There are two mottos that we live by here in Maxabellaland (thanks Jess!).
1. This too shall pass.
and
2. Just do it and it's done.
My day yesterday was not so good. My day today is much better. A good night's sleep (it's true, the Tsunamis do occasionally get with the programme) and a lovely cup of tea at a fellow school mum's house and everything's coming up roses.
Which is really why motto number 1 exists. Just when you think you're at breaking point, you take a deep breath, repeat the motto and somehow endure. And this, too, passes.
Motto number 2 is an attempt to beat our natural urge to procrastinate (see here for details). Every now and then, when something's hanging around that we've been talking about doing for ages, we repeat the motto and just get the bastard done. And it's done.
I know they're not the most inspirational mottos in the world, but they help me get through life feeling a little bit better about most things. Do you have mottos like these that you live by?