Power positive affirmations are a crucial act of self-love that can affirm what we believe to be true about ourselves. While it can be difficult to silence the negativity, short positive affirmations for others and ourselves can give us the strength we need to live happier lives.
Check out this list of positive affirmations that you can tell yourself every day to start living a more fulfilling life.
This post is all about short positive affirmations for others.
SHORT POSITIVE
AFFIRMATIONS FOR OTHERS:
What are positive daily affirmations?
Encouraging affirmations are the good things that you tell yourself so that, eventually, your subconscious mind believes them. These positive statements simply affirm the truth and silence the doubts.
This is what makes them so helpful during a difficult time or just in daily life. It takes time to believe them, so take the time to say them in front of a mirror and always use the present tense.
Give yourself the space to affirm yourself and your positive feelings. The more you practice this, the easier it becomes to believe them because you strengthen those neural pathways.
1. I focus on my positive emotions and exude positive energy.
There is a difference between choosing positivity and choosing toxic positivity. Toxic positivity is the idea that we ignore our negative emotions, through some form of repression, denial, or other defense mechanism.
In doing so, we stay “positive,” even though that mindset ends up with feeling anything but positive. True positivity encourages you to focus on the positive stuff and seek it out over the negative stuff without denying the negative stuff exists.
Positivity means that you feel your negative emotions just as deeply as your positive emotions because they are all real, valid emotions. However, you try to find reasons to be positive over reasons to be negative.
2. I make decisions and live my life with a growth mindset.
A growth mindset helps you shift your thinking from “This is my last chance to succeed” to “I can use this as an opportunity to learn no matter what happens.” In other words, you realize that you are always growing.
What doesn’t go correctly in this moment, make go better in the next. If you argue with a loved one and you realize you said some mean things, you can use the power of affirmations to remind yourself that you can do better next time.
Learn from your mistakes, take accountability for them, and figure out how you can do it differently next time.
3. I have a unique perspective that people around me appreciate.
So often, our negative thoughts get in the way of us making real progress and sharing our ideas with others. Maybe we develop the idea that our ideas aren’t worth hearing or aren’t valuable.
This affirmation can be a powerful tool in reminding you that you do have something to offer. People want to hear your ideas and they value other perspectives. To be fair, there will be situations that prove your negative self-talk right.
Some people will not react well to you sharing your thoughts. However, if you do so with a positive attitude and keep these positive self-affirmations in mind, you can rest assured that they’re struggling internally and their reaction is not a reflection of you.
4. I’m on the right track in my life and make choices that guide me in the right direction.
It’s easy to compare ourselves to the people around us. We may even compare ourselves to the past versions of ourselves or the vision we had of our future when we were younger. That’s why it’s so difficult to avoid feeling behind in life.
We remember where we thought we’d be at our age and struggle to hold on to positive thoughts. This affirmation is all about reminding ourselves that we’re doing our best. We’re working towards our goals.
To the extent that our choices can impact the trajectory of our lives—since we have to acknowledge the limitations that society places on us based on class, race, gender, sexuality, and more—we have the authority over our own lives.
5. I am capable of personal growth and I prioritize it because it’s important to me.
Everyone should strive towards personal growth no matter what stage of life you’re in. There’s always more to learn and more ways to seek out joy in your life.
Personal growth is a form of self-care because, while it can be hard sometimes, it’s always rewarding and leaves you feeling better overall. So, use these words of affirmation to remind you that you deserve to prioritize personal growth and that you can always benefit from it.
6. I take care of my physical health in a way that feels good and natural to me.
Think of physical health in any way that feels good rather than demanding. If you think about physical health in the context of dieting, working out to earn food, or hating parts of your body, then that is not beneficial.
Instead, with this statement, think of small positive changes that you can make to your daily routine that will make you feel better.
Maybe you start eating a filling, nutritious breakfast that you prep the night before. Or maybe you decide to devote thirty minutes a day to dancing to music. This all helps you feel better physically without the guilt.
7. I reflect on positive experiences with gratitude and without guilt.
The more that we think about experiences, positive or negative, we start to pick them apart. We find moments when we could have said something else or moments when we felt a little too awkward.
This robs us of the joy in the experiences because we start to fixate on what we did wrong. That’s why this affirmation is so helpful and such an important reminder.
