You can learn

You can learn from everything. Take full advantage of that great opportunity.

From joy, you can learn. From adversity, you can learn.

From friends, from travel, challenge, disappointment, pleasure, achievement, anger, frustration and beauty, you can learn. From the biggest ideas and the smallest details you can learn.

You can even learn just by thinking in a new way about what you've already learned. Whatever it is you wish to learn, you can learn.

Your knowledge and wisdom add great value and effectiveness to whatever you do. Every day there are countless opportunities to increase that knowledge and that wisdom.

Learning is the ability from which all other abilities arise and improve. Keep on learning all that you can learn.

-- Ralph Marston

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What's possible

What's possible is anything. What's possible, is everything.

What's possible is possible now. What's possible is possible for you.

You can't undo what's already happened. However, you can choose right now from a limitless array of what's possible as you move forward.

Don't limit your thinking to just what's likely or what's probable. Infinitely expand your choices by considering all that is possible.

If you feel stuck, it's probably because you are holding your imagination back. Consider what you've not yet considered, and expect much more than you've ever dared to expect.

Open yourself to what's possible. And delight in living the best of the possibilities.

-- Ralph Marston

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Let yourself

Let yourself enjoy life, right now. Let yourself find fulfillment in whatever you're doing.

Allow joy to flow easily and naturally through you. Let it come, let it go, and let more arrive to take its place.

Transcend the difficulties by releasing your thoughts of how difficult they are. Simply live your way through them, moment by moment, growing and building value all the time.

Allow life's beauty and pleasure to envelop you. Hold no guilt or worry about what should have been or what might be.

Let yourself think and act in the moment, unafraid and not at all intimidated. Let yourself discover how astonishingly effective you can be.

Don't put life off until later or think you can run away from it. In this moment, and always, let yourself live.

-- Ralph Marston

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With love

In what you do, whatever it is, do it with love and joy. Make each moment precious by appreciating the value that is surely there.

Give your best attitude and expectations to those around you. Brighten every place you go.

Life is filled with outstanding possibilities. In every situation there is great value.

Continually celebrate the good fortune of being alive and aware and able to make a difference. Go forward carrying the assumption that life is filled with goodness, and events will prove that assumption to be true.

Live with love and genuine appreciation for all that is around you. Give your own unique meaning to the abundance in which you're immersed.

With love, see the true, magnificent value of what you have this day. With love, make it even greater.

-- Ralph Marston

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Do more

Go beyond what you must do, and do more. That's where you will start to encounter life's richness.

Don't settle for just getting by. For you have so very much more to give, and to live.

When you've reached the finish line, that's no time to stop. Take a victory lap or two, and delight in the pure, sweet enjoyment of all the good things you can do.

Then set your sights on another, more valuable and ambitious goal. Reach beyond what's comfortable and necessary, into the realm of the best that is possible.

Just a small extra effort can produce significantly greater results, taking them from ordinary to extraordinary. Leverage your efforts by going above and beyond.

When the work is done, take advantage of the opportunity to do more. And quickly put yourself far out in front.

-- Ralph Marston

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What you want to feel

How exactly would you like to feel right now? Give yourself permission to go ahead and feel that way.

It may seem that you need a certain situation or possession or person in your life before you can feel the way you wish to feel. Yet the truth is that you can feel whatever you choose to feel at any time, in any place.

You already know how to feel happy, or thankful, or loved, or inspired. So go ahead and let yourself feel the way you wish to feel, right here, right now.

It's great when others offer encouragement to you, but you can also feel encouraged all by yourself. It is wonderful when someone expresses love to you, yet you can also feel the power of love even when you are alone.

There is no need to wait or to beg or to compromise yourself in order to attain a certain feeling. All you must do is choose to feel the way you wish to feel.

Go ahead and feel what you truly want to feel. And the power of authentic purpose will move your whole world forward.

-- Ralph Marston

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Make something wonderful

In every moment, every action, every word and every thought there is opportunity. In every place and every circumstance, opportunity is abundant.

You can make a difference, always. And then, you can make a difference again.

Your hopes and desires and dreams are yours for a reason. The fact that you can feel, means you have a unique, beautiful and vital purpose.

Even the smallest accomplishments move you forward. There is something wonderful you can do right now.

