Does anyone else have a ‘help me get through this ‘ Mantra?

Sorry Peasblossom

I read the following quote quite some time ago by Anthony Hopkins (who I adore!) and it really stuck with me. "It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier."

I like Captain Tom's "Tomorrow will be a good day" (but I often use "onwards and upwards" too).

I also liked what he said about about dying/his funeral :-

"March in, march out, carry on". What a wise man he was.

“Nothing is ever as bad as it seems at first.”

My mother's mantra was "Sal says that this will pass" and it stopped her getting panic stricken when her heart condition was causing her concern and losing beats or beating too fast. I'm the Sal in the mantra and it did help her.

Not actually a mantra but when I ve got to do something I m dreading or even not looking forward to I break it down into small chunks and tick them off in my head as I do them

My mantra when my children were teens and getting to the ‘going out at night’ stage and I d be worrying myself silly I used to say my myself Look my granddad was in WW1 at age 16 on the front line and he survived they ve only gone to a disco or a festival or whatever they ll be fine

"This too shall pass". "I am strong and I can handle this" And there are always small (or large) shafts of light and things to pause and enjoy with gratitude - really makes a differencee.

This won't last forever.

I just treated myself to a ring which has “This too shall pass” engraved inside it. I fell on the ice over 5 weeks ago and I’ve been unable to weight bear since, so I’m hoping it’s true!

I consider myself older not old. I will never be old...I refuse to be...simple

We will be laughung about this next week.

Peasblossom, terrific. I'd like to enrol, please? ?

Mindfulness meditation is a great training for being in the 'here and now' and I know ,in any given moment, I can and will cope with what comes up. What isn't helpful is that the mind can go into 'catastrophic thinking' about what might happen in the future. So I catch those thoughts and say' 'no thanks' to them. It works for me! Thinking about the future, (usually with a negative outcome) is what causes distress, especially now with the pandemic. One day at a time is my mantra! And one minute at a time can work too! Another thing I do is to focus on breathing in and out for several breaths... that relaxes everything.

I'm not a Christian, but Julian of Norwich's words always feel calming: “All shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” Before lockdown last March I went to a local singing group, and we sang this as a round, so I tend to sing it to myself.

I have a couple. "This too shall pass" and my favourite, which is actually on a small print on my bedroom wall: "You are a ghost, driving a living machine made from stardust, riding a rock hurtling through space at 30 kilometers per second. Fear nothing."

One day at a time...?

Another one whose mantra is " This too will pass"".

Being a champion procrastinator one of mine is 'Just do it '.
Also - Just get on with it, and Get it Done!. I wish they helped.
Big pile of ironing still sitting there.

Does anyone remember Pollyanna? When our children were young we read Pollyanna and it taught them the lesson of 'be thankful for what you have got and don't dwell on what you haven't' and to this day 40 years later, they still say "doing a Pollyanna".

This too shall pass
Steady the Buffs.

Oopsadaisy1 Thanks for posting this!

I had to smile this morning when I read a piece in the paper about how people who have worked hard to conceal their age suddenly want to crow over their friends about receiving their vaccine invitation. Dilemma!

However, perceived age is a subjective thing and I rather like Clint Eastwood's "Don't let the old man in!" I try to avoid falling prey to society's expectations of what people of a certain age can/can't/should/shouldn't do, or be able to do. I also really like the philosophy of, "If you didn't know when you were born, how old would you be?" I never wear slogans on tee shirts but I'd consider that one!

I’ve adopted Captain Sir Tom’s mantra ‘Tomorrow will be a good day’.

Something my mother always used to say: Everything passes, even a day on a train with a sick child. I used to think of this when my boys, very close together in age, and who always caught whatever was going at the same time were ill and I was trotting between their bedrooms in the night.

This too will pass- right from the start.

Mine at work was "Head down mouth shut", never managed to keep to it though....