It's hard to face the impending day as it blares through your window with no regard for how tired or overworked you are—because we all know Mondays, Tuesdays, and any day before Saturday can be downright brutal. Sometimes we just need to read some kind, inspirational, or thought-provoking words to motivate us, to make us look outside and go, "Yes—today may not be great, but I sure am!" So, without further adieu, here's some A.M.MO—a.m. motivation—ammunition to combat your morning blues.
1. Live your days like the sun. Rise and set with quiet beauty, be bold every hour in between.
2. The world is like elementary school gym class—everyone’s a wild mess, pushing themselves aimlessly backwards on those rainbow scooters, trying not to crash. It may be scary, but how could you NOT smile while riding a rainbow scooter?
3. Ladies—wear your lipstick (or Chapstick, or glossy) smiles and demand your presence. Make a stain they can't rub clean.
4. It's not selfish to care about your own happiness. Other people aren't in your head or in your heart every hour of every day—that's all you.
5. You are stardust. No really, it's a proven fact.
6. Think about life as a pop quiz. Sometimes you may know the answers, but you can't possibly be prepared for what's to come. It's OK not to know.
7. Success rhymes with "yes"—embrace opportunities.
8. Give yourself more credit for all those credits.
9. Everyday your forecast is different, so the whirlwind of feelings today will bring clear skies tomorrow or the day after that, or the day after that.
10. Remember when you were a kid and your dentist asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? But his/her hands were in your mouth so all you could do was try and communicate, through the awful scraping and sucking and draining, that you wanted to be a doctor or a writer. It was impossible to be heard. Well, remember that fight. There are always going to be people who try and muffle your aspirations. You're just going to have to speak up against all the noise.
11. To live—to exist as we are—is involuntary, but to be alive...now that's truly voluntary.
