If you don't have time to get it all done, get some of it done. If you're not able to do it perfectly, do it the best you can.
It's great to visualize an ideal world. Always keep in mind, though, that you must live in the real world as it is.
Conditions are never going to be perfect, so stop waiting endlessly for them to be. The fact is, you can arrange for conditions to be good enough, and then go forward with what you have.
Aim for perfection, but don't let that stop you from working with reality. Live according to your highest vision, and also with practical, common sense.
Climb to the top of the mountain and get a clear view of the big picture. Then commit yourself to taking care of all the little details, filling that big picture with living richness.
See life as the best it can be, and live life as it comes to you. That will keep you always moving in a positive, fulfilling direction.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Get up and get going
Taking action is not as difficult as you imagine it to be. Get up now and get it done.
The comfort and ease of doing nothing are highly overrated, especially in the long run. Life is here, life is miraculously yours, so live it.
Live life fully by taking an active role in it. Feel your purpose, feel your desire, feel your dreams and follow them with all you have.
Make a commitment, voice your opinion, use your skills and put real, active substance into this day. Step forward, put forth the effort, follow through and contribute your own brand of richness to this beautiful world.
The possibilities are all around you. Great new value is begging to be created, and you're in the fortunate position of being able to answer the call.
Remind yourself how effective you can be and then put that effectiveness to good use. Get up, get going and give your best to this great day.
-- Ralph Marston
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The comfort and ease of doing nothing are highly overrated, especially in the long run. Life is here, life is miraculously yours, so live it.
Live life fully by taking an active role in it. Feel your purpose, feel your desire, feel your dreams and follow them with all you have.
Make a commitment, voice your opinion, use your skills and put real, active substance into this day. Step forward, put forth the effort, follow through and contribute your own brand of richness to this beautiful world.
The possibilities are all around you. Great new value is begging to be created, and you're in the fortunate position of being able to answer the call.
Remind yourself how effective you can be and then put that effectiveness to good use. Get up, get going and give your best to this great day.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Make it your choice
Let go of the thoughts that you need to do, that you need to have, and that you need to be this or that. Embrace the opportunities to choose to do, choose to have, and choose to be.
If you're constantly catching up with your needs, you're operating from a perspective of weakness. Instead, see the tasks, commitments and responsibilities as things you have chosen, and give your life the positive power it deserves.
From all the available possibilities, your choices have brought you to where you are today. Going forward, your choices can take you where you wish to go.
Don't discourage or frustrate yourself by seeing yourself as burdened with needs. Make it your intentional choice to do what you do, and discover your true power and effectiveness.
Put energy, joy and satisfaction into your work by choosing to get it done. Add great value to your relationships, your commitments and responsibilities by choosing to honor them with the way you live.
Don't let the perception of need enslave you. Allow the reality of your positive choices to give the power of purpose to all you do.
-- Ralph Marston
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If you're constantly catching up with your needs, you're operating from a perspective of weakness. Instead, see the tasks, commitments and responsibilities as things you have chosen, and give your life the positive power it deserves.
From all the available possibilities, your choices have brought you to where you are today. Going forward, your choices can take you where you wish to go.
Don't discourage or frustrate yourself by seeing yourself as burdened with needs. Make it your intentional choice to do what you do, and discover your true power and effectiveness.
Put energy, joy and satisfaction into your work by choosing to get it done. Add great value to your relationships, your commitments and responsibilities by choosing to honor them with the way you live.
Don't let the perception of need enslave you. Allow the reality of your positive choices to give the power of purpose to all you do.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, September 26, 2014
Prison of your own making
Are you holding yourself in a prison of your own making? If so, today you can choose to set yourself free.
Worries, insecurities, outdated assumptions, and a negative self image can all prevent you from experiencing life at its best. You can let those limiting influences fall cleanly away from your life.
The obstacles that life sends your way will continually challenge you, and yet with intention and commitment you can move beyond them. Before you can do that, however, you must set yourself free of the self-imposed obstacles.
Raise your vision of yourself above any troubles and shortcomings that may have occurred in your past. This is now, and you owe it to yourself to maintain an empowering view of yourself.
