GREAT quote to start your month

To help you start the month off on the right foot, I wanted to share with you a quote from Doe Zantamata.

This one is worth hanging on your wall or pasting on your nightstand so it's the first thing you look at when you wake up:

"Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today."

Many people I come across spend days harping on the same issues rather than seeing each day as an opportunity to start anew -- as a chance to resolve yesterday's issues rather than let them fester.

You wouldn't want to reserve so pages in your story for things of a negative nature, would you?

We should view each day as an opportunity to conquer our challenges once and for all. Each day brings the promise of growth, happiness, success.

Optimism is the essential ingredient to making this happen. You have to believe wholeheartedly that things really can and will get better. Let faith and perseverance be your guide, your anchor.

Instead of wondering what else can go wrong tomorrow, ask yourself what will go right. View the glass as half full rather than half empty. Believe that a light awaits at the end of the tunnel.

I wish everyone a great month of October. No matter your battles, no matter how tempted you feel to give up, I'm here to tell you that you can achieve amazing things when you set your heart and mind to it. Keep charging. Keep fighting. You shall prevail.

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