Did you enjoy last month’s affirmations? They were gems of wisdom from one of my favourite uplifting books, Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen.

There are so many gems in this beautiful book that I wanted to share Part 2 with you today, also inspired by Chicken Soup for the Soul. If you love these words of inspiration, treat yourself to a copy of the book. Reading a few pages at night is a beautiful way to move into a heart space before sleep.

1. The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse. – Don Juan
Oil Blend: Valor

2. It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. – Whitney Young, Jr.
Oil Blend: Common Sense

3. Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks. – Dottie Walters                     Oil Blend: Motivation

4. Albert Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and didn’t read until he was seven.
His teacher described him as “mentally slow…and adrift in his foolish dreams.
– Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Oil Blend: KidScents Geneyus

5. To see things in the seed, that is genius. – Lao-tzu
Oil Blend: Awaken

6. English novelist John Creasey got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books. – Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Oil Blend: Release

7. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford
Oil Blend: Surrender

8. Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford
Oil Blend: Clarity

9. Experience is not what happens to a man.
It is what a man does with what happens to him. – Aldous Huxley
Oil Blend: Gratitude