Destined to achieve

Get completely clear about your objective. If all you have is a vague idea, then work on fleshing it out so it becomes detailed and specific.

Act now. Opportunities do not wait for conditions to be perfect.

Persist in your efforts. Make all of your work count for something by seeing it through to the finish.

Be thankful for the challenges and enjoy working through them. For they are where the real value is created.

Connect your goal to a meaningful purpose. When you're clear about why, you'll surely be able to take care of how.

Every frustration, every dissatisfaction you feel is really an urge to achieve. Follow those urges all the way through, and make the positive difference that is your destiny.

-- Ralph Marston

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Beautiful moment

When one beautiful moment ends, another begins. Do not hold so tightly that you miss the beauty altogether.

With a thankful heart, enjoy the goodness that comes your way in things great and small. The way to make sure you never lose it is to simply let it be.

In good time the joys of life come, one after another. Be open and accepting of what is now here, and you'll connect with the abundance that is all around you.

Each moment is a blessing. Treasure its unique gifts and do not rush to the next one, or worry that the last one was insufficient.

Relish the beauty that is now, and know that there will be more. Fully live and appreciate what you have right here and now.

In this beautiful moment is great and profound treasure. Let it be, and it is always yours.

-- Ralph Marston

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Challenge yourself

Go beyond what you know you can do. And just like that, you'll know you can do more.

Go beyond again, and again. Grow past the limitations you've imagined, a little bit at a time.

Challenge yourself, and then do what it takes to meet the challenge. As you feel your strength increasing, resolve to add to it through your own efforts.

The way to have real confidence is to build it. Every day is your opportunity to make yourself more confident, competent and effective.

The skills and abilities that seem out of reach are really just a number of steps away. Challenge yourself toward them, and with each effort you move closer.

Push yourself beyond the familiar, beyond the comfortable, and into a higher level of ability. Feel the unique joy of breaking through your limitations again and again.

-- Ralph Marston

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Imagine

What can you imagine yourself doing? What can you imagine yourself achieving?

Imagine it, and it becomes possible. Give substance and detail and meaning and purpose to what you imagine, and you will bring it about.

Your life is guided by what you imagine. Before you do anything, you must first see yourself doing it.

By itself, imagination does not make things happen. It is up to you to make the effort, and your imagination determines where that effort leads.

Find delight in imagining what can be. And experience even more delight in bringing the best of your imagination to life.

With your imagination, create beautiful possibilities. Then know the joy and fulfillment of making those possibilities real.

-- Ralph Marston

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The time is now

Now is the time to act. Now is the time to live.

Now is when you can make a difference. Now is when you can bring your intentions to life.

In this moment you can choose to step forward. And when this day is over, you will already have made important progress.

Everything you need to take that first step is available to you now. It is now up to you to make use of the opportunity.

There is no limit to what you can accomplish when you put your effort and commitment into it. Now is the time to make the commitment and to begin the effort.

You have a dream, a vision of how truly fulfilling life can be. Now is the time to make it real.

-- Ralph Marston

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Solid recovery

Each setback provides an opportunity to recover. And each time you recover, you grow stronger.

The route to your goal is not a straight line. There will be many times along the way when you find yourself off course.

When that happens, it can seem like your destination is unreachable. Doubt, fear and apathy will take hold if you let them.

The key is not to let them. For as hopeless as the situation may feel, there are actions you can take that will enable you to quickly get back on track.

Much of the substance of achievement is in becoming skilled at making a quick and solid recovery. Each setback gives you the chance to practice and strengthen and refine that valuable skill.

Know that whatever has slowed you down can provide you with a way to move more effectively forward. Quickly get back up, and feel the new strength you've gained.

-- Ralph Marston

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Endless source

Life is an endless source of richness. Everything that comes your way can, in some way or another, add to that richness.

From the smallest petal on a flower, to the wide and distant horizon, you'll find energy and possibility, and astounding lessons to be learned. From the most intimate whisper to the roar of a crowd, there are ideas, dreams, hopes and love in every flavor.

There are components that, when put together in new and unique ways, create value that's never been known before. There are objects that, when carefully taken apart and studied, yield magnificent, life-changing secrets.

The possibilities have no end. And they grow more stunning with each advancing moment.

The real richness is not found in any one thing. Rather, it is in the sheer abundance and availability of it all.

