20 Positive Affirmations for Coping and Getting Through the Day

Do you ever find coping through the day to be a challenge?

I just told my wife that I’m thinking about writing 20 positive affirmations for coping and getting through the day.  She said to me, “Isn’t that great!  Your best ideas come from your own down days!”  I said “Ya,” and walked away glum.  She called after me, “And you know something; people like those posts because they’re real.  People are going through the same rough spots you are.  You’re coping and you help others to cope.”

Positive affirmations help us cope and in today’s day-and-age, sometimes coping is the best we can do.

So here are 20 Positive Affirmations for Coping and Getting Through a Tough Day:

1. “I will put one foot in front of the other and cope with gladness.”
2. “I will act ‘as if.’”
3. “I will love myself and treat myself well regardless of how I am treated by others.”
4. “I will refine my character and remember that rough days refine my character.”
5. “I will learn from tough days how to get by.”
6. “I will enjoy the rewards of hardship just as an athlete enjoys the pain of athletic performance”
7. “I will give myself some slack.”
8. “I will breathe deeply through life’s rough patches.”
9. “I will laugh.”
10. “I will smile.”
11. “I will cry when I need to cry.”
12. “I will recognize when I need time and space to be alone.”
13. “I will give myself time and space to be alone when that is what I need.”
14. “I will forgive myself and others.”
15. “I will recognize that it is the imperfections of myself and others that make us beautifully human.”
16. “I will ask others for help, time, space, sympathy, empathy, and understanding.”
17. “I will feel the pain I need (and am entitled as a human being) to feel.”
18. “I will be nice even when I feel like being mean, and accept it all for what it is.”
19. “I will take things one day (and one moment) at a time and cope through it all with flying colors.
20. “I will keep it real, and be alright with reality.”

Having written this list I’m feeling better already.

For help coping and keeping things positive consider subscribing to the Effective Family Communication Support-Line and/or visit the website of Emotions Anonymous.

Share with us any of your thoughts on these positive affirmations or your own positive affirmations for getting through the day.