Nothing has been wasted, for it has all brought you here. Give yourself to that urge to make something truly wonderful out of this day.

Seize the opportunity that is now within your reach. Success is yours to live.

-- Ralph Marston

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Now is

Now is the clear, beautiful, limitless presence of being. All is possible now.

In this realm of now, regrets have no meaning. Worries have no purpose.

Fulfillment grows with every action. The joy of being springs forth from every experience.

The incomprehensible miracle that is now, surrounds you and flows through you. Feel the power that is always fresh, even though you already know it so well.

Imagine, and your presence gives form to your vision. Join in the dance as reality observes, creates and celebrates itself anew.

Now is here and in it is everything. Delight in making the best of what is possible into the joyful experience of what is.

-- Ralph Marston

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Know the joy

Are there tasks that you find unpleasant? Your very own attitude is mostly what makes them that way.

Instead of looking for ways to avoid the effort, look for ways to make it fun. Decide that you'll enjoy whatever you're doing.

Truly appreciate each opportunity you have to be productive and effective. Find joy in the experience of making a difference.

Enjoy what you're doing, and you'll do it well. Enjoy what you're doing, and you'll reliably get it done.

Rather than punishing yourself with resentment, reward yourself through effective effort. Your attitude is yours to choose, so choose a positive attitude that brings truly outstanding results.

Whatever the situation, allow yourself to know the joy that comes from making a positive contribution. Make every effort a joy, and make great things happen.

-- Ralph Marston

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See yourself

The way you see yourself becomes the way you make yourself. How do you see yourself?

If you see yourself as always struggling, you will always struggle. If you see yourself as never getting ahead, you will not get ahead.

Your view of yourself is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Fortunately, you can make that view whatever you wish.

Choose to truly see yourself as effective, creative, patient, disciplined, enthusiastic and abundantly prosperous. See yourself as loving, caring, ever thankful and positive.

Imagine yourself in rich detail to be the kind of person who easily and naturally achieves those very special dreams you treasure most. See yourself living life at its best and most fulfilling.

Each time you think of yourself, see yourself as the best you can imagine. And the reality of your life will be true to your most sincere self-image.

-- Ralph Marston

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Feeling frustration

What does it feel like when you are ready to do whatever it takes to succeed? It feels exactly like frustration, because that's what it is.

Whenever you feel frustration, you are primed to make a positive difference in the world. You are highly motivated to create new and meaningful value.

Don't let your frustrations go to waste by allowing them to get you down. Choose instead to put your frustrations to work.

Listen carefully and gratefully to what your frustration is telling you. Discover and begin to manifest the improvements that your frustration is begging you to make.

By understanding what frustrates you, you'll better understand what fulfills you. When you feel strongly about what's wrong, you're already on your way toward making it right.

Be aware of your frustrations and pay attention to their messages. You'll find powerful positive purpose in them all.

-- Ralph Marston

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Do it anyway

Are you afraid that what you attempt might not work? You could very well be right -- it may not work.

Go ahead and do it anyway. Go ahead and find out for yourself.

Either it will work and you'll be successful, or it won't work and you'll learn something valuable. Even an unsuccessful attempt is much better than no attempt at all.

Success is not a matter of getting it right every single time. Success comes from continuing to persist until you do get it right.

Instead of paralyzing yourself with worry, educate yourself with action. Just one successful attempt can make up for dozens of unsuccessful outcomes.

Get up, get going and give it your best shot. You'll find a way to make it work.

-- Ralph Marston

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Let your desires blossom

Forget about what you ought to desire. Be clear and precise and richly specific about what you truly do desire.

Do not be ashamed of your innermost dreams. Find them, explore them, expand on them, celebrate them, follow them and fully live them.

It is not selfish to desire what you desire. For by fulfilling those desires, you give the very best of your unique self to all of life.

Pay close and loving attention to the essence of who you are. From your most passionate desires will come your most valuable contributions.

Take care not to suppress or minimize your authentic desires. Allow yourself to fully feel them, and you will find good, workable ways to follow them.

Let your desires bloom. And bring great joy to all.

-- Ralph Marston

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Begin your future

Even if you've failed ten thousand times, success is within your reach. Just because you've made mistakes does not mean you must continue to make them.

Simply realizing that you've made an error is a major step toward correcting that error and getting past it. The beauty of now is that it's the end of your past and the beginning of whatever future you choose.

