The way you see yourself has a powerful impact on what you make of yourself. And you are free to see yourself in any way you choose.
What you sincerely think of yourself influences what you do with your life. The way you spend your time, and your actions, your commitments and priorities all flow from your image of yourself.
It really doesn't matter if the image is realistic or not. Because you have the power to shape your own reality so that it agrees with the image.
What does matter is that your self-image be authentic. When you consistently see yourself as who you really, truly desire to be, that's who you become.
Your wishes alone will not make anything happen. And yet, when you persistently see yourself as you wish to be, you will guide your own actions to move your life in that very direction.
Choose a positive, meaningful, compelling and authentic vision of the way you would like to be. And then find great joy and fulfillment in really, truly being that way.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Make more richness
It is in the effort that you feel the value of the achievement. Make the effort and experience the fulfillment.
It is through disciplined, purposeful effort that you can watch yourself changing the world for the better. Persevere in your efforts, and move life steadily forward.
Making the effort is what makes you stronger, more capable, more highly skilled and more confident. Give yourself the powerful advantages of experience by giving action to your intentions.
You deserve so much more than to just watch life from the sidelines. Get in, get going, get involved and enjoy the benefits of active participation.
The most fulfilling things in life are the things to which you give your time, effort, love and commitment. Make use of this day to make more richness by making a meaningful difference in the world.
-- Ralph Marston
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It is through disciplined, purposeful effort that you can watch yourself changing the world for the better. Persevere in your efforts, and move life steadily forward.
Making the effort is what makes you stronger, more capable, more highly skilled and more confident. Give yourself the powerful advantages of experience by giving action to your intentions.
You deserve so much more than to just watch life from the sidelines. Get in, get going, get involved and enjoy the benefits of active participation.
The most fulfilling things in life are the things to which you give your time, effort, love and commitment. Make use of this day to make more richness by making a meaningful difference in the world.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
There is goodness
There is goodness in this moment. Accept it, embrace it and enlarge it.
There is undisturbed peace deep within you. Feel it, express it, and put its powerful, profound energy to use.
There is a purpose to your life in this moment, on this day. Connect your awareness to that authentic purpose and bring it to life with your actions.
The beauty of being is in you and all around you. See that beauty in everything you encounter and let it bring you joy.
There are positive and meaningful possibilities in every situation. Enrich your life and your world by working to fulfill and expand those possibilities.
There is great wonder and magnificence in all that is. Live the wonder, and be more lovingly magnificent with each passing moment.
-- Ralph Marston
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There is undisturbed peace deep within you. Feel it, express it, and put its powerful, profound energy to use.
There is a purpose to your life in this moment, on this day. Connect your awareness to that authentic purpose and bring it to life with your actions.
The beauty of being is in you and all around you. See that beauty in everything you encounter and let it bring you joy.
There are positive and meaningful possibilities in every situation. Enrich your life and your world by working to fulfill and expand those possibilities.
There is great wonder and magnificence in all that is. Live the wonder, and be more lovingly magnificent with each passing moment.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Make some progress
Don't let what you cannot do get in the way of what you can do. Just get busy, do your best at what you're able to do, and make a positive difference.
If you focus on all the negative factors that you cannot control, the only thing you'll get is frustration. Instead, put your thoughts, efforts and energy into the many good and valuable things you can do.
When you feel overwhelmed by your situation, the answer is not to give up. The answer is to get going.
Make some decisions, do some work, and get some meaningful accomplishments completed. Experience how much better it feels to make some progress.
There will always be challenges and distractions. But you can always make the choice to make progress anyway.
Today is your opportunity to end up ahead of where you started. Use this moment, and every moment, to make some progress, and you'll be making life better and better for yourself and your world.
-- Ralph Marston
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If you focus on all the negative factors that you cannot control, the only thing you'll get is frustration. Instead, put your thoughts, efforts and energy into the many good and valuable things you can do.
When you feel overwhelmed by your situation, the answer is not to give up. The answer is to get going.
Make some decisions, do some work, and get some meaningful accomplishments completed. Experience how much better it feels to make some progress.
There will always be challenges and distractions. But you can always make the choice to make progress anyway.
