a bad habit of just getting up and going with the day. It would be nice to have a peaceful state of mind throughout the day, rather than the usual chaos in my head!

  2. I agree with this. If we start on a positive foot then we're more than likely going to have a positive day.

  3. I couldn't agree more. Sometimes it is difficult trying to find something positive to start off with.

    1. I agree with you. I think our circumstances, our environment and our health have a lot to do with whether we start each day on a positive note or not.

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