When you say positive affirmations to yourself, they lift your mental state. That’s the objective of a powerful affirmation. An affirmation that doesn’t serve its purpose is wasted.

What is an affirmation?

An affirmation, is an assertion that something exists in the present tense, and is true. You believe that affirmation, and it changes your mental state.

The way, I see it, the affirmation should be something that’s within your reach. If you say something like “I am an immortal” for an affirmation, there is no way this is going to be true.

The thing is, we are always talking to ourselves, and the more I think about life, the more I believe that the quality of our lives depends on the conversations we have with our selves. If we talk to ourselves positively, we feel positive about life and have belief in ourselves. Therefore, affirmations are important because they help reinforce our self-belief.

Why do we need affirmations?

We need affirmations because life can be hard, and sometimes, we tend to think negative about our lives, and those negative thoughts make us feel defeated. We need to revert to positive thinking so that we feel in charge again.

You cannot live a happy life, with a negative thought leading your thinking. It will make you weak. Thoughts are things. With that context, let us get started.

Here is a list of affirmations you can consider saying to yourself at different points in your life:

1. Positive affirmations when you feel things are getting out of hand

Breathe in and take charge. Fix what is broken, no matter how long it takes. Do the right thing. The right thing is the kind and loving thing to do. You can do whatever is needed to solve the problem at hand.

2. Positive affirmations for kids

• I am different and unique. I do not compare myself to others.
• I am full of talent and I inspire others with my talent.
• I am quite hard working and my parents and teachers trust me.
• I am beautiful from inside, and that beauty radiates outside.
• I am confident and can achieve whatever I set my mind to.
• I value my health and eat only healthy food recommended by my caring parents and teachers.
• I am expressive and do not suppress my emotions.
• I spend equal time indoors and outdoors.
• I love my parents and they love me back.
• I do not waste time thinking about my weaknesses. I excel at my strengths.
• I am a happy kid.

More affirmations for happy kids

• I make everyone happy wherever I go.
• I have a beautiful future where I will make positive contribution to the society and make the world a happier place, by learning to be a happy person myself.
• I draw strength from the love of those who love me.
• I do everything possible not to let people who love me down.
• I am positive in my thinking and think good for myself and for others.
• I attend to my cleanliness and general cleanliness around me. It is important for me to keep my room and my school hygienic. So, I encourage others to keep the surroundings clean.
• When someone talks to me, I put the phone down and listen to them. That is a sign of respect.
• I also respect myself, and do not let anyone disrespect me for no reason.
• I apologise if I hurt someone by mistake. Kids make mistakes, after all.
• I am not jealous of any of my classmates or peers. Their happiness makes me happy.
• I laugh without hesitation. It is so much fun to laugh.
• I love my teachers and they love me.
• I love going to school. It is full of fun subjects and learning is so much fun when you focus on what you are good at.
• My siblings and cousins are a source of joy for me.
• When I grow up, I will grow up to be a happy person from a happy child.
• The world is a beautiful place.

3. Powerful positive affirmation if you feel you have failed

I haven’t failed. There is nothing like failure if I don’t give up. I will find another way to reach my goal and will learn from the temporary setbacks I am facing. Setbacks are temporary. I cannot fail, until I give up, and I refuse to give up till I am live.

4. Positive affirmations when you feel you aren’t worthy of love

I may have failed at relationships in the past but I am worthy of love. Inside, I know that am a loving person who finds joy in loving others, not for themselves, but for me. I seek to love, and to be loved and I am successful at finding love.

5. Positive affirmations when you have lost a loved one

I will not get sad because they have left. I will celebrate the time we spent together, because that’s what life is really about.

6. Positive affirmations when you feel low

It is alright to feel low, once in a while. We are human beings and are not emotionally perfect. I am feeling low and will be alright in sometime once I do some activities that make me happy.

7.Positive affirmations when you feel mentally weak

I am capable of fighting through life’s lows and battles because I am resilient. Life, they say, is a rollercoaster and I am able to go through the lows as well as the high’s without getting disturbed. Things always improve for me because I do not give up.

8. Positive affirmations when you feel like giving up

I have never given up in the past and I do not give up. It’s not in my nature. As Winston Churchill said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

9. Positive words to say to yourself when you have made a mistake

I am not perfect and sometimes I make mistakes in the pursuit of growth. Given that one cannot grow without making mistakes, I take mistakes in my stride, learn from them and move on. I do not let mistakes bog me down or made me sad.

10. Positive affirmation for health

I take care of my health and do not do things which would make me sick. There are different types of health, like physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and I ensure that I take care of every aspect of my health. I am healthy and my health is a source of joy for me.

11. Positive affirmation for recovery from an accident or a medical problem

I am recovering and getting better every day. My family and doctors are taking care of me and I am recovering and getting healthier every day. One day, I will be in total state of health, just like I used to be.

12. Affirmation for restoring your self-belief

I believe in myself in spite of the lows and the highs of life. A lot of life has gone through me. I have borne a lot of pain and experiences a significant amount of joy that I created through my hard work and effort. No matter what happens, and no matter what anyone says, my self-belief will not waver.

13. Positive affirmation to feel grateful

I am grateful for everything life has given me. There have been many ups and downs, and I am so grateful for the experiences. The good experiences made me happy, and the painful experiences changed me as a person for the better. There is no teacher more powerful than pain. I am grateful for life, in its entirety.

14. Positive affirmation to feel good about growing age

I am so glad to be alive and kicking as so many people are not fortunate enough to grow old. Well, I am alive and still kicking and will be kicking till I live for I am grateful for the gift of life, and not remorseful, that it after all, going to end, one day.

15. Affirmation for your partner

I can’t even start expressing how important my partner is in my life, and couldn’t imagine a life without everything they do for me. I love my partner, and they love me, and that’s the reason we are together.

16. Affirmation for your kid/s

My kids bring so much joy and innocence back into my life. When I look at them, I feel I am having another chance to live my life. What a source of unadulterated joy they are. I wouldn’t how happy they could make me till I had them.

17. Affirmation for mental strength

I am mentally strong to go through anything that life throws me. No matter what happens, and how hard life gets, I will let nothing break me. This is my promise to myself, that nothing will break me mentally, and I will keep fighting for my happiness and that of people I love, till I live.

18. Positive Affirmation for growth

I am growing through my life, and will continue to grow physically, mentally and intellectually. I am not complacent, and never done with life. As long as I live, I will continue to learn and grow.

19. Affirmation for success

I am succeeding in everything that I am trying to do. The universe is opening up new doors for me, even when some doors close. New doors have always opened for me, sooner or later. I believe that new doors open for people who believe in hope, and keep working towards their goals. I am hard working, and conscientious and therefore, I succeed in my efforts.  

20. Affirmation for life

I love life and everything that it comes with. There are good days and not so good days, and all of these combined, make us experience different emotions during the course of life. Life is beautiful, and I always believe in the beauty of it. The purpose of life is to be happy, and I am happy that I am alive.

In Conclusion

The purpose of an affirmation is to make us feel good about life, and say it in the present tense, as if it were always true. Whenever you are struggling with the challenges of life, you talk to yourself. It is important that you talk to yourself in a positive tone, because whatever you say to yourself is likely to become true, because thoughts become things.

Therefore, say positive affirmation to yourself, and make yourself feel better. You and I cannot proceed forward in life, or do anything if we feel awful. Use positive affirmations from this list or other lists on the internet like this from Oprah to feel positive about yourself.

Stay happy.

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Love,

Amarvani

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