Today is your opportunity to end up ahead of where you started. Use this moment, and every moment, to make some progress, and you'll be making life better and better for yourself and your world.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Your own very best way
The way to know how is to know why. The best way for you to do something is the way you devise, based on your own particular purpose and your own particular set of resources.
Certainly there are very specific methods and techniques that you can learn from others, and that will help you greatly. However, to achieve the result you envision, you must be the person to design and manage the process.
Others can help you with the tactics. It's your job to devise and carry out the strategy.
How do you achieve your dream when there are so many obstacles in your path? By taking responsibility for answering that question, you take true ownership of the dream.
Others can inspire you, encourage you, instruct you and advise you. However, it's your dream, and it's your immensely satisfying and fulfilling job to find a way of bringing it to life.
Feel the authentic desire, know you can, and you will find your own very best way. Follow your heart, and you won't have to follow anyone else's instructions.
-- Ralph Marston
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Certainly there are very specific methods and techniques that you can learn from others, and that will help you greatly. However, to achieve the result you envision, you must be the person to design and manage the process.
Others can help you with the tactics. It's your job to devise and carry out the strategy.
How do you achieve your dream when there are so many obstacles in your path? By taking responsibility for answering that question, you take true ownership of the dream.
Others can inspire you, encourage you, instruct you and advise you. However, it's your dream, and it's your immensely satisfying and fulfilling job to find a way of bringing it to life.
Feel the authentic desire, know you can, and you will find your own very best way. Follow your heart, and you won't have to follow anyone else's instructions.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Small achievements
Small achievements pave the way for big achievements. Because when you know you've done it before, you're confident you can do it again and again.
Small achievements, focused in a consistent direction, are what the big achievements are made of. And every moment is an opportunity for a small achievement.
You can't create a great fortune in one day. Yet you can make significant positive progress toward building that fortune, each and every day.
Add value to every moment, and that value will add up. Whatever your desire, whatever your dream, there are always steps you can take right here and now.
When you take those steps, you are fulfilling the desire. When you make those small achievements, you are living the dream.
Fill your moments with small achievements. And you'll fill your life with great and lasting value.
-- Ralph Marston
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Small achievements, focused in a consistent direction, are what the big achievements are made of. And every moment is an opportunity for a small achievement.
You can't create a great fortune in one day. Yet you can make significant positive progress toward building that fortune, each and every day.
Add value to every moment, and that value will add up. Whatever your desire, whatever your dream, there are always steps you can take right here and now.
When you take those steps, you are fulfilling the desire. When you make those small achievements, you are living the dream.
Fill your moments with small achievements. And you'll fill your life with great and lasting value.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Without compromise
Don't just go through the motions. Go through life with passion and purpose.
This day is yours to live, so make something truly meaningful and beautiful out of it. Get curious, get interested, get involved, get active, and bring your life to life.
This is your one chance to live this moment, so make the very most of it. You can create great, rich, meaningful value, so do it now and do it often.
Let yourself be amazed and enthusiastic about the possibilities. Let yourself be joyful and purposeful and filled with love for all the goodness that surrounds you.
Choose what to do and then follow through. Dream your best dreams and then bring them to life.
The amazing gift of life is yours, so do something truly amazing with it. Live fully and richly now, without compromise and with a passion that is uniquely yours.
-- Ralph Marston
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This day is yours to live, so make something truly meaningful and beautiful out of it. Get curious, get interested, get involved, get active, and bring your life to life.
This is your one chance to live this moment, so make the very most of it. You can create great, rich, meaningful value, so do it now and do it often.
Let yourself be amazed and enthusiastic about the possibilities. Let yourself be joyful and purposeful and filled with love for all the goodness that surrounds you.
Choose what to do and then follow through. Dream your best dreams and then bring them to life.
The amazing gift of life is yours, so do something truly amazing with it. Live fully and richly now, without compromise and with a passion that is uniquely yours.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Willing
It takes action to achieve, and it takes willingness to act. Be willing.
Many outside factors will push against you, and yet you can get beyond them all. But only when you're truly willing.
What makes you act, is your choice to act. Be willing, and make that choice.
