Recovery

Happy Thoughts

1. Follow your own heart and dreams. Don't ever let anyone else tell you what you can or can't do.

2. If you want something enough, you will find a way to make it happen.

3. You will meet people who hate you, and you will meet people who love you, and you will meet people who you think love you. Don't be fooled. Some people are just passing by in your story called life. They're there to teach you something, so always be aware.

4. Always remember that bad things and situations you don't like will end. It may take minutes, hours, days, or years, but never forget that they will end eventually. You can get through anything.

5. You are your own person, not anyone else's. Don't let people take control of you and change your beautiful self.

6. The people in your life who make you giggle and smile in the darkest times are ones you need to keep with you forever. There is always the potential for hard times, and you'll need someone to cheer you on.

7. You do not have to live up to any standards or expectations. Family and peers and society are constantly telling us that we have to be a certain way, or else we aren't good enough. Tune out of that thinking and just be yourself. That's the best thing you can be.

8. Don't be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone. Being out of the box can bring on so many amazing new opportunities you never even thought existed.

9. A lot is going to happen to you during your lifetime, so let yourself feel anything and everything. Always feel as much as you can. It makes you experience things at a higher level and you can say, "Yes, I know this feeling. I've been here before."

10. A good cry cleanses the heart and mind and soul.

11. Appreciate the small things. They can teach you to love and be at peace with everything around you.

12. It's okay to take a break from everyday duties once in a while.

13. Travel whenever possible, it opens the mind. Go on adventures in new places and learn about the world. You will come back a new person.

14. Get up the courage to talk to strangers. That's how you meet people. Who knows, the next person you meet could end up being your new best friend.

15. Stand in the rain and breathe in the wide open air and absorb everything you can about the earth.

16. Long walks are something that can clear the mind and resolve many issues.

17. It's okay to lay in bed with a book all day.

18. Look out the window and watch the snow silently fall. It's one of the most peaceful and relaxing things you can do.

19. Remember that everyone is living their very own life with their own problems, so always be kind and respect others.

20. Keep an open mind and listen to people's thoughts. You might discover more than you think.

21. You are not defined by your weight or skin color or career or the number of friends you have or your grades in school or your decisions. You are so much more than that.

22. Everyone makes mistakes in their life, so don't judge a person based on their decisions.

23. Keep your own limits and morals. Don't give them up for anyone.

24. Live a little. Be spontaneous and experience all that you possibly can.

25. Aim to live a life that you will be proud of and content with when you're 90 years old.

26. Things in life will tear you down, but time heals everything.

27. Rumors don't help anyone. Don't start or spread them.

28. Your soulmate is out there in the world searching for you too. Don't lose hope. You'll find each other one day.

29. Treat yourself once in awhile.

30. Random acts of kindness can make someone's day and it can make you feel good too.

31. You're going to have to work if you want to live a truly happy life. Don't cheat or make someone else do the work for you. That will only make an unfulfilled and empty life for you in the end.

32. Be proud of everything you do.

33. Self love never hurt anyone.

34. Find things to look forward to. It will keep you excited and more hopeful for the bright future.

35. Leave a piece of you in every place you go and with every person you meet.

36. Always listen to people. Everyone just wants to be heard and understood and feel like they matter to someone.

37. Do what is best for you in the long run, even if it hurts at first.

38. Love with all your heart and soul at every opportunity.

39. Never settle for less. You deserve the best and whatever makes you truly happy.

40. Don't feel bad if someone doesn't like you. It's their loss because they won't get to experience your magnificent presence.

41. Never fear love. Love can make you grow and blossom and teach you so much. Don't fear it, but proceed with caution. Broken hearts will heal with time, but they are never fun.

42. Dancing silly to your favorite songs will guarantee some giggles and smiles.

43. Always sing in the shower, and when you're home alone, sing as loud as you can.

44. Put effort into everything you do. It makes it all worthwhile and you feel better about it in the end. You can reflect and say "Look at this. I'm proud."

45. Exercise makes you feel good and you'll feel accomplished too. Try it sometime.

46. You are beautiful exactly how you are. Don't deny yourself of your own loveliness.

47. You may not be perfect, because no one is, but you're fucking radiant, which is near perfection.

48. To grow as a person and expand your mind and soul, learn at least one new thing everyday.

49. Don't beat yourself up about things you have no control over.

50. Happiness is not a goal or a point on a map. It is a state of being that everyone deserves.