If you're satisfied with where you've been headed, then by all means keep going there. If you're disappointed with what has been, now is your chance to set a different direction for what can be.

Imagine how great it would feel to know that you're successfully living life on your own terms. Imagine it, and then know that even now you can make that feeling real.

You already know that your actions have very real consequences, for you are living those consequences today. This is your opportunity to choose the consequences you most desire by taking the positive actions that will bring them about.

Always, success is yours to define and create. Choose now to make it happen.

-- Ralph Marston

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Keep moving forward

Raise yourself up just a little bit. Then see how very good it feels.

Make a small positive change for the better. And you'll know without a doubt that you can successfully make even greater, more profound changes.

Lift the spirits of someone close to you. Experience how it feels to truly change the world.

Make a modest amount of progress. You'll be learning how to make much, much more.

Take one step toward your goal. And suddenly you're positioned to take the next step.

The smallest positive action can overcome the biggest negative doubt. Even if it's just a little bit, there's always a way to keep moving forward.

-- Ralph Marston

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Live in joy

Just for a moment, live in joy. Forget about what should or should not be, and just let yourself be as you are.

Let go of the need to need. Feel the reality that you already are enough, and that it is truly magnificent.

Do not worry about what will be or what won't be. See and feel the limitless beauty of what is.

Taste the eternal freshness of now. Live fully the boundless miracle of existence.

What you authentically feel now, you feel always. This moment is the most valuable opportunity you've ever known.

Live in joy now. And carry more joy forward as each moment passes.

-- Ralph Marston

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Why

The way to know how is to know why. The way to find enough motivation, inspiration, commitment and strength is to know why.

Why do you seek what you seek? Why do you desire to reach the goals you have set?

There is a purpose within you that will push you to overcome every obstacle. When you truly feel that your efforts are connected to that purpose, those efforts will surely bring the desired results.

It's easy to imitate the dreams and aspirations of those around you, and to think you want what they want. But remember that you have your very own, unique dreams, and those are the dreams to follow.

Instead of frustration, you can experience joy. Instead of disappointment, you can know fulfillment.

It all comes from truly knowing why. Allow yourself to understand why, and whatever you can imagine will be yours to create.

-- Ralph Marston

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Positive perspective

Your situation is what it is. Yet your perspective on that situation is whatever you choose for it to be.

You will see what you decide to see. You will experience what you expect to experience.

No one is really a victim of circumstance. But many are victims of the way they interpret and relate to their circumstances.

Choose to dwell on the positive possibilities. And you'll see abundant opportunities for bringing those possibilities to life.

Don't let yourself get thrown around by random occurrences. Be proactive in your optimism and learn to live the real goodness that is in every moment.

Whatever you are faced with, there is so much good and useful value that you can find in it. Live with a positive perspective, and you'll live richly no matter what.

-- Ralph Marston

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Yes you can

Can you clear your mind of the distracting thoughts and focus completely on the task at hand? Yes, you can when you choose to do so.

Do you have the discipline required to keep yourself steadily moving toward the goals you've set. Of course, you always have just as much discipline as you wish to exercise.

Can you muster the commitment, persistence and strength necessary to see your endeavors through to completion? When your work resonates with your most authentic purpose, yes you can.

Are you ready to do what it takes to make your dreams a reality? For when you are truly ready, you most certainly can.

At any age, in any condition, whatever the circumstance, you can. You can bring to life the highest vision and purpose that is within you.

Yes, you know that you can. And this is the day to begin.

-- Ralph Marston

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As long as it takes

What if you knew that you could reach your goal by taking just one more step? Would you take that step?

At some point in the process of achievement, the final hurdle is reached. What a shame it would be to stop just short of that one last obstacle.

Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.

You already know you can do what it takes. To reach any goal, simply do what it takes for as long as it takes.

It's really not that difficult to take just one step, to do just a single task, to make one bit of progress. And if you can do it once, you can do it again, and again, and again without much problem.

Keep the faith and keep up the effort. Your persistence will get you there.

-- Ralph Marston

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About the future

If you're gloomy about the future, that's how the future will end up being. Choose instead to take another view and make another future.

The future has not happened yet. So it will be whatever you decide to make it.

There always have been, and there always will be, many challenges in life. Yet within those challenges are even more positive possibilities.