You can do, you can create, you can experience, you can become whatever you choose. Be willing, and choose to live the life that fulfills your greatest possibilities.
The challenges, problems and obstacles all pale in comparison to the strength of your will. Be willing, and exercise that strength to benefit yourself and all the world.
You can do it if you will do it. Be willing, and bring your highest vision to life.
-- Ralph Marston
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Many outside factors will push against you, and yet you can get beyond them all. But only when you're truly willing.
What makes you act, is your choice to act. Be willing, and make that choice.
You can do, you can create, you can experience, you can become whatever you choose. Be willing, and choose to live the life that fulfills your greatest possibilities.
The challenges, problems and obstacles all pale in comparison to the strength of your will. Be willing, and exercise that strength to benefit yourself and all the world.
You can do it if you will do it. Be willing, and bring your highest vision to life.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Don't worry
Don't worry about what you must do. Just get going and get it done.
Don't worry that there's not enough time. Just make full, purposeful and effective use of the time you have.
Don't worry that there's not enough money. Focus instead on the ever-present opportunities to create value.
Don't worry about what others might say or think or do. Use your time, energy and resources in accordance with your own highest vision.
Don't worry about what has already happened or what might occur in the future. Now is the moment in which you can act, and now is where your awareness belongs.
This is your beautiful, precious and amazing life, so don't contaminate any of it with useless worry. Instead, live it fully, richly, peacefully and confidently as each wondrous day unfolds.
-- Ralph Marston
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Don't worry that there's not enough time. Just make full, purposeful and effective use of the time you have.
Don't worry that there's not enough money. Focus instead on the ever-present opportunities to create value.
Don't worry about what others might say or think or do. Use your time, energy and resources in accordance with your own highest vision.
Don't worry about what has already happened or what might occur in the future. Now is the moment in which you can act, and now is where your awareness belongs.
This is your beautiful, precious and amazing life, so don't contaminate any of it with useless worry. Instead, live it fully, richly, peacefully and confidently as each wondrous day unfolds.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Out of your rut
You don't have to continue doing things the way you've always done them. Today is a new day, filled with new possibilities, so remember to treat it as such.
You don't have to be held prisoner by your old, familiar habits and assumptions. There's a whole world of goodness and abundance beyond what you already know, so get out there and experience some of it.
Does it seem like you've run out of energy and enthusiasm? Maybe you're just tired of the same old things.
Does it feel like you're stuck? If you're just living on autopilot, then you are indeed stuck.
Take the helm of your life and steer it in some new, exciting, fulfilling and energizing directions. Discover again and again how adaptable and interesting and joyful you can be.
The world is a never-ending source of beauty and wonder. Climb up out of your self-imposed rut and live the richness.
-- Ralph Marston
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You don't have to be held prisoner by your old, familiar habits and assumptions. There's a whole world of goodness and abundance beyond what you already know, so get out there and experience some of it.
Does it seem like you've run out of energy and enthusiasm? Maybe you're just tired of the same old things.
Does it feel like you're stuck? If you're just living on autopilot, then you are indeed stuck.
Take the helm of your life and steer it in some new, exciting, fulfilling and energizing directions. Discover again and again how adaptable and interesting and joyful you can be.
The world is a never-ending source of beauty and wonder. Climb up out of your self-imposed rut and live the richness.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Enjoy more
The more you enjoy, the more you accomplish. Truly enjoy every moment, and you create a positive momentum that is unstoppable.
It is not success that brings happiness. It is happiness that brings success.
Enjoy life, however it may be, and you open yourself to the very best possibilities. The more sincerely thankful you are for what you have, the more value there is in it.
Let yourself enjoy yourself, your life, your world and all the people in it. Enjoy, and the awesome power of gratitude comes easily and naturally.
Reality is what it is, and yet you can always choose how to respond to it. Respond more and more with enthusiastic enjoyment, and watch that reality steadily improve.
Life is yours and it is beautiful on this day, in this place. Enjoy, and make it even better.
-- Ralph Marston
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It is not success that brings happiness. It is happiness that brings success.
Enjoy life, however it may be, and you open yourself to the very best possibilities. The more sincerely thankful you are for what you have, the more value there is in it.
