Winter Garden Magazine September 2018 | Page 49

3 you carry on your self esteem and feelings of self worth will soar. 12. Sing at the top of your voice. Not outside, but in the house, and give it your all. 13. Forgive yourself! (You know...) 18. Reward your successes. As soon as you achieve something, reward yourself. 19. Never let anyone force you to break your core values. 20. Stop the gossiping! 14. Get rid of the people who are 21. Don’t read a newspaper for a dragging you down (don’t kill them, week and gauge how you feel about just stop having them in your life). yourself and the world around you. 15. Work on your strengths. Many people focus on building up their weaknesses. Instead, get better at what you are good at. 16. Take a walk in the rain. Why? ...because you have the power to decide! 17. Listen to other people and to what they are saying. 22. Help other people who need it. 23. Always, Always, Always be honest with yourself and others. There is no need for lies, and the energy it takes to continue a lie is unbelievable. 25. Listen to your self talk and slap the little person criticising you, I mean it, imagine there are two people one on each shoulder, the one who criticises you give them a slap or a punch in the mouth and start to pay attention to the one who is praising you. 26. Don’t be afraid to accept help from other people, it means they respect you enough to help you with something. 27. Start changing your thinking to be more optimistic about yourself, instead of ‘…I can’t do that….’ say ‘..I’ve never tried it, but I’ll give it a go…’ 28. Face your fears. Nothing will send your self esteem soaring 24. Take a chance and take a risk or more so than facing your fears and two. You don’t have long to live, so eventually conquering them. just get up and do it. SEPTEMBER 2018 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE |   49