Your Weekly Hug - 01.16.2023 Positive Inspiration for Your Week

Welcome to your Monday Hug!

Today, I invite you to spend the next 3.5+ minutes with me to hear a special inspirational message from the Hugs devotional. It's here to inspire and help guide you through the rest of your week!

And after the video finishes, you’re encouraged to take a few moments to sit quietly and reflect on what you heard.

If you'd like to learn more about the My Happy Place Door Hanger that is behind Kathleen in the video, click here.

Blessings to you as you prepare for the week ahead!  

Hugs,
Kathleen 

A HUG FOR YOURSELF: THE WISDOM TO BE AN OPTIMIST!

My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. - Psalm 23:5

Audrey Meadows was an optimist by nature and by training. Audrey was born in China, where her parents served as missionaries. She later returned to America, began an acting career in New York and eventually won the part of Alice Kramden on the old TV classic The Honeymooners. Miss Meadows’s advice for life was straightforward: she said, “It was my mother’s belief and mine to resist any negative thinking.” The rest of us should take note.

Optimism is a gift you give to yourself - a way of putting self-fulfilling prophecy to work for you. So if you find yourself focusing on your fears instead of on your faith, it’s time for an Audrey Meadows-style attitude adjustment. It’s time to trust yourself, your future, and your God.

“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.” - Lucille Ball

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