Let yourself enjoy yourself, your life, your world and all the people in it. Enjoy, and the awesome power of gratitude comes easily and naturally.
Reality is what it is, and yet you can always choose how to respond to it. Respond more and more with enthusiastic enjoyment, and watch that reality steadily improve.
Life is yours and it is beautiful on this day, in this place. Enjoy, and make it even better.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Performing the magic
Every step you take on the journey gets you that much closer to your destination. Every purposeful effort you make brings you closer and closer to your goal.
When you are taking intentional, directed action, you are making progress. You are creating the very rewards you seek.
When you become weary, take a moment to remind yourself why you've chosen to go where you've chosen to go. When you feel a tinge of discouragement, overwhelm it with positive anticipation for the good and valuable place where you're headed.
Not only can you do it, you are doing it. You are performing the magic of transforming dreams into reality.
What you're doing is difficult and burdensome in some ways. And yet it is also truly amazing, because you're creating value that never existed before.
Continue the effort, continue to persist, and continue performing the magic. And delight in the outstanding rewards it brings.
-- Ralph Marston
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When you are taking intentional, directed action, you are making progress. You are creating the very rewards you seek.
When you become weary, take a moment to remind yourself why you've chosen to go where you've chosen to go. When you feel a tinge of discouragement, overwhelm it with positive anticipation for the good and valuable place where you're headed.
Not only can you do it, you are doing it. You are performing the magic of transforming dreams into reality.
What you're doing is difficult and burdensome in some ways. And yet it is also truly amazing, because you're creating value that never existed before.
Continue the effort, continue to persist, and continue performing the magic. And delight in the outstanding rewards it brings.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Bring fulfillment
Beyond where you are is the beautiful place where you want to be. Push, push, push yourself there.
Beyond where you are comfortable is where you will be fulfilled. Step bravely away from what you know and toward your true desire.
You are just like everyone else until you prove otherwise. Make the commitment to prove otherwise.
Make this the day you stop running and hiding from what you know you must do. Make this the moment you choose to do the difficult work that will bring fulfillment to your life and your world.
Find true delight in the challenges. Find real, sweet satisfaction in the discipline of your own achievements.
Do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to act on your authentic vision. And make your life mean something that means something to you.
-- Ralph Marston
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Beyond where you are comfortable is where you will be fulfilled. Step bravely away from what you know and toward your true desire.
You are just like everyone else until you prove otherwise. Make the commitment to prove otherwise.
Make this the day you stop running and hiding from what you know you must do. Make this the moment you choose to do the difficult work that will bring fulfillment to your life and your world.
Find true delight in the challenges. Find real, sweet satisfaction in the discipline of your own achievements.
Do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to act on your authentic vision. And make your life mean something that means something to you.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Live with excellence
Stop needing permission and stop needing approval. Start acting from your own highest convictions.
Stop worrying so much about what other people might or might not think. Start living without compromise and with positive purpose.
Stop waiting for everything to be perfect. Start making good and meaningful use of all you have.
Let yourself be driven forward by your highest dreams. Feel the fears and learn from them, but don't let yourself be held back by them.
Let go of your need to control those around you. Experience the power and effectiveness that come from controlling and disciplining yourself.
Live intentionally, on purpose, with the utmost sincerity and authenticity. Live this day and every day with the excellence you know you deserve.
-- Ralph Marston
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Stop worrying so much about what other people might or might not think. Start living without compromise and with positive purpose.
Stop waiting for everything to be perfect. Start making good and meaningful use of all you have.
Let yourself be driven forward by your highest dreams. Feel the fears and learn from them, but don't let yourself be held back by them.
Let go of your need to control those around you. Experience the power and effectiveness that come from controlling and disciplining yourself.
Live intentionally, on purpose, with the utmost sincerity and authenticity. Live this day and every day with the excellence you know you deserve.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Make your greatness real
You have immense greatness within you. Yet you have to be the person who lives, fulfills, expresses and manifests that greatness.
It's something no one else can do for you. The special, unique greatness within you is of no use or significance without your active, committed participation in it.
The things you possess won't express that greatness. The mere poses you assume won't bring that greatness to life.