Among those possibilities are the most wonderful, beautiful, amazing and personally meaningful treasures you can imagine. Expect the very best, and then get busy making it happen.

Experience right now the unmatched joy that comes from moving your world positively forward. Be the enthusiastic creator of the brightest future you can imagine.

The future is being born right now in your thoughts and actions. Choose to make it the best it can possibly be.

-- Ralph Marston

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Ready to happen

Be generous with your encouragement and frugal with your judgment. Learn to gratefully accept whatever comes, and to make positive use of whatever you have.

Give your love and your kindness just because you can. Do a little less analyzing and a lot more living.

Become skilled at quickly letting go of those things that don't really matter anyway. Rise above the distractions and give the power of your focus to what you know is truly important.

When you stumble, go ahead and get back up. When you're making good progress, be sincerely thankful and keep on going.

Recognize the unique beauty that is in each moment. Fulfill the value that is in every situation.

Real, meaningful success is ready to happen for you. Smile, and let it be.

-- Ralph Marston

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Take the initiative

Don't sit around waiting for enough energy to get going. Get yourself moving and you'll create the energy necessary to keep you in motion.

Do you just not feel like doing anything? That's the time when you can make the biggest positive difference for yourself by going ahead and taking action anyway.

In ways small and large, your world right now is filled with opportunities to make a difference. Take the initiative.

The only thing you need to take the first step is your decision to do it. Take that first step and put momentum solidly on your side.

If you think you can't do it, stop thinking and start doing. The smallest positive action can begin to erase even the biggest doubt.

This is a day that you can fill with valuable and purposeful accomplishment. Take the initiative, and make something of it right now.

-- Ralph Marston

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Precious freedom

Freedom is what makes the very best possibilities possible. It is truly a treasure that nothing else can replace.

Freedom does not guarantee any specific result, and that is in fact its beauty. Instead, freedom gives you the priceless opportunity to create your own results.

Freedom taps into the awesome power of each unique individual. Freedom is the fertile ground from which magnificent achievements spring forth with unceasing vigor.

The demands of freedom are great. To live with freedom requires effort and discipline, commitment and sacrifice.

Yet the rewards of freedom are even greater. For in freedom you truly become the best you can be.

Resolve today, and every day, to make the most of the precious freedom that is yours.

-- Ralph Marston

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Enjoy the consequences

You cannot get something for nothing. And you cannot get nothing for something.

Every action has a certain and unavoidable consequence. Everything you do makes a difference in one way or another.

Whether that fact is a blessing or a curse is completely up to you. For just as surely as you choose your actions, you do indeed choose your consequences.

The value that you experience in life is precisely equal to the value that you put into life. You can make your journey a miserable burden, or you can make it a joyous celebration.

What you do with what you have makes all the difference in the world. And now is your opportunity to create a vast, sparkling treasure of experience and fulfillment.

This very day, you can stop struggling to avoid the consequences and start to thoroughly enjoy them. Give your authentic best to every moment, and delight in the magnificent consequences of your positive actions.

-- Ralph Marston

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Now you must

Stop telling yourself why you cannot do it and start reminding yourself why you must. When you have a strong enough reason why, you'll get it done.

It can be all too easy to come up with excuses. And it can be all too easy to let those excuses stop you in your tracks.

Yet you can also very easily let go of those excuses. Though they may sound impressive, they are no longer valid for you.

Because as of now, you have chosen to move forward. As of this moment, you have reconnected with your purpose and you're clear about why you must.

Effort, as difficult as it may be, is a joy when there's a good, solid, meaningful reason behind it. On this very day, you can experience that joy.

Get up, get going, and thoroughly enjoy the process of achievement. Remember why you must, and get it done.

-- Ralph Marston

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Get started

If you can't imagine how you'll get it done, just get started. The moment you begin, the objective becomes infinitely more achievable than it was before.

It's great to dream and plan and speculate. Yet there is no substitute for action.

Action seals your commitment to achieve. Action places you in a powerful, achievement-oriented perspective.

When you take the first step, you become clear about what the next step must be. When you take the next step, you have created a momentum that can continue pushing you all the way to the end.

Go beyond just thinking you can do it. Take action, and know for sure.

When there's something to be done, then there's something you can do. Get started and get the power of action working for you.

-- Ralph Marston

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