If you've known a lot of disappointment, there's no need to fear more disappointment or failure. Just accept that they will occasionally come, and look forward to the great satisfaction you'll find in working your way beyond them.
Choose to set yourself free from defeating thoughts that have held you back. Knock down the walls you've built around you, and let the full richness of life come in.
-- Ralph Marston
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Worries, insecurities, outdated assumptions, and a negative self image can all prevent you from experiencing life at its best. You can let those limiting influences fall cleanly away from your life.
The obstacles that life sends your way will continually challenge you, and yet with intention and commitment you can move beyond them. Before you can do that, however, you must set yourself free of the self-imposed obstacles.
Raise your vision of yourself above any troubles and shortcomings that may have occurred in your past. This is now, and you owe it to yourself to maintain an empowering view of yourself.
If you've known a lot of disappointment, there's no need to fear more disappointment or failure. Just accept that they will occasionally come, and look forward to the great satisfaction you'll find in working your way beyond them.
Choose to set yourself free from defeating thoughts that have held you back. Knock down the walls you've built around you, and let the full richness of life come in.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
A new you
If you're stuck, you don't have to be. If you're weary, disappointed or unmotivated, you don't have to be.
You can change, and you can make that change for the better. You can transform your thoughts, your perspective, your direction, your possibilities and your life.
Every moment, a new you is being born. You can simply let the new you be just like the old you, or you can choose to make improvements.
If your past has not lived up to your highest expectations and best possibilities, now is your opportunity to break with that past. A new you is being born, and you can fill that new you with new, positive energy, assumptions, expectations and actions.
Everything you're disappointed about has already happened. This is the new you, with the opportunity to make much better things happen.
Right now there's a new you, more knowledgeable, experienced, capable and inspired than ever before. Let the new you step forward and make life the best you can imagine.
-- Ralph Marston
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You can change, and you can make that change for the better. You can transform your thoughts, your perspective, your direction, your possibilities and your life.
Every moment, a new you is being born. You can simply let the new you be just like the old you, or you can choose to make improvements.
If your past has not lived up to your highest expectations and best possibilities, now is your opportunity to break with that past. A new you is being born, and you can fill that new you with new, positive energy, assumptions, expectations and actions.
Everything you're disappointed about has already happened. This is the new you, with the opportunity to make much better things happen.
Right now there's a new you, more knowledgeable, experienced, capable and inspired than ever before. Let the new you step forward and make life the best you can imagine.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Savor your time
If you rush through life, you miss the best parts. Take your time, enjoy your time, savor your time and make rich, meaningful use of it.
Instead of rushing to get as much as possible done, take the time to do things the best you possibly can. Instead of racing to finish, enjoy the journey as you create great value along the way.
Being effective is not the same as being busy. Just because something is urgent doesn't mean it's important.
There are many things that can be done quickly, yet have little value. It's better to invest your time in one thing that really matters than to waste it on a dozen things that don't.
Let go of the need to skim quickly along the surface. Allow yourself to dive deeply and meaningfully into life's richness.
Your time is precious, so treat it with the respect it deserves. Rise above the anxious hurrying, and make every moment really mean something.
-- Ralph Marston
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Instead of rushing to get as much as possible done, take the time to do things the best you possibly can. Instead of racing to finish, enjoy the journey as you create great value along the way.
Being effective is not the same as being busy. Just because something is urgent doesn't mean it's important.
There are many things that can be done quickly, yet have little value. It's better to invest your time in one thing that really matters than to waste it on a dozen things that don't.
Let go of the need to skim quickly along the surface. Allow yourself to dive deeply and meaningfully into life's richness.
Your time is precious, so treat it with the respect it deserves. Rise above the anxious hurrying, and make every moment really mean something.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Reach forward
You might not reach your goal today. Yet you can reach a significant part of the way toward it.
You may not make as much progress today as you intend. Yet you will make some valuable progress.
Don't you dare be discouraged by what you were not able to do. Instead, be inspired by what you have been able to get done, and by what you're now in a position to achieve.