The only way to truly fulfill your own special greatness is by putting your time, your focus, your resources and dedication into living that greatness. For it is only through your day-to-day commitment that the special beauty within you flows outward.
It's much easier to hide the beauty away, and to never let it fully develop. But what a shame that would be, and what a terrible regret it would create.
Life is longing for your greatness, and, deep inside, you are longing to bring it to life. Make the commitment, do the work to make that greatness real, and use your days to fulfill your own beautiful destiny.
-- Ralph Marston
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It's something no one else can do for you. The special, unique greatness within you is of no use or significance without your active, committed participation in it.
The things you possess won't express that greatness. The mere poses you assume won't bring that greatness to life.
The only way to truly fulfill your own special greatness is by putting your time, your focus, your resources and dedication into living that greatness. For it is only through your day-to-day commitment that the special beauty within you flows outward.
It's much easier to hide the beauty away, and to never let it fully develop. But what a shame that would be, and what a terrible regret it would create.
Life is longing for your greatness, and, deep inside, you are longing to bring it to life. Make the commitment, do the work to make that greatness real, and use your days to fulfill your own beautiful destiny.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Step forward with action
Start now, not tomorrow or early next week or when you have the time. Now is when your time is, so use it now.
Sure, it's important to plan and to prepare. What's essential, though, is to put your intentions into action.
Even if you're not fully prepared, there's something you can do right now. Even if you're unable to get it all done, you can get moving right away in a productive direction.
Action accomplishes more than just the immediate results it creates. Taking action seals your commitment and puts you in a state of solid, indisputable effectiveness.
Action lets you see and know, without the slightest doubt, how capable you can be. Though it's great to tell yourself you can do it, action goes several steps beyond that and shows you that you can do it.
Your dreams and goals and best intentions begin to be truly yours only when you act on them. So stop just thinking about it or wishing for it, and step forward right now with real, solid action.
-- Ralph Marston
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Sure, it's important to plan and to prepare. What's essential, though, is to put your intentions into action.
Even if you're not fully prepared, there's something you can do right now. Even if you're unable to get it all done, you can get moving right away in a productive direction.
Action accomplishes more than just the immediate results it creates. Taking action seals your commitment and puts you in a state of solid, indisputable effectiveness.
Action lets you see and know, without the slightest doubt, how capable you can be. Though it's great to tell yourself you can do it, action goes several steps beyond that and shows you that you can do it.
Your dreams and goals and best intentions begin to be truly yours only when you act on them. So stop just thinking about it or wishing for it, and step forward right now with real, solid action.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Move ahead with no regrets
Excuses are easy, and consequently they are worthless. Real, focused, sustained work is difficult and challenging, and can achieve magnificent results.
What is easy and carefree in the short term becomes painfully, desperately difficult in the long run. Because when you waste today with excuses, you fill tomorrow with regret.
Work can be tedious, frustrating, inconvenient and draining, and yet you absolutely can get it done. Regret, on the other hand, is impossible to escape once you've created it.
So without question, it is far better to use your time to create value rather than regret. Instead of taking the seemingly easy way out, take the truly best way forward.
This hour, this day, this week, you are depositing the fruits of your efforts into the lasting experience of your life. Be sure to fill those deposits with meaningful, positive value rather than with painful regret.
You have the opportunity right now to make an effort that will make a difference. Make the effort, do the work, create real value with your time, and move ahead with no regrets.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
What is easy and carefree in the short term becomes painfully, desperately difficult in the long run. Because when you waste today with excuses, you fill tomorrow with regret.
Work can be tedious, frustrating, inconvenient and draining, and yet you absolutely can get it done. Regret, on the other hand, is impossible to escape once you've created it.
So without question, it is far better to use your time to create value rather than regret. Instead of taking the seemingly easy way out, take the truly best way forward.
This hour, this day, this week, you are depositing the fruits of your efforts into the lasting experience of your life. Be sure to fill those deposits with meaningful, positive value rather than with painful regret.
You have the opportunity right now to make an effort that will make a difference. Make the effort, do the work, create real value with your time, and move ahead with no regrets.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Monday, June 11, 2012
True wealth
Everything has a cost. And that is good, because it enables everything to have value.
