“Our power lies in our small daily choices. One after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived.”
-Mollie Marti
I hope you have taken a moment to read the quote above, not just skimmed over it, but really stopped and focused on the words. Does it speak to you?
We often feel we live in a world where we are powerless. We watch things happening around us, and decisions being made that affect us and our children, and yet they are being made for us by people of power who can seem like the last thing on their mind is the good of us individuals. We watch news stories unfold, we see homelessness on our streets, and guns in the hands of mass murders, and we can be left feeling small and helpless.
I recently shared a post, you may or may not have seen it, titled Bad News, which highlighted how the media portrays news, and also ways we can learn to cope with our anxiety over these events. One of the tips I mentioned was about taking back your power, and how you can do small things everyday, or every week that help you feel more connected with the world and feel like you are making a positive difference!
We need to take back our power, we need to make a positive difference. In Mollie Marti’s quote she touches on the ripple effect, and I couldn’t agree more. The more good we do, kindness we show, we will create a ripple effect across the world. We can feel so small in the scheme of all the people in the world, but the more people who you smile at today, be kind to today, say thank you to today, or pay a genuine compliment to, the more they will pass it on to others too.
Today I want you to walk away from to post and remember you are more powerful than you know. Ask yourself what you can do today to make someone else feel happy? What can you do to send a positive ripple through the world today?
Here are just a few suggestions.
- text someone and let them know you are thinking about them.
- offer your seat to someone on public transport.
- smile as you pass someone in the street.
- visit the elderly, give them your time.
- compliment someone on something they did well.
- hug your child, or a friend.
- send a friend flowers just because.
- write down five reasons you love your partner and leave them a note under their pillow. This would work for your child too.
- donate goods, or money to a worthy cause.
- pray for someone.
- forgive someone you have had trouble forgiving.
- let someone go in front of you in a queue.
- make a cake and give it to your neighbour.
- send someone a funny emoji or smilie face.
I believe to live a ‘life well lived‘ we need to live with good intentions toward ourselves and others, we need to search inside ourselves and realise the person we truly want to be. If we live with power, with self belief, with showing kindness to ourselves and others, we will create a better world to live in, and we will truly live life well! What do you believe?
Don’t ever let anyone make you feel powerless.
Welcome to this weeks #mg link up party! Firstly I want to thank everyone who supports and links up with me each and every Monday, and those who link up when they can, you guys are awesome. #mg will continue to go LIVE each Monday, and now if you are looking for an extra place to link up you can stop by again later in the week to link up with #ablogginggoodtime
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It is all about faith and positive affirmations at the end of the day, right? We are more powerful than we think we are!
Good deeds done with good intentions – what better way to create positive ripples in a world that needs them so badly?
I grabbed the badge with Thanksgiving for your encouragement today, Mackenzie!
And I love the quote at the top of this post. The name of my blog (Living Our Days) is based on a similar quote from Annie Dillard about the importance of the daily deeds that add up to make a life: “The way we live our days will be, after all, the way we live our lives.”
Blessings to you!
I am more powerful than I know. Thank you Mac. Pen x #mg
That is exactly how I try to live my life and what I teach my kids. The news is so negative these days that I have to turn it off and stop watching it on TV. I have stopped following news channels on social media for the reason and I unfollow anyone who constantly posts negative news or posts for my feed. Sometimes this is just necessary for my mental health so that I don’t get too overwhelmed with the world around me that I forget to focus on the little things and on what’s right in front of me. #mg
Since having my kids I’ve felt a lot of new feelings, not always positive ones. I’ve been conscious of this lately so have taken the time to step back and access things. Essentially I’ve made small changes daily and shifted my perspective. It’s had an incredible impact. Not there yet, but edging closer to being fulfilled and happy most days! #ablogginggoodtime
There are many things we can do each day, it’s true. #ablogginggoodtime
Glad to be back on your blog because I learn from it #ablogginggoodtime sent me here by the way. I am going to return to this post and share with my children
It’s the little things that count is my daily mantra! This also seems a pertinent in relation to my linked up post this week. If we can all bring ourselves to speak up and do something then we may actually be successful in making a difference to our community and thereby the world we live in. I love your ideas of positive day-to-day things we can do too. Thanks for hosting. #mg
I love this quote so much. It is really amazing what a compliment or a smile can do for somebody. Su #ablogginggoodtime
I love the quote you focus on in this post and your insights into the ‘positive ripple’ effect. I think I’m going to share this post with my tutor group who are 17 and 18 year olds. Such important advice and suggestions here. Thank you. #ablogginggoodtime xx
I’ve a canvas in my home reflecting the ripple effect and I do agree with you that an action/being can cause a ripple effect for goodness. Thanks for hosting #mg xx
I have actually never seen that quote or heard of the ripple effect before but I love the sentiment. Being kind to others is so important and it doesn’t have to be a big gesture, like you say it could simply just be a smile. I was everyone in the world was kinder, tome to start spreading as much love as possible and get those ripples flowing. Lovey post Hun x
I think it is possible that tomorrow, we make a cake or cookies for the neighbor on the first floor. Thanks, Mac. We can take it back and stay in control. xoxo Lovely post! #mg xo
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