St. Dan Design

Take off your mask and start being unapologetic about who you really are. Remember, imperfection is beauty; madness is genius. It is better to be ridiculously you, than ridiculously boring by trying to be the same as everyone else.

EMBRACE CHANGE AND GROWTH.– If you want to know your past look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future look into your present actions. You must let go of the old to make way for the new; the old way is gone, never to come back. If you acknowledge this right now and take steps to address it, you will position yourself for lasting success.

"Everything in life – every situation and every relationship – has to come to an end eventually. It’s important to appreciate and accept the end of an era – to walk away sensibly when something has reached its inevitable conclusion. Letting go, turning the page, moving forward, etc. It doesn’t matter what you call it, what matters is that you leave the past where it belongs so you can make the best of the life that’s presently available to be lived. This ending is not
THE END, it’s just your life beginning again in a new way. It’s a point in your story where one chapter fades into the next.
To a great extent, this happens to us constantly. It’s happening right now.
Every single day, we have to accept the fact that things will never go back to how they used to be, and that this ending is really the beginning. This concept might be tough to accept at first, but it’s the truth. Life is endless impermanence. And it’s beautiful. It means nothing is really behind you. It means life always begins now – right now – not tomorrow or the next day or the next. And it means you can have the fresh start you want whenever you want.
So be humble. Be teachable. The world is always bigger than your view of the world. Right now there’s plenty of room for a new idea, a new step… a new beginning!"

Do you feel like giving up? There’s honestly no shame in it. There’s no shame in admitting to yourself that you feel exhausted, doubtful, and low.
This is a natural part of being human.
You shouldn’t be concerned with what other people are thinking either — cry if you need to — it’s healthy to shed your tears.
The sooner you do, the sooner you will be able to smile again.

Five will to Save You Hours Of Heartache:
1. Don’t take other people’s behavior personally.
2. Don’t get caught up in petty arguments and drama.
3. Don’t just react (respond mindfully).
4. Don’t get stuck thinking the world is ending.
5. Don’t tie your present emotions to past negativity.

Money makes life faster
God makes life meaningful

Take one day at a time. No matter what’s happening, anyone can efficiently fight the battles of just one day. It’s only when you add the battles of those two abysmal eternities, yesterday and tomorrow, that life gets overwhelmingly complicated.

"Imagine you’re blindfolded and treading water in
the center of a large swimming pool, and you’re
struggling desperately to grab the edge of the
pool that you think is nearby, but really it’s not –
it’s far away. Trying to grab that imaginary edge
is stressing you out, and tiring you out, as you
splash around aimlessly trying to holding on to
something that isn’t there.
Now imagine you pause, take a deep breath, and
realize that there’s nothing nearby to hold on to.
Just water around you. You can continue to
struggle with grabbing at something that doesn’t
exist… or you can accept that there’s only water
around you, and relax, and float.
Today, I challenge you to ask yourself:
What are you desperately trying to hold on to in
your life?
How is it affecting you?
Then imagine the thing you’re trying to hold on
to doesn’t really exist. Envision yourself letting
go… and just floating.
How would that change your situation?"

The older you grow, the more quiet you become. Life
humbles you gradually as you age. You realize how
much nonsense you’ve wasted time on.
2. Happiness doesn’t start with a relationship, a
vacation, a job, or money. It starts with your thinking
and what you tell yourself every day.

“There’s a brilliant, beautiful, priceless piece of art in front of you! It’s elaborate and detailed – a painstaking labor of love and devotion! The colors and textures are like no other – they soar and dip, they shine and leap right off the canvas! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the tiny, black housefly that has landed on it. Why would you do such a thing?”
She cracked a half smile and stared at me in silence.
“Look,” I said, “the point is there’s no way to be 100% sure about anything or anyone in this world. Life, like art, is intricate and unpredictable. So you’re left with a choice: either appreciate it and look for the best, or focus on and expect the worst.”
If you expect the worst, you’re never disappointed,” she pointed out.
“Yeah, but who lives like that?” I replied. “No one. People die slowly every day like that, without every truly living.”

You might spend time with the person you love and catch yourself thinking, “He (or she) is perfect for me!” Not perfect in their behaviors, or in their beliefs, or in their looks. Rather, perfect in the way they fit into your life, the way their rough edges fill the gaps between your own, the way their body rests against yours, the way both your voices flow together in harmony, the way you make each other feel complete, even when you are apart.
And this completeness ripples through every aspect of your lives. You both feel alive and full of incredible joy. And you are eager and excited and can’t wait to find a hundred little things that will make you feel even more alive, now that you have felt how deeply you can breathe the fresh air of freedom. You can clearly see that there are no definitive limits, and you laugh together about the fact that you both once thought there were, and then you laugh again simply because you are free to BE… together, or apart.
In this freedom, you choose to find divine perfection in each other’s humanness.
In this freedom, your happiness is vital to each other, and sacrifices are made.
And, that may not always mean you are part of the equation.
And that’s perfectly OK.
For you, that is why it feels so incredible to love, and to be loved.
Because the love you feel is a choice.
Because real love gives you that choice.

“Don’t think about eating that chocolate cookie!” What are you thinking about now? Eating that chocolate cookie, right? When you concentrate on not thinking about something, you end up thinking about it.
The same philosophy holds true when it comes to freeing your mind from a negative past. By persistently trying to move away from what you don’t want, you are forced to think about it so much that you end up carrying it’s weight along with you. But if you instead choose to focus your energy on moving toward something you do want, you naturally leave the negative weight behind as you progress forward.
Bottom line: Instead of concentrating on eliminating the negative, concentrate on creating something positive (that just happens to replace the negative).