You get what you pay for. And that is good, because everyone wins when value can be traded equitably.
If you're not willing to pay the price, it is not possible for you to benefit from the value. What you get with no effort or payment on your part, is not worth having.
It is your participation in the creation of value that makes it valuable and meaningful to you. It is a waste of your precious life to expect something for nothing.
It is the earning, not the possession, that brings fulfillment. It is what you contribute that determines your true wealth.
The authentic and immensely satisfying wealth of life is always available to you. All you have to do, is earn it.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
You get what you pay for. And that is good, because everyone wins when value can be traded equitably.
If you're not willing to pay the price, it is not possible for you to benefit from the value. What you get with no effort or payment on your part, is not worth having.
It is your participation in the creation of value that makes it valuable and meaningful to you. It is a waste of your precious life to expect something for nothing.
It is the earning, not the possession, that brings fulfillment. It is what you contribute that determines your true wealth.
The authentic and immensely satisfying wealth of life is always available to you. All you have to do, is earn it.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Keep growing
You've done a great deal, and you're capable of doing a great deal more. You're capable and effective, and capable of becoming even more effective.
With each new day, you have a new opportunity to live up to your potential. Through focused, purposeful action, you can raise your standards and then exceed those standards.
Making use of what you've already achieved, you can achieve even more. With your wisdom and experience, you can gain ever more valuable wisdom and experience.
No matter how far you've come, there is always another adventure to be lived. There's always a new and fulfilling way to make a difference.
To live is to grow, in strength, in wisdom, in experience and accomplishment. To grow is to live, in the richest and most genuinely satisfying way.
You've come a long way, so by all means keep going and growing. What's so great about life is that you can make it greater.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
With each new day, you have a new opportunity to live up to your potential. Through focused, purposeful action, you can raise your standards and then exceed those standards.
Making use of what you've already achieved, you can achieve even more. With your wisdom and experience, you can gain ever more valuable wisdom and experience.
No matter how far you've come, there is always another adventure to be lived. There's always a new and fulfilling way to make a difference.
To live is to grow, in strength, in wisdom, in experience and accomplishment. To grow is to live, in the richest and most genuinely satisfying way.
You've come a long way, so by all means keep going and growing. What's so great about life is that you can make it greater.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Let yourself be you
It's difficult to truly and honestly be who you are. It is so difficult, in fact, that many people don't make the attempt.
And yet, it is even more difficult to continue, day after day, year after year, to deny the beautiful, unique reality of who you are. Though it is hard and demanding work to be you, it is the most satisfying and fulfilling thing you can do with your time.
For it is by being true to your purpose that you fill your world and your experience with exquisite richness. The real, true you is who can offer the very most value, comfort, encouragement and joy to others, to the world, and to all of life.
Living each moment and each situation with uncompromising authenticity is a difficult, inconvenient and often embarrassing choice. Even so, it is far and away the best choice you can make, not only for yourself but also for everything else you care about.
There is great and unique beauty within you. That beauty longs to, and absolutely deserves to see the light of day.
So let go of the pretenses, and the fears and apprehensions, and let yourself be you. Bring life's goodness more fully into being, in your own delightful way.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
And yet, it is even more difficult to continue, day after day, year after year, to deny the beautiful, unique reality of who you are. Though it is hard and demanding work to be you, it is the most satisfying and fulfilling thing you can do with your time.
For it is by being true to your purpose that you fill your world and your experience with exquisite richness. The real, true you is who can offer the very most value, comfort, encouragement and joy to others, to the world, and to all of life.
Living each moment and each situation with uncompromising authenticity is a difficult, inconvenient and often embarrassing choice. Even so, it is far and away the best choice you can make, not only for yourself but also for everything else you care about.
There is great and unique beauty within you. That beauty longs to, and absolutely deserves to see the light of day.
So let go of the pretenses, and the fears and apprehensions, and let yourself be you. Bring life's goodness more fully into being, in your own delightful way.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Disappointments of the past
What has already happened before is not what will happen next. Because right now, you have the opportunity to change direction.
If you're moving in a positive and fruitful direction, you can choose to keep going that way, and even to accelerate your progress. Or, if you've experienced difficulty and disappointment in the past, this is your time to make a change.
