The Ask Andrea Blog

Focus on the beauty of today. Think about all that you are, all that you have become, all that you have. Be grateful for what and who you are today. Be happy with your today.

Have patience with your journey. it may take some time to reach your goals but you WILL. Keep up the hard work, you will get there, believe in yourself and don’t give up. Remember good things take time and good things come to people who persevere.

The only person’s opinion you need to worry about is YOUR own. What others think of you does not change who you are, a beautiful one of a kind YOU.

“Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about have a pretty mind, a kind heart, and a beautiful soul”.   Sungazing.com

“Never discredit your gut instinct. You are not paranoid. Your body can pick up bad vibrations. If something deep inside of you says something is not right about a person or situation, trust it”. Sun gazing.com

Help people even when they can’t help you back.

Do the right thing even when no one is looking. It’s called integrity.

“I’m proud of the woman I am today, because I went through one hell of a time becoming her”.  Back Towards the Light

” time is like a river, you cannot touch water twice because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of your life”.  sun-gazing.com

Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.

” Life is tough, but you are tougher. Find Strength to laugh every day. Find the courage to feel and be different, yet beautiful. find it in your heart to make others smile too. Don’t stress over the things you can’t change. Live simply, love generously, give freely, speak truthfully, and work diligently.  If you fall short, just keep on going”.  Author Unknown

The most expensive thing in the world is trust. It can take years to earn and a matter of seconds to lose.  workingwomen.com

Three ways to fail in life; complain about everything, blame others for your problems, never be grateful.

Help someone, not for the reward, but for the sake of changing a life.

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be Kind Always, share a smile or a compliment”. Andrea Swensen

” never be a prisoner of your past, it was just a lesson, not a life sentence. “Lessonslearnedinlife.com

-· “Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from It. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” – with criticism, always consider the source” Andrea Swensen

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Theresa

.”The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ann Rand

“To be irreplaceable one must always be different – different is good – unique is good – unique is memorable”.  Andrea Swensen

“If your home environment is good and peaceful and easy, your life is better and easier.” – Andrea Swensen

“Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.” Julia Child

I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life. – Louise Hay

. “A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.” – Marge

“A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.”- A M.I

. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” –

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”- Oprah Winfrey

“You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.” – Bengi Bhutt

“Don’t take too much credit for your children -or too much blame!” –

“You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea.

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that Ihave it, Iam not going to be silent.” – Madeleine Albright

“One cannot accomplish anything without fanaticism.” – Author UnKnown

“Be first and be lonely.” – Author Unknown

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.”—Harper Lee

“Don’t live life in the past lane.”—Samantha Ettus

“When I’m tired, I rest. I say, ‘I can’t be a superwoman today”—Jada Pinkett Smith

“I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.” — Ellen DeGeneres

”And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”—Anais Nin

“It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it. Sometimes you’ve got to blast through and have faith” –Emma Watson

“I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it.”—Hoda Kotb

“I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.”—Thuli Medonseia

“Whenever you are blue or lonely or stricken by some humiliating thing you did, the cure and the hope is in caring about other people”—Diane Sawyer

“Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they’re helping the company to be successful.”—Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

“When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone.”—Melissa McCarty

“Dying seems less sad than having lived too little”—Gloria Steinem

“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.”—Rachel Zoe