These meetings should be focused on creating a positive, supportive, and happy teaching environment. A teaching community that is happy and positive can have a huge influence impact on its school. The class can start to build an environment that fosters and motivates children to continue their progress and strive to attain and surpass their goals may it be as individuals, group, personal or academic. By fostering a positive attitude in their classroom, teachers can play a huge role in their students’ lives. Watch the difference in students when they take the simple step of just starting to believe in themselves. Introduce some Thoughts of the Day into your classroom environment, ask the students to debate its meaning, and how it could impact their lives.

Thoughts have distinct characteristics that can effect our mood and influence our behavior. We hope our thought of the day helps you do just that. No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. Barbara de Angelis When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel Ideas About Chasing your DreamsWhen the Hazelden Foundation, based in Center City, Minnesota, and the Betty Ford Center, located in Rancho Mirage, California, merged in 2014, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation became the nation’s leading nonprofit addiction and mental health treatment provider. Learn more about the fascinating history and pioneering work of Hazelden and the Betty Ford Center.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do. Richard Dawkins Kind Thoughts for the Day You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be. Napoleon Hill I pray that I may try to do God’s will. I pray that such understanding, insight, and vision shall be mine as shall make my life eternal, here and now. I've read it several times and I own a copy. Years ago I would have rated this book 4 stars, but my spiritual viewpoint has changed over the years so I find the wording jarring at times. I agree with the general ideas though. Perhaps I need to write my own. Practice gratitude:Instead of focusing on what we don’t have, we can focus on what we do have and be grateful for it. Practicing gratitude can help shift our mindset towards positivity.This best-selling app from Hazelden Publishing offers daily thoughts, meditations, and prayers for those in recovery from alcohol and other drugs. Even though the leaders of China and Russia failed to take their seats at the G20 this weekend the Summit has made history – it’s the first time India has hosted it and never before has it been held in South Asia. Accordingly, we want to try and have the right types of thoughts in our mind to ensure a healthy psyche. By reading positive quotes and ideas, we start to adopt a more positive mindset. Better Physical Health: Research suggests that positive thinking is associated with improved physical health outcomes. It can lead to lower levels of stress hormones, enhanced immune system, reduced risk of cardiovascular illnesses, and better overall well-being.

Make your vision so clear that your fears become irrelevant. Thoughts of the Day in December December 1stThemes of the readings include spirituality, the Twelve Steps, forgiveness, compromise, reflection, facing fears, sponsors/sponsorship, confidence, powerlessness, and many others. Handy reference lists of the Twelve Steps of AA and the Twelve Traditions of AA are also included. These thoughts, by some of the greatest teachers of compassion and kindness in the world, can inspire us to extend that attitude to our work and personal lives. If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. December 15th Improved Emotional Well-being and Mental Health: Positive thinking promotes a positive emotional state. It reduces stress, anxiety, and depression while increasing feelings of happiness, contentment, and satisfaction in our daily life. It enables us to approach life’s ups and downs with a more balanced perspective. The experts at Hazelden Betty Ford have developed the recovery field’s most trusted and comprehensive care for you and your family. Empathy, evidence-based practices and patient-centered care are at the heart of our treatment approach, with the aim of helping you achieve long-term recovery and well-being.

There’s also been comment that the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and of India are both practising Hindus. Just for Today: I will allow knowledge of my true nature to guide my actions. Today, I will face the world as myself. Be a positive role model for your students. Act in an encouraging, optimistic manner, if you believe your students will. Your level of positivism directly impacts the results you will see among your students. If they witness others improving when they follow your example, they are more likely to copy and seek the same results. Be big enough to admit, encourage and admire the abilities people who are better than you. December 21st Yesterday on this programme the question was asked whether this individual tragedy had wider meaning. Like the catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017, Sheila’s death reveals systemic failures and inequalities, provokes consideration of public policy and causes every individual to ask ourselves – who is my neighbour.

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You have to chase your dreams, no matter what. The impossible just takes a little longer. One stroke at a time, one step at a time, the impossible is easy to achieve. Tori Murden Which is more fun, feeling negative or positive? Which answer is more productive, saying “I can” or “I can’t”?