When you focus on what's already happened, it can be easy to feel permanently stuck in a bad place. So focus instead on the fact that you can, right now, choose a more positive direction.
Today is a new day, and it is your day to live in the best way you can imagine. It is your day to move in precisely the direction you choose.
Though rising above a difficult past will require great effort and commitment on your part, you certainly can do it. And there's no better way to spend your time than making your way forward and permanently locking your disappointments in the past.
The disappointments of the past will begin to fade away as soon as you let go of them. Let go, look forward, and know that you can make this next day the best one yet.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
If you're moving in a positive and fruitful direction, you can choose to keep going that way, and even to accelerate your progress. Or, if you've experienced difficulty and disappointment in the past, this is your time to make a change.
When you focus on what's already happened, it can be easy to feel permanently stuck in a bad place. So focus instead on the fact that you can, right now, choose a more positive direction.
Today is a new day, and it is your day to live in the best way you can imagine. It is your day to move in precisely the direction you choose.
Though rising above a difficult past will require great effort and commitment on your part, you certainly can do it. And there's no better way to spend your time than making your way forward and permanently locking your disappointments in the past.
The disappointments of the past will begin to fade away as soon as you let go of them. Let go, look forward, and know that you can make this next day the best one yet.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Achievement is essential
Go beyond merely being curious about how it would be to live your dream. Commit to it, and experience the satisfaction of making it happen.
Do more than just talk about what you'd like to do, or what you should be doing, or what you plan to do. Take the persistent actions that will actually get it done.
Within your vision of how life can be, there is great value, ready and waiting to be expressed. Bring that vision to life, and bring that value into being.
Give your dreams the power of focused attention and committed, disciplined effort. Feel how great it feels to make a meaningful difference in your life and in your world.
Achievement is not only something you can do, it is something you have a deep and abiding longing to do. So make your days truly rich by using them to achieve.
Achievement is essential to the great and wonderful experience of being alive, of being you. Give yourself the gift of fulfillment by keeping yourself working to make a real and positive impact on life.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Do more than just talk about what you'd like to do, or what you should be doing, or what you plan to do. Take the persistent actions that will actually get it done.
Within your vision of how life can be, there is great value, ready and waiting to be expressed. Bring that vision to life, and bring that value into being.
Give your dreams the power of focused attention and committed, disciplined effort. Feel how great it feels to make a meaningful difference in your life and in your world.
Achievement is not only something you can do, it is something you have a deep and abiding longing to do. So make your days truly rich by using them to achieve.
Achievement is essential to the great and wonderful experience of being alive, of being you. Give yourself the gift of fulfillment by keeping yourself working to make a real and positive impact on life.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Your time to choose
You can always live the life you choose. Because you can always choose, in each and every moment, how to be.
Sure, life in this world sends all sorts of seemingly random and often disturbing occurrences your way. Yet the choice of how to think and feel about them, and what to do with them, is yours.
It is through the use of that choice that your life is fashioned. From the perspective you select comes the world you experience, in this hour, this month, this decade, this lifetime.
Whatever comes, will come and go. What you choose to do with it, is what makes your life the way it is.
It is never too late, and you are never too far off track to live the way you wish to live. For in this very next moment, no matter what it may contain, you can choose how, and why, to proceed.
You never have to resign yourself to less than the best. For now is always your time to choose.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Sure, life in this world sends all sorts of seemingly random and often disturbing occurrences your way. Yet the choice of how to think and feel about them, and what to do with them, is yours.
It is through the use of that choice that your life is fashioned. From the perspective you select comes the world you experience, in this hour, this month, this decade, this lifetime.
Whatever comes, will come and go. What you choose to do with it, is what makes your life the way it is.
It is never too late, and you are never too far off track to live the way you wish to live. For in this very next moment, no matter what it may contain, you can choose how, and why, to proceed.
You never have to resign yourself to less than the best. For now is always your time to choose.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Happiness is here now
Happiness is here now, today. Live it.
The possibilities for greater and greater fulfillment are immense and amazing. Explore them, and claim the best for your own by acting on them now.