We can use this affirmation to remind ourselves to focus on the positive self-talk and enjoy the positive experiences without feeling like we need to find all of the flaws. Sometimes, a good experience can be nothing but a good experience to be grateful for.
8. I decide what the right direction is in my life.
You choose what “right” looks like to you. You’re allowed to change the direction of your life if you don’t think you’re headed in the place that fits you. As weird as it may be to think about, you don’t owe anyone an explanation for changing the direction of your life.
Hopefully, your best friend, family members, and various loved ones will support you. And, hopefully, the actions you take will be in your best interest from a growth mindset.
Regardless, you deserve the chance to change your mind because you’re the one living your life and you have to live with the decisions you make and the decisions you don’t.
9. I focus on sharing kind words with others.
It’s too easy to be mean and negative. Sometimes, we don’t have the capacity to be kind and loving to everyone around us. Whether we’re struggling with a difficult experience or someone doesn’t seem like they deserve kindness, it can be a challenge.
However, this affirmation is a reminder that it’s worth the effort it takes to be quicker with words of genuine kindness than it is to be quick with mean-spirited and hurtful words.
Not everyone deserves your kindness, so it may be better to leave a situation or communicate your anger in the moment.
10. I enjoy having a positive outlook on life and look for reasons to be grateful.
Gratitude is one of the most important aspects of a positive mindset. It’s so much easier to think positively when you notice the reasons you have to be positive. In a time when the world is burning, it can be frustrating to hear that you need to be grateful.
And that’s not what we mean. You will enjoy your life so much more when you start realizing how much you have to be grateful for.
Rather than thinking about material things like a home, a job, or a car, think about your relationships and your recent experiences. Ask yourself what has made you happy recently and why it made you so happy. Those are your reasons to be grateful.
11. I am worthy of success no matter what failures I encounter.
Your worth is not tied to your success, no matter how you define success. Read that again as many times as it takes for you to feel it.
In a society that tells us we’re only valuable as long as we produce something, it makes a lot of sense that you would tie your worth to your production or success. However, your worth does not change. It does not depend on anything. You are worthy simply because you exist.
12. I have real power in my voice, actions, and thoughts.
You may not always feel like you have power. Maybe you get fired from your job, your partner breaks up with you, or you struggle with a mental illness that makes you think horrible things. All of these things are outside of your control.
So, take the time to mourn that. Take the time you need to recognize the lack of power in those situations. Once you feel ready, recognize the power you have in reacting to those situations.
Again, this is not the time for toxic positivity, so take this step only when you feel like you’ve processed your emotions. Then, take a moment to recognize that you have the power to speak up and to act in ways that benefit you and your future.
13. I challenge negative beliefs so they don’t limit me.
Limiting beliefs are a natural part of growing up. We learn the ways that society, our families, and our minds tell us we are limited.
Maybe we think we can’t pursue the career we want because we’re not smart enough, we will fail and prove everyone right, or we will be in the minority. Maybe we think that we can’t make a major change in our life because that doesn’t fit with the identity everyone associates with us.
There are lots of ways that limiting beliefs can stop us from living the life we want, especially because they can make us believe we don’t want any other life than the one we have. Use this affirmation to check that and make sure your life is the one you want.
14. I enjoy challenging myself and getting out of my comfort zone.
One of our favorite sayings, here at Knockoff Therapy, is “I can do hard things.” So often, people discount us because they think we are incapable of something. Maybe we will struggle to do it, but we’re most likely not capable.
When we commit to the idea that we can do hard things, we recognize that setbacks, failure, and learning are all a part of doing something difficult.
It’s okay to do something imperfectly and still do it. Let this affirmation remind you to leave your comfort zone sometimes and challenge yourself because you can rise to that challenge.
15. I add joy and love to the lives of others.
People want you in their life and they value you. If someone doesn’t value you, then they don’t deserve your time or energy. So, it’s important to find the people who show you they appreciate the positive impact you have on their lives.
Use this affirmation as a reminder that you can find relationships that make you feel good about yourself.
You don’t have to get stuck in cycles of shame and guilt with the question, “Why don’t I enjoy being around my friends?” You can find the people that make you feel loved and appreciated.
