INSPIRING: Keep your head up!

If you're having a bad day, keep your head up -- things will improve!

Sometimes a problem can fester for so long that it can feel like it will last forever. But it won't.

Sooner or later, things will fall into place, and a sense of normalcy will be restored in your life.

All you have to is remain positive. Believe with every fiber of your being that things will turn around -- and they will!

Believe you're smart, strong, and capable of overcoming any obstacle life throws your way, and you will.

Don't let your problems put a damper on your mood. You'll be feeling happy again before you know it!

Just because you hit rough times doesn't mean you throw in the towel.

You will persevere. You will prevail. You will get through this.

What's more, you will emerge stronger than ever from this. It's merely a bump in the road on the way to achieving wonderful things.

Don't give up. Stay focused on what you want to achieve. Whenever you feel tempted to complain, consider this: things could be a whole lot worse!

As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "believe you can and you're halfway there." Life isn't about what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you. Self-defeating thoughts will only make it harder to get out of your rut.

Don't use words like "can't" and "impossible" -- the only words in your vocabulary should be those that radiate optimism, from "succeed" to "resolve."

When life tries to knock you down, get right back up and say, "It'll take more than that to stop me."

Believe in yourself and the rest of the pieces will fall into place.

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