Traditionally Monday is the worst day of the week. I get it. I used to moan about Monday. Every. Single. Week. And it never got better. Monday became a thing to dread. Until I remembered some childhood lessons. There is comfort for your Monday moaning blues in these quotes. Revisiting the wisdom in some children’s books might even be a cure.
How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.
A Light In The Attic, Shel Silverstein
Attitude is a Choice
I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.
The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper
The story of The Little Engine That Could is about a happy little train carrying toys and food for girls and boys. But the engine breaks down on the wrong side of the mountain. Large, powerful engines pass by and none of them will help. Finally, a little blue engine comes. She’s never gone over the mountain before, but she thinks she can do it. And she does.
Next Monday, listen to your co-workers. How many of them are vocalizing Monday moaning blues? How many times does their attitude affect the cheerful or okay people?
If you meet Mondays with dread because Mondays are “always” terrible. They will always be terrible. Find something good today about the day—and mean it. “It’s a beautiful day.” Stop before you grumble about being stuck inside. Whatever you focus on, you will carry with you the rest of the day.
Believe
Life will never be the same because there had never been anyone like you… ever in the world before.
On the Night You were Born, Nancy Tillman
Closely related to attitude, belief is something deeper. It’s part of the core of who you are. Sometimes, life wears you down and you doubt who you are. But belief is magic. Believe you can fly through Mondays and nothing will get you down.
The moment where you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever being able to do it.
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance is there. The chance had to be there. This particular bar of chocolate had as much chance as any other of having a Golden Ticket.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
Sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what to know. You are the one who’ll decide where to go.
Oh! The Places You’ll Go, Dr. Seuss
No More Monday Moaning Blues
If these quotes from beloved children’s books haven’t cured you, did they help you get through this Monday? If not, reach into your Mental Health First A
id Kit and use a tool to help make this and all the Mondays in your future better.
You had the power all along, my dear.
Glinda the Good Witch, The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum
Listen to Glinda. You have the power to cure your Monday moaning blues. How’s it going?