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    Life Is Beautiful
    Life Is Beautiful
    Life Is Beautiful
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    Life Is Beautiful

    By Meena Menezes

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    Everyone deserves the chance to have a happy, fulfilling and balanced life, but stress creates invisible wounds that affects our body, our mental health and overall behaviour.

    Filled with stories of courage, perseverance and resilience combined with inspiring quotes, 'Life is Beautiful' helps you find freedom from stress and ultimately, more peace in your life.

    Use this book to learn from others, be inspired by their stories to add tranquility and create positive change in your life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateFeb 19, 2020
    ISBN9781796079609
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      Life Is Beautiful - Meena Menezes

      Copyright © 2020 by Meena Menezes.

      ISBN:      Softcover         978-1-7960-7959-3

                      eBook              978-1-7960-7960-9

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 02/19/2020

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      Your worth has nothing to do with your financial assets but has everything to do with how you value yourself and how much you have invested in yourself as a person.

      Have you forgotten that the most important person in your life is you? Why have you got so caught up in being and doing what others expect of you that you have lost sight of the individual that you are and don’t value yourself enough to acknowledge your true self?

      When we realize that someone is important in our life, don’t we give them the utmost care, affection, and respect? Don’t we try our best to do what makes them happy? So why don’t we give ourselves the same importance? Why don’t we take better care of our needs and do what makes us happy? Wouldn’t we value ourselves more if we did? It all starts with us.

      When we criticize less and appreciate more, we will learn to be less judgmental and more accepting of one another.

      We all know that none of us is perfect, but if someone so much as points out our imperfections, some of us get so upset. We can’t stop thinking about it, and it pretty much ruins our day. Yet how often do we do the same thing? How quick are we to judge and criticize another person’s actions based on what we see or hear? What it does are cause misunderstandings and create conflict and disharmony. How perfect are we that we judge others? And what gives us that right anyway?

      We have, however, at one time or another, judged others, including ourselves. It is not something to be proud of, but it is something we do often without even realizing it. Perhaps it is time to make a conscious effort to stop judging and simply accepting one another and ourselves just the way we are. How much happier we would all be!

      Rather than get upset when people don’t live up to your expectations, ask yourself, Have I lived up to their expectations of me?

      Let’s face it, we tend to have expectations from the people in our lives who matter to us. However, there is such a fine line between having expectations and taking someone for granted that it can very easily be crossed. One must realize that expectations can’t be one-sided. Don’t expect if you are not wiling to give just as much, or maybe even more at times, to another person.

      It is so easy for us to complain when someone fails to live up to our expectations, but how often do we admonish ourselves for the times we act the same way? Maybe if we learned to stop taking people for granted and instead behave or do whatever we do out of love, respect, or sheer kindness to another human being without any expectations, we would all be so much happier.

      It is better to be alone than be with someone who doesn’t value you for the person that you are.

      I have been trying very hard to explain to a friend about the need to cut ties with her ex-husband. She continues to keep in touch with him despite the fact that every time she speaks to or meets him, he degrades and insults her and succeeds in destroying whatever little self-esteem she has left. The worst part is that she realizes she shouldn’t but feels so lonely that she is willing to take the verbal abuse, but at what cost? Abusing her emotional state of being? Needless to say, it always leaves her miserable, insecure, and confused about her life.

      I realize that life can be lonely and depressing at times, too, when you have no one to share it with. But still, why would you want to associate with someone who has no respect for you, who doesn’t value you, and who just uses you for their own selfish purposes?

      I truly believe that when someone hurts you, they are hurting too, and the only way they know to vent their pain and frustration is by striking out at someone who is vulnerable enough to allow it. That still doesn’t make it right by any means, and no one deserves to be at the receiving end of such behavior. You can’t control or change another person’s attitude or mindset, but you can change yours. When you have no value for the person that you are, then you are actually sending out that energy, which others pick up on; and then they treat you like dirt.

      Change can only happen when you first learn to love and value yourself enough to understand that you deserve better and are not going to settle for less.

      We all have this need to feel needed, loved, and appreciated; but we have to start by loving and appreciating ourselves.

      Don’t hold on to someone because you are afraid of being alone. When you value yourself enough, you don’t need anyone else to validate you!

      Make the most of what you have today because there is no guarantee that you will have tomorrow.

      My son’s close friend was killed in a horrific road accident recently. A smart young twenty-six-year-old’s life snuffed out in a blink of an eye when his car was crushed by a loaded transport truck, which seemingly lost control.

      Whose fault it was, I don’t know. All I know is that my son and his friends are having a hard time dealing with this. I am saddened and in shock too. As a mother, I feel helpless to do anything to ease their pain, except be around if needed. I can’t even, for a moment, imagine what his family must be going through.

      This incident is a wake-up call about just how fragile life is and that we need to stop taking it for granted. We really should think twice before we complain that life sucks, life is so unfair, or I hate my life.

      Would you rather be dead?

      Life is made up of moments. Treasure each moment and learn to live in the now, which is guaranteed. Given that the future is not guaranteed, why do we still spend so much time planning for it? Does it have to take a misfortune to remind us just how precious life is?

      Value the gift of life and make each moment count because that moment may be all you ever have.

      If you can’t help others, at least don’t criticize those who try.

      I really have a hard time dealing with people who are seemingly born to find fault with others. While I have come across some wonderful folks in my life, there are a handful of them who have challenged my patience. It is their attitude toward anything and everything that is so negative that it has made me distance myself from them as much as possible.

      Nothing you do is right or good enough, and if you ask them to show you how they think it should be done, they don’t seem to have time for that either. Is it really that hard to appreciate someone else’s effort, especially when you do

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