“Focus on the roses: 'A person who gathers honey will not escape being stung by bees. A person who gathers roses will not escape being scratched by thorns.' The positive things in life also have negative aspects. Keep your focus on the beautiful roses of the world, and the thorns will seem trivial and inconsequential.” WorldPersonsSeemsBeautifulFocusGratitudeNegativeAspectRoseHoneyThings In LifeBeesThornsPositive ThingsInconsequentialBeautiful Rose Author:Zelig Pliskin
“Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and thistles of depression, discontent, and anxiety in the garden of your mind. Luckily, the opposite is also true. Consistently planting positive, healthy, constructive thoughts will yield a crop of beautiful feelings, such as gratitude, love, and joy.” MindSelfFeelingsBeautifulJoyImagineProduceGratitudeHealthyAnxietyNegativeGardenOppositesPlantCriticalSeedsYieldWeedConsistentlyConstructiveCropsDiscontentUnhealthyHabitualLove GratitudeThistles Book:The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart Source: The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart
“Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.” BeautifulTurnsMusic IsNegativeLet MeTherapyOutletsSomething Beautiful Author:Amy Lee
“To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.” FeelsShouldMeanMightBeautifulGrowsCuttingElementsNegativeRootsDifficultyPlantAriseStemEmbarrassedChoke Author:Alain de Botton
“I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country.” ThinkingWayKindCountryBeautifulArtistForgetNegativeSouthBeautiful ThingsStereotypeNorthernersNegative Stereotypes Author:Genevieve Gorder
“A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.” EndsCountryDreamBeautifulForceEmotionEnemyIllusionNegativeStrifeNegative EmotionsBeautiful Country Author:Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
“All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are like a gift from God in a performer. If you don't hide them and if you stop lying to yourself about what you are and are not, there is a ring or a tent or a stage where you can take them and use them to make something beautiful.” IfsPersonsUsePainBeautifulLyingActorsStageDespairWeaknessNegativeRingsPerformersIncompetenceGift From GodTentsSomething BeautifulLying To YourselfStop Lying Author:Elizabeth Ashley