Forgive And Set Your Heart Free Into 2020

A new and glorious year is upon us and with that is a unique opportunity to make deliberate decisions to help improve our lives going forward. There is an innate catalyst to beginning anew that is ever-present with the turning of the calendar to January 1st each year. As you reflect on this past year, you may find that you are carrying a burden of pain, or a heaviness that may have been caused by another's actions towards you that has weighed on your spirit and kept you from experiencing the highest level of joy in your life. We have all been hurt by others in our lives. Many have had their hearts broken and their trust shattered; others have been bullied or taken advantage of. Unfortunately, these experiences can be very painful and can often change how we feel about ourselves, or even the course of our lives, but we are not hopelessly doomed to carry these wounds and resentments with us forever. We can choose to make a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment and vengeance towards others, regardless of whether they deserve forgiveness or not. When you choose to forgive, it does not mean that you will forget, nor does it mean that you excuse or condone the offense against you. What forgiveness does is it frees you from the corrosive anger and resentment you feel in your heart that weighs down your spirit, joy, self confidence, and sometimes even your health. Choosing to forgive can help you realize that you are not a victim, that you have the power to choose to move on and have peace of mind. Letting go of negative thoughts and feelings can free you and empower you to recognize and validate the pain you suffered, without letting that pain define you, or your life, any longer. And remember, we must also learn to forgive ourselves, and recognize that we are only human and make mistakes. Forgiving ourselves can sometimes be even harder than forgiving someone else. So this New Year 2020, help yourself heal and move on with your life, should you need to, by making the decision to FORGIVE, and go forward into the new year with a peaceful heart and joyous optimism. Wishing you all a very happy and healthy New Year.❤️
-Linda

Never Give Up Because FAIL Only Means First Attempt In Learning

The end of the year is upon us and that means it's time to reflect. You can start by taking a moment to think back to last New Year's Day 2019. Think honestly about all the things you set out to accomplish during the year, and evaluate how far you've come towards your goals. For many of you this will be an exercise in appreciating your successes or how far you've come towards your goals. For others, it may be about evaluating your failures, where things went wrong, and hopefully, what you learned from them. Those who have experienced failure are just as fortunate as those who have achieved success. In fact, many who have had successes in life will admit that it was their failures that led them to success, because they learned from their failures through the process of refection and trying again, and it is that process that leads to success. The effort that is born out of failure carries with it an increase in the odds of succeeding with future attempts. So just because you failed at something doesn't mean that it is the END. Failure is never the end, it is merely the beginning of the success process. It is an attempt in learning. An attempt to accomplish something that simply resulted in the need for more effort or greater understanding so that you can come back stronger and wiser when you try again. So let's begin our reflection today for the new year is upon us. Let's celebrate our attempts for 2019; then let's make a list of new attempts for 2020!❤️

 

Skills To Teach Your Child To Increase Their Chances Of Success In Life

Looking back over the years of raising my children, I found that there are certain skills that you can teach your children when they are young that will increase their chances of being successful in life. I don't mean just momentarily successful, I mean being the best version of themselves. It starts the moment your baby is old enough to engage in any activity. I offer you my helpful parenting tips to help encourage you to take an active roll in teaching your children the skills they will not learn any place else except from their loved ones. They will be able to take those skills with them to school, and through life. They will have the confidence and skills to be able to function at a higher level of mindfulness and awareness. I have raised two successful and happy children and I am very proud of that. They are good and kind people, and they are independent and ambitious. I believe it takes a lot of love, support, and understanding to raise successful and happy human beings. It is one of the most important jobs a parent can have. I share my parenting tips with you in my video below, and I hope you will find it meaningful and helpful for you.