If there's something you've been meaning to do, now is the time to get moving. If you've been wanting a change for the better, now is when you can make that change happen.
Your dreams and desires are real and alive in this moment. Use this time to follow where they lead.
Your unique and priceless journey has brought you now to this point. Pay sincere tribute to all that rich experience by making meaningful use of it on this day.
Happiness and joy and fulfillment are now yours. Live them today in your own special way.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
The possibilities for greater and greater fulfillment are immense and amazing. Explore them, and claim the best for your own by acting on them now.
If there's something you've been meaning to do, now is the time to get moving. If you've been wanting a change for the better, now is when you can make that change happen.
Your dreams and desires are real and alive in this moment. Use this time to follow where they lead.
Your unique and priceless journey has brought you now to this point. Pay sincere tribute to all that rich experience by making meaningful use of it on this day.
Happiness and joy and fulfillment are now yours. Live them today in your own special way.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Welcome life as it comes
What you fight against, fights back. What you're able to welcome and embrace, you're able to influence and direct.
When you welcome the day with genuine enthusiasm, you're already on your way to putting it to valuable use. When you welcome the challenges, you've already begun to transform them into achievements.
Welcome the complaints and criticisms, and you'll discover pivotal avenues for improvement. Welcome the beliefs and opinions of others, and you'll markedly strengthen and focus your own beliefs.
Welcome life's beauty, even in the most ordinary things, and that beauty becomes a part of you. Welcome the unexpected surprises, and they'll lead you to unexpected treasures.
Get in the habit of welcoming what life brings, and you'll get out of the habit of fearing what might come. Choose to welcome both the ups and the downs, and even the setbacks will eventually lead you forward.
Instead of figuring out ways to run or hide or fight, welcome life as it comes. Welcome life, and you'll find great richness in what it brings.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
When you welcome the day with genuine enthusiasm, you're already on your way to putting it to valuable use. When you welcome the challenges, you've already begun to transform them into achievements.
Welcome the complaints and criticisms, and you'll discover pivotal avenues for improvement. Welcome the beliefs and opinions of others, and you'll markedly strengthen and focus your own beliefs.
Welcome life's beauty, even in the most ordinary things, and that beauty becomes a part of you. Welcome the unexpected surprises, and they'll lead you to unexpected treasures.
Get in the habit of welcoming what life brings, and you'll get out of the habit of fearing what might come. Choose to welcome both the ups and the downs, and even the setbacks will eventually lead you forward.
Instead of figuring out ways to run or hide or fight, welcome life as it comes. Welcome life, and you'll find great richness in what it brings.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Encourage yourself
Many times, the situations and events in your life won't offer you much encouragement. On top of that, even other people may not have much encouragement to give you.
But that doesn't mean you have to go without any encouragement. After all, you are perfectly capable of encouraging yourself.
Remind yourself how truly fortunate you are to be able to experience life's great wonders. Consider all the positive possibilities that are available to you, even on the most difficult days.
You are marvelously free to think what you wish, to feel the way you choose, and to act in the best interest of yourself and your world. On top of that, you're surrounded by a magnificent abundance that you can transform into great meaningful value.
Perhaps at the moment life is not offering you much encouragement, but that's not really a problem. Connect with the joys you've already experienced, the possibilities of the present, and your dreams for the future, and you'll find plenty of encouragement within yourself.
Is your world in need of encouragement, and there's none to be found? Be the encourager, and you'll be powerfully encouraged.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
But that doesn't mean you have to go without any encouragement. After all, you are perfectly capable of encouraging yourself.
Remind yourself how truly fortunate you are to be able to experience life's great wonders. Consider all the positive possibilities that are available to you, even on the most difficult days.
You are marvelously free to think what you wish, to feel the way you choose, and to act in the best interest of yourself and your world. On top of that, you're surrounded by a magnificent abundance that you can transform into great meaningful value.
Perhaps at the moment life is not offering you much encouragement, but that's not really a problem. Connect with the joys you've already experienced, the possibilities of the present, and your dreams for the future, and you'll find plenty of encouragement within yourself.
Is your world in need of encouragement, and there's none to be found? Be the encourager, and you'll be powerfully encouraged.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
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