Choose now, and always, to live your own special expression of life's richness. There will always be more of it to know.

-- Ralph Marston

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Respond with purpose

What upsets you is not what happens. What upsets you is your response to what happens.

Just as easily as you respond in a negative way, you can easily and naturally respond in a positive, empowering, uplifting way.

The biggest problems are often caused by what you choose to do about the smallest problems. Most of those big, painful problems are so unnecessary.

Keep reminding yourself that you are in control of you. You are in control and you can decide exactly how you wish to feel at any point.

Imagine the power of remaining calm and focused and resourceful when some totally unexpected, disappointing development interrupts your day. Truly, you can make the disappointments not disappointing at all.

Respond on purpose, with purpose. Feel the power and the joy as every moment gives you a way to move forward.

-- Ralph Marston

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Go with the flow

Stop making life so difficult and stop being so uptight. Let yourself go with the flow.

It doesn't mean you must give up on any of your goals or compromise your values. Simply find a way to live those values and to move toward those goals within the context of what's already happening.

Listen to your intuition. Instead of endlessly analyzing and strategizing, go with what you feel is right.

Have the confidence to know that you can successfully handle whatever may come along. Truly enjoy the experience of being alive and immersed in the wonder of it all.

Accept that there are things you simply cannot know right now. Act peacefully, purposefully and intelligently on what you do know.

It will be all right. For within the constant, wondrous flow of life is all you need to make it so.

-- Ralph Marston

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Go for it

The situations where you're most likely to make mistakes are also situations in which you have the greatest opportunities to make progress. When there's something on the line, there's something to be gained.

Don't seek to make mistakes, but don't seek to avoid them either. Seek instead to put yourself in circumstances that challenge you to grow.

When there's the possibility of making a bad impression, there's also the possibility to make a great impression. Success comes from being able to accept the risk of failure.

When you ask for something, there's a good chance that you'll be turned down. But if you never ask, there's a rock solid certainty that you won't get what you seek.

By asking often enough and sincerely enough, you'll get the answer you're after. By listening to enough people tell you no, you'll find someone who tells you yes.

Make the effort, put yourself on the line, and go for it. Though the road can be bumpy at times, the way to get there is to get going.

-- Ralph Marston

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Magnificent dreams

What a shame it would be for your best dreams to go to waste. Do the work to make them real and you'll find great fulfillment along the way.

Those things you love with all your heart are the most valuable things you have to offer. Truly make the world a more beautiful place by bringing your innermost desires to life.

Even the smallest acts have great power when they are sincere. When your efforts come directly from who you truly are, they always make a difference.

The world is filled with noise and confusion. But it does not ever have to distract you from what means the most to you.

Again and again, connect with those real and lasting values. When times are good, and when times are tough, they will always serve you well.

Your life is a beautiful and precious thing. Live the beauty, live the value, and live the substance of your most magnificent dreams.

-- Ralph Marston

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Possibility of success

You can make your life a triumph in spite of every adversity. Or you could make your life a mess in spite of every advantage.

Success does not depend on where you start. If it did, no one would have ever been successful.

Success comes from what you choose to do with whatever you have. It is fully available to anyone who decides to make the effort and the commitment.

Whatever the day holds, it also holds the possibility of success and achievement. Whatever the situation may be, there is a way to create real value from it.

Choose to see the positive possibilities, and you will. Choose to follow those possibilities, and success takes root.

The opportunity for success is always yours, and so is the responsibility. Decide to do what it takes, and create the success that is your own special destiny.

-- Ralph Marston

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Force of goodness

Be a force of goodness in this world. Be a source of light.

Let the joy you imagine flow out from you and take on a life of its own. Give love and see it grow.

Feel the dreams and values and visions that are most authentically you. Let them guide your thoughts and actions.

You are beautiful in your very own way. That special beauty is your gift to life, so give freely and enjoy each precious day.

Live true to what you know is good and what you know is right. What you gain by so doing is truly worth having.

Feel the miracle of which you are a part. And live the goodness in every moment.

-- Ralph Marston

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Go ahead and get it done

Don't waste your effort worrying about what you have not done. Spend your time working on what you now can do.

It's amazing how much you can accomplish when your heart is in it. Drop the doubts, self-criticisms, and anxieties, and positively put your heart into what you're doing.

