According to the Mayo Clinic, positive thinking helps with stress management and can even improve your health.

Try these morning affirmations and get your day started right:

• Today, I will think pure and positive thoughts
• Today, I release the past and move into the present
• Today, I choose to have joy
• Today, I choose peace
• Today, I realize that I am worthy of good things
• Today, I begin to make healthy choices for my body, mind and soul
• Today, I claim that the healthier I live my life, the better my life will be
• Today, I like who I am

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