Start Where You Are & With What You Have

Every artist was once an amateur. ~Ralph Walso Emerson

Do you remember when you first learned how to drive a car, cook a meal, use the computer or your new cell phone? How about when you first learned to play a sport or a musical instrument?

Whenever we want to learn something new or accomplish anything in life, we usually begin with the basics. As we build upon them, we get better and better. And as a result, there are some things that we do really well. With practice, education, and commitment, we can become quite proficient, maybe even experts.

Every new project or goal challenges us to learn and grow. We are all beginners at some point. We start with what we have and it is up to us to keep at it in order to get better and accomplish our goals. Eventually we will move beyond the amateur stages and begin to see progress. Sometimes things don't come as easily to us and we are tempted to just quit. We conclude that we don't have what it takes or that it's much too difficult for us. Times like these can push us on to try harder or find alternative solutions or ideas to reaching our goals.

Remember, it takes an investment of our time and energy to improve our lives and accomplish anything worthwhile. If we can accept where we are right now and believe that we can get better, our efforts will pay off. With each step we take, we make progress. As we acknowledge our small successes, we will experience greater satisfaction and move closer to our goals.

Today I choose to accept where I am and believe I can get better.

Today I choose to take at least one small step toward my goals.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt

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There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
~Henry Ford

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Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price. ~ Vince Lombardi

Copyright © 2010 Krystal Kuehn, New Day Counseling Center. All Rights Reserved.



Krystal Kuehn, MA, LPC, LLP, NCC is a psychotherapist, author, teacher & musician. She is the cofounder of New Day Counseling, a family marriage counseling and child teen counseling center, BeHappy4Life.com, an award-winning, self-help and inspirational site where you can find hundreds of free resources, insights & inspiration to change your life, and Baby-Poems.com where you can find beautiful baby poems, baby quotes, cute sayings & baby videos that will touch your heart & increase your joy & gratitude for the children you love & enjoy! Check out Krystal's other blogs: Give Thanks Journal, Baby Poems & Be Your Best blog.


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How to Make 2009 the Best Year Yet!

Did you make any New Year's Resolutions?

Most of us like to start the new year with hopes and plans for a good year. The past is behind us and we carry over the blessings, memories, and lessons it has taught us. But today is a new day, a new year, and we can start fresh. We can have new beginnings and set new goals.

What would you like to be different this coming year? Maybe you want to get in better shape, lose some weight, get out of debt, break bad habits and begin healthy ones, donate your time and/or finances, contribute to the community, make a positive difference in other's lives, and the list goes on.

Research shows that most New Year's resolutions are not kept for very long. We have good intentions and maybe start out with determination and confidence, but soon after our enthusiasm dies out. Oftentimes our resolutions are more challenging than we had expected. Maybe this year we can approach the new year with just one goal that will help us to meet all the others: to live a more positive and grateful life. A postiive and grateful life helps us to stay strong in our faith, persist, dream, set goals, love others and treat them with kindness and respect. Real fulfillment and joy can be ours this year as we commit to being our best.

Make 2009 the best year yet by being the best you can be. It starts with you - your thinking, your attitude, your love walk, you faith, your perpective, your commitment, your persistence, your choices. We don't know what this new year will bring, but we can resolve to make the best of 2009 as we make the best of ourselves. God bless you and may this year be your best ever! Krystal

Copyright © 2009 BeHappy4Life.com, written by Krystal Kuehn

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