Here’s today’s mantra:

And finally, take a moment. I want to be able to rest. I want to be able to remember to respond and not react.

Here’s the thing. I have this friend Kerry whom I love. I notice that when I am around her, she is always easygoing. She isn’t super picky. It’s not that she doesn’t care, it’s just that she is open, kind and just easy to be with. She makes life feel effortless when I am with her and I love that feeling. I want to also create that feeling for those around me. But, alas, I am usually just the opposite. I am super picky. Super stressed. Often worried. I don’t go with the flow. I am the flow.

So I want to take a moment and ask myself “what would i do if i were easier?” How would I respond differently? What would I choose? I want to take a moment to be more the kind of person I want to be. Not be on automatic pilot but really be present and act from a place of choice.

To do that well, I need to always take a moment.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

Here’s today’s mantra:

This one is here to honor my word. To remind me that every step of my life is my choice. I decide what to do next, I decide how to feel, I decide who to be, I decide where to go, who to choose, what I see, what I hear. What I remember. What I believe.

I decide every moment of every day. Not what happens. But what I make it mean.

It’s all up to me.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

Here’s today’s mantra:

This is similar to day three. Thanks to my OLW last year, I learned that I am indeed brave. I have all the courage I need. I put my mind to something and I do it. So all I need is the little voice in my head that reminds me that I am already brave. I am brave.

And onward I go.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

Here’s today’s mantra:

Life is full of possibilities. Full of people, opportunities, challenges, surprises. I want to be open to all of them. To other ways of thinking and being. I want to be open to what life might bring. Open to doing new things. Open to change. Open to things that seem crazy. Open to trying. That’s the only way I will get to grow, evolve, see what I might love.

I also want to be open to receive. To let others’ love wash over me. Their kindness. Their friendship.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

Here’s today’s mantra:

This one of my core desired values for 2016. Give. be more generous. In every way. Give more time. Give more money. Give more love. Give more hugs. Give more smiles. Give more patience. Give more knowledge. Give more effort.

I have a lot more than I think. None of these things are scarce.

I don’t want to believe in a mentality of scarcity. I want to choose abundance. The fastest way to that path is to give more. When I give, it becomes clear that I can give. that I have more to give. Abundance begets more abundance.

So step one: give more.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.

Here’s today’s mantra:

I wrote all about this one a while ago. Joy is a choice. I can choose to do things that I know will bring me joy. I can focus on what gives me joy. I can choose the perspective of joy. I can choose the moments of joy over anxiety, worry, fear. I get to choose how I feel and I can choose joy. My life is complex and all of these possible choices live on top of each other. At any moment, I have something to be happy about, something to worry about, something I am afraid of, etc. So I have to pick which one to focus on. This card is here to remind me to choose JOY.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.