Enjoy the delicious feeling of making real progress based on your own focused efforts. Have fun watching yourself accomplish as you complete each task.

Taking effective, meaningful action will put you in a positive frame of mind. And that will open the door to many great new possibilities.

Go beyond wondering about it, or thinking it through, or planning for it. Just go ahead and get it done.

Choose your destiny and delight in the fulfilling effort that makes it happen. You can do it, and now is when.

-- Ralph Marston

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Rise above

When you are not satisfied with the available answers, ask the question in a different way. When none of the options will do, look at the situation from a new perspective.

If you are stuck, then it's time to get creative. Know that there are myriad possibilities you have never even considered yet.

You cannot solve a problem when your mind is wrapped tightly around it. For the more effort you make, the more power you give to the problem.

Dwelling on the problem will not get you past it. Focus instead on your purpose.

Let go of your thoughts about what you must go through. Fill your awareness with compelling visions of why you have chosen to go where you seek to go.

Unleash your imagination and tap into the positive power of intention. Rise above where you are and see your way clearly to where you know you must be.

-- Ralph Marston

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Your moment is now

From where you are, with what you have, live this moment fully. Wishing for things to be perfect, or worrying that things will get worse, will rob you of the great value that already is.

Live now, without holding back and without hesitation. Go ahead, do what you've been meaning to do, and discover new ways to bring great value to life.

The past is already decided and the future is not yet available. Now is when you can savor the boundless richness in which you are immersed.

All is well, all is now, and all is open for you to experience. Life's exquisite beauty is yours the instant you appreciate it.

See the beauty, the wonder, and the rightness in the way things are. Generously express your joy, and feel the great fortune of your existence.

Your moment is now. Live the profound treasure that is.

-- Ralph Marston

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Let life come

Let life come, without striving to force it. Let life come, and it will unfold with great abundance.

The feeling you seek is already yours. If it was not, then how could you even know about it?

Allow that feeling to live and breathe and grow and flow throughout your life. The life you wish to experience is yours when you let go and let it be.

Listen to those little inspirations that quietly whisper. There is a reason why you hear them and feel their truth.

Act in harmony with what you know is right and what you know is best. Instead of struggling against what is, ride joyously and successfully along with life's continuously unfolding possibilities.

Let life come. And live the beauty as each new moment is born.

-- Ralph Marston

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Give your best

Something magical happens when you put your focus on helping someone else. All your own worries, fears, concerns and doubts disappear.

By forgetting yourself you discover the best you can be. In sincerely seeking to give value, you bring great value into your own life.

Give, not because it looks good or even because it feels good. Give, because it fulfills your deepest purpose and brings you completely to life.

Seize the opportunities to be of value and to be of service. Live and act beyond yourself, and it opens your eyes to whole new realms and levels of possibilities.

With your sincerest actions, acknowledge and celebrate the connection you have to all others. In that connection you'll find a limitless source of joy and fulfillment.

Give your best. And you truly become your best.

-- Ralph Marston

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Enthusiastic attitude

Stop fighting against what you have to do. Turn it into what you want to do.

For any given task, you can be miserable and plodding or you can be enthusiastic and highly effective. It all depends on your attitude.

Instead of dreading and avoiding something that you must get done, choose to look forward to it. Then jump in, make it happen, and get it finished once and for all.

It's really very easy to make a change in your attitude. You can do it without lifting a finger.

With a positive, enthusiastic attitude toward whatever task you must complete, the work will go more quickly and smoothly. And, you'll feel a whole lot better while doing it.

Decide that you truly want to get it done. And soon you'll be reaping the rewards of your effective effort.

-- Ralph Marston

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Without concern

Love, without concern over whether you'll be loved in return. You will be.

Diligently and effectively put forth your best effort, without concern for the result. It will be worth your while.

Speak honestly and from the heart, without concern for what others will think. They will respect you for it.

Move boldly and intently toward the goals you have set, without concern about the challenges that might come along. You will find a way to get through every challenge.

Connect with and explore your deepest purpose, without concern for how you will express it. You will find opportunities in every circumstance.

Live fully with joy and positive purpose in this moment, without concern about when it will end. You will experience a total presence that leaves all limitations behind.

-- Ralph Marston

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What is possible

The reality of your life is driven by your concept of what is possible. Whatever you are certain of, is certain to be for you.

