- I am grateful for…
- I can help someone today by….
- What nonsense has me thinking I’m alone in my experience?
- I’m prepared to give up on anything but myself.
- The universe is roomy. I am not stuck.
- I am a recipient, not a victim, of life.
- I can change. Right here. Right now.
- I know that seeking safety is the biggest risk.
- The only vote of approval that is necessary to my success is mine.
- Music can heal me.
- I’m willing to try something that isn’t my idea.
- I will not stack bricks between me and reality.
- I will prove to myself that I can overcome.
- There are three things I can do this week to improve my situation.
- Consistency always delivers an inflection point.
- I won’t let an algorithm ruin my life.
- My choices are A. exercise B. anxiety and depression.
- Catering to fear is not an option for me.
- When obsessing over lack, I can consider that globally, 700 million people live on $2.15/day.
- I don’t have to be right. They don’t have to be wrong.
- Instant gratification is a significant threat to the quality of my life.
- I have nothing to lose by being honest.
- I know that the antidote to worry is action.
- If I choose isolation, I’m choosing madness.
- A road trip solves a lot.
- I will not believe lies I know are lies.
- I will respect people enough to stay out of their choices.
- I understand that inanimate objects can’t deliver love or meaning.
- I get to decide if my past will own or serve me.
- I can ask the wittiest people I know to come over tonight.
- I can reorient my consciousness toward a purpose higher than gratifying my ego.
- I only waste my life to the extent I refuse to give.
- I can let my anger clarify my position and motivate change.
- I will not underestimate how many decades I can lose to dysfunction.
- Challenge delivers far more comfort than comfort.
- Kindness only intensifies envy.
- I refuse to choose helplessness.
- I am willing to stop contaminating my environment with negativity.
- I won’t try to solve anything when I’m sick or grieving.
- I refuse to manufacture misery so I can get high on drama.
- I’m willing to feel the full force of a face-to-face connection with another human being.
- Without my past, there would be no source material for my art.
- I can open the blinds and windows.
- I will not allow a for-profit company or person to divide my attention.
- I will deal with my soul directly, not by trying to save someone else’s soul.
- Maintaining small habits is a huge accomplishment.
- What makes me think my wants and needs are more important than those of the other 8 billion people?
- I understand that having any choice is a luxury.
- I will direct the fiercest of my loyalty to myself.
- I can drive around with the windows down, listening to music and searching for a bakery.
- I plan to reignite my enthusiasm for my life by….
- I can listen to Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill perform How Great Thou Art.
- I will take more responsibility for myself than the people around me.
- Circumstances do not correlate to worth.
- My spiritual potential is more important than my potential for achievement.
- I will not pretend.
- Feeling out of control represents a need for structure, and I can create new habits.
- I refuse to live my life in an emotional blackout.
- I am willing to allow life to catch me off guard so I can enjoy it more.
- The only path that leads to inevitable failure is the well-worn path of doing what I’ve always done.
- I will not let denial charm me into believing it’s optimism or realism.
- I understand that depression intersecting with a lack of accountability is dangerous.
- I can never be at peace while working against myself.
- I can’t survive on quotes. I need art to connect the dots.
- I am willing to stop doing what I’m doing and go for ice cream with someone I love.
- I will not allow my experience of myself to be one of homelessness.
- I know that guilt is the gateway drug to self-defeating decisions.
- I will not let a diseased culture sell me on its valuelessness.
- Panicking will not help.
- I will not use self-pity to get attention.
- It’s appropriate for me to respond to passive aggression with distance, not guilt.
- God is in my heart, not my intellect.
- I will never experience a greater love than I’m willing to give.
- I will not allow anything less than reverence to permeate the spirit of my work.
- Unconditional love is the most powerful drug there is.
- I choose to be trustworthy rather than people-pleasing.
- I will temper the impact of advice with an understanding that few people know or want what is best for me.
- I don’t need to create emotional stress to feel alive.
- Karmic justice is exact.
- The only feedback loop that matters is between me and my soul.
- I do not affiliate with anyone who perceives an advantage from my being down.
- A part of the Power of the Universe is in me.
- I don’t have to go any faster than the slowest part of me can go right now.
- I can sledgehammer this phone into a million pieces on the driveway and then go for a walk.
- In the absence of a knowable end date, I am always in the prime of my life.
- As an adult, I am not asking for, nor do I need, permission.
- I do not have to come up with ideas; I only have to allow them.
- I am open to new visual images of what’s possible for me in the form of role models.
- I’m willing to go to any lengths necessary to connect with the sun.
- I’m willing to endure anxiety to advance my goals.
- I control the amount of external stimulation I allow in my life.
- I do not have to be sick to get my needs met.
- I never underestimate the power of the human heart.
- Sometimes, all you can do is stand tall, hurt, and be patient.
- The closer I get to love that’s free, the more I heal.
- Sticking with it is magic.
- The only mistakes that are deadly are those I refuse to learn from.
- I can’t change the truth.
- Now, everything is okay.
- God is love.
Song Accompaniment: Leon Bridges, Bad Bad News
Artwork: The Art of Seth