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Get Daily Motivation and Inspiration on YouTips4U

It's a new Year and that means a new you, and I want to help you stay motivated and keep those resolutions. In this past Monday's motivational post on my YouTube Channel, I inspired viewers to welcome Mondays with open arms as an opportunity for fresh possibilities. To make a list of tasks they desired to complete during the coming week to help them stay focused on achieving their goals. Here is that post below as well as Friday's follow up post, which is a check in to see how everyone did. If you would like more motivation and inspiration in your life, then I would love to help cheer you on and help you stay motivated to be the best you can be. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel and each day visit my Community Tab where you will find a daily posting to help bring inspiration, motivation, and joy into your life. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/user/YouTips4U/community

Post to YouTips4U Community MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2019 

Welcome to Monday! It’s a new week full of hope and fresh possibilities! Let’s embrace it together!👭I’ll help keep you inspired and motivated with my daily motivational posts, and you take enthusiastic steps each day towards accomplishing your goals. Is it a deal?
I actually love Mondays!😃 I’m always excited to hit the ground running on Monday morning with my list of things I want to accomplish for the week. I highly recommend making a list. My list helps me stay focused, and I love the feeling of completion I get from crossing tasks off as I complete them. Give it a try this week and see! So are you ready to have a great week? Then let’s do it! We can check back on Friday and share how we did! Have an amazing Monday and a fabulous week!❤️ If you missed any of my daily inspirational posts, you can find them all on my Channel by clicking on the Community tab.😊

Post to YouTips4U Community - FRIDAY JANUARY 11, 2019

Happy Friday! I’m checking in to see how you did with your goals this week! Remember our plan from Monday? We were going to make a list of things we wanted to accomplish this week and then check back in today to see how we did. I’ll share with you how I did this week and you can let me know below in the comments how you did! I hope I was able to help you stay motivated.

I am very pleased with my accomplishments this week. I got almost all my goals completed except for one; I wanted to highlight my hair! Each day something came up preventing me from having the chunk of time needed to do it, so I had to keep putting it off. I hope to do it later today, and then I can celebrate my successes for the week!

Remember....Friday is not over yet! So if there was something on your list that you wanted to do this week, but haven’t gotten around to doing it, it’s not too late! There is still time, so get moving! Wishing you a wonderful weekend!😃

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Bring on 2019 - Optimize the January Effect

On your mark everyone! It's almost time to step into a new and wonderful year! I'd like something that I do every year to help jump start my new year and achieve my goals using the momentum of the "January effect".The January effect is a common phenomenon in the financial markets whereby a seasonal increase in stock prices occurs during the month of January. It's an optimistic and euphoric time marked by large increases in stock buying as new capital is optimistically invested by people looking forward to a good and prosperous year. This powerful, joyous contagion seems to be everywhere in January; in the media, the gym, businesses and relationships, and it can help you in your goal setting and achieving!

To take advantage of this effect, each new year's eve I like to spend a little time reflecting on the past year; giving thanks for all that I am grateful for, and all that I have learned, experienced, and accomplished in 2018.

Next, I make a list of things that I would like to accomplish in the new year. In addition to writing them down, which can serve as an excellent reminder for you, it can be very beneficial to visualize yourself doing and/or accomplishing each goal. Spend some time today and tomorrow reflecting and setting your goals. Write them down so you can refer to them often. Be sure to include some smaller goals on your way to each big goal so you can celebrate your progress. Then spring into action and use the momentum of the January effect to help you make it happen! Bring on 2019!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Love, Linda

Feed Your Mind With Daily Inspiration

To help you be inspired each and every day, I post an inspirational and motivational quote and writing to my YouTube Channel Community Page: YouTips4U Channel - Community Page.
What we put into our minds is as important as what we put into our bodies. Our mindset can have a profound effect on our emotional and physical health. Positive affirmations can be a powerful tool for  the health and well-being of your mind, body, and spirit. They can help you feel stronger, happier, wiser, and more grateful; providing motivation and inspiration during difficult or challenging times of change, or reinforcing blessings and thankfulness by reminding you to be thankful for what you have in your life. I want to help feed and heal your mind and soul everyday with positivity and strength to overcome, succeed, persevere, relax, laugh, enjoy, rest, appreciate, love, mourn, and smile. Like a good friend who's always there for you, my inspirational and motivational posts are there for you whenever you need them. They are only a click away on my YouTube Channel by clicking on the Community Tab. YouTips4U Channel - Community Page
I hope you will come to my channel to read them daily. Comment and like if you feel inspired to let me know that the words resonated with you. Sending all my love and best wishes for a blessed day.❤️

-Linda