You cannot change the laws of reality, and there is no reason to do so. For reality can accommodate whatever possibility you dare to imagine.

Know that it can be done, and there is most definitely a way. Commit the whole of your true self, and it will be.

Dream big, wonderful, meaningful dreams and purge them of every trace of doubt. Your own unique dreams are yours precisely because you are the person who can fulfill and experience them.

Pay no attention to those who claim that the best days have passed and the best opportunities have all been taken. Life's abundance has no limit, and grows to whatever proportion you choose to imagine.

Give your time, thoughts, efforts and commitment to express that abundance in your own special way. Know without a doubt that it is possible, and it is.

-- Ralph Marston

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Be joyful

It's ok to be joyful. In fact, it's more than ok -- it is perhaps the most valuable gift you can give to life.

Joy feels so good because it is so very good. In joy, with joy, because of joy, all of life advances.

Be genuinely joyful, and bring out the joy in all those around you. Delight in the wonder and the possibilities of this moment, and you'll encourage others to see their own beautiful possibilities.

See your circumstances as empowering, and they will be. Because you will be empowered by your own positive perspective.

This is the moment, right now, to live according to your highest, most precious values. Feel the joy that radiates from your own authentic being.

Be your best by being truly joyful. Let your joy spread far and wide.

-- Ralph Marston

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See the wonder

There is more value in life than anyone can imagine. So never stop imagining.

Everything you imagine plants a seed. The more beautiful and compelling it is, the more of life's miraculous energy you give to it.

And that makes what was once just imagined, real. What you now see all around you, was first imagined.

When you meet with difficulties, it can be easy to imagine the worst. But that only extends and magnifies your troubles.

Instead, imagine the best. Imagine the most brilliant, stunningly beautiful version of life, and the very act of imagining begins to pull you solidly toward it.

What is possible is limited only by what you sincerely imagine to be possible. See the wonder, see the beauty, and bring it all more fully to life.

-- Ralph Marston

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Rich and powerful

The strongest power has no need to show itself or to prove itself. It is quiet, calm, determined and unshakable.

Boastfulness is the surest sign of weakness and insecurity. True confidence has no need to speak of itself.

Authentic richness is endlessly generous. Anyone who has the need to appear rich suffers from a terribly painful poverty of the spirit.

How do you fill your life with richness and power? Honestly be yourself, and give freely of yourself.

Give up the fantasy of gaining benefit over others, for even if you could get it you would receive no real value from it. Instead, make it your business to promote, encourage, raise up, love and appreciate others at every opportunity.

Pretending to be rich and powerful is agonizing work that incessantly erodes your spirit. Being truly rich and powerful fulfills your deepest longings and brings you fully to life.

-- Ralph Marston

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Make something meaningful

The results you get don't come from the situation. The results you achieve are determined by what you choose to focus upon and what you choose to do.

From the very same set of circumstances, two different people can achieve two vastly different results. The outcome is not based on what they're given, but on what they do with it.

If the results you're getting are not the results you desire, stop looking for someone or something to blame. Start looking for the possibilities that you have not yet considered.

Make your most positive and compelling purpose the filter through which you view everything that happens. That will cause outstanding, powerful possibilities to pop into view.

The world around you is constantly changing. There is always a way to harness the energy of the ever-changing landscape to suit your purpose.

Look calmly and confidently at the situation in which you find yourself. Then step gratefully forward, and make something beautiful, valuable and meaningful out of it all.

-- Ralph Marston

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Mistakes

One of the smartest things you can do is to entertain the possibility that you may be mistaken. Because if you are mistaken, and you're able to see it, you have the opportunity for great progress.

There is no dishonor in being mistaken. Yet there is great folly indeed in being so stubborn that you refuse to admit your own mistakes.

Mistakes can be powerful teachers. By knowing firsthand what does not work, you gain much greater understanding about what does work, and why.

If you're not willing to accept the possibility of mistakes, you're not going to make much headway. Though there's no need to purposely make mistakes, there's no reason to live in fear of them either.

Even if you are already effective, there likely are ways to be yet more effective. Even if your mistakes are not disastrous, there is still much that you can learn from them.

Embrace the fact that somehow, concerning something, you're probably mistaken. And in your mistakes, find the wisdom that will take your performance to an even higher level.

-- Ralph Marston

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