Every day is a bright new day, with new challenges, opportunities, success and even sometimes failure. The thought in everyone's mind after waking is “How is the day going to be?". Everyone says “Have a nice day.” The secret behind having a nice day is to start the day with a smile and positive mind. In today's world everyone are facing so many challenges. How many of us are facing those challenges boldly? The most important thing many of us lack is self-appreciation.

Self-appreciation is the respect for one’s self. Nothing has value without self-worth. How many of us appreciate ourselves for our actions? Hardly a few. Why do we lack this ethic? Do you want a change in your life, then practice self-appreciation and self-motivation. Don't wait for anyone to appreciate you. If you are happy and satisfied with your performance tap your shoulders and say "Good job!”, “Well done!” and “You rock!". Doing so your mind gets positively boosted and there is no need for any others comments to boost you. If suppose your task didn’t end up good, never lose hope. Start motivating by saying that “I can do it the next time", " I went wrong this time, its not the end and I will rectify my flaws".

Don’t ever think failure is the end, its just one try of yours that went wrong. You always have a next opportunity waiting. Appreciate and motivate not only yourself, even the other hearts near you. Take time to appreciate others, don’t let your ego question you "Why should I do this?" Its just a good habit. When you practice, your fellow mate who sees this may spread the quotient to others. The only easy way to earn success is by taming your mind and heart with positive thoughts. Once you practice this you can feel a change in yourself, because you will be handling any toughest situation. Enjoy life and make others enjoy it. From now tap your shoulder, pinch your cheeks, speak to your mind and tell it "Lets rock baby!".

Thivya
Home maker, Thoothukudi.