Even though you're not able to reach all the way right now, reach. Go ahead, do what you can, now when you have the opportunity.
Get started, continue, make some progress, then do it again and again. Small efforts add up to big results when you repeat them often enough.
Reach forward, work forward and move forward. You've made some meaningful progress, and now is your chance to make even more.
-- Ralph Marston
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You may not make as much progress today as you intend. Yet you will make some valuable progress.
Don't you dare be discouraged by what you were not able to do. Instead, be inspired by what you have been able to get done, and by what you're now in a position to achieve.
Even though you're not able to reach all the way right now, reach. Go ahead, do what you can, now when you have the opportunity.
Get started, continue, make some progress, then do it again and again. Small efforts add up to big results when you repeat them often enough.
Reach forward, work forward and move forward. You've made some meaningful progress, and now is your chance to make even more.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Put passion
Put passion into what you do, whatever it is. Your passion confers great power, and engages your best abilities, and you can put it into anything.
There's no need to search for, or wait for, or wonder about what will give you passion. Go ahead and give your passion to the moment you're in.
What provides you with passion is your choice to live it. What gives you passion is your decision to allow it to flow into your thoughts, words and actions.
Live your life not as a bystander. Live in this world, on this day, at this place as an active participant.
Discover how empowering it feels to give authentic passion to the smallest of details. Experience for yourself how great it is to care without holding back.
Put passion in this day, in this task, and in this circumstance. Be rewarded with exceptional effectiveness and meaningful achievement.
-- Ralph Marston
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There's no need to search for, or wait for, or wonder about what will give you passion. Go ahead and give your passion to the moment you're in.
What provides you with passion is your choice to live it. What gives you passion is your decision to allow it to flow into your thoughts, words and actions.
Live your life not as a bystander. Live in this world, on this day, at this place as an active participant.
Discover how empowering it feels to give authentic passion to the smallest of details. Experience for yourself how great it is to care without holding back.
Put passion in this day, in this task, and in this circumstance. Be rewarded with exceptional effectiveness and meaningful achievement.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
New learning
You're never too old, too knowledgeable or too experienced to learn something new. It can be positively energizing to learn a new skill or to improve significantly on an existing one.
One big hindrance to new learning is the assumption that you already know enough. In a world where knowledge is increasing at an unimaginable and accelerating pace, that's an assumption that can get you in trouble.
Be truly thankful for what you know. Then make even better use of that knowledge by building on it.
Your mind benefits from challenging mental exercise just as your body benefits from rigorous physical activity. Keep your mind in great shape by opening it up to new and invigorating challenges.
Make your valuable life experience even more valuable by adding new skills and knowledge to it. With each new thing you learn come great new opportunities.
Open your mind to new learning. And enrich every area of your life.
-- Ralph Marston
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One big hindrance to new learning is the assumption that you already know enough. In a world where knowledge is increasing at an unimaginable and accelerating pace, that's an assumption that can get you in trouble.
Be truly thankful for what you know. Then make even better use of that knowledge by building on it.
Your mind benefits from challenging mental exercise just as your body benefits from rigorous physical activity. Keep your mind in great shape by opening it up to new and invigorating challenges.
Make your valuable life experience even more valuable by adding new skills and knowledge to it. With each new thing you learn come great new opportunities.
Open your mind to new learning. And enrich every area of your life.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Expect better
Expect this day to be a richer, more fulfilling day than yesterday. Expect better, and your life will rise to meet those expectations.
Expect the most favorable outcome and you'll discover ways to bring it about. Expect a positive experience and you'll find the goodness in every situation.
The way you act is informed and influenced by what you expect. Choose to expect better and you'll do better.
Expect to understand, to resonate and to forge deep connections with those around you, and you will. Expect to create value out of whatever you have to work with, and that value flows forth.
Expect to make a meaningful positive difference today. Expect peace, love, healing and goodness, and your efforts and energy will focus to bring them about.
Do yourself and your world a big favor, and expect better. Expect better, and find joy in the journey of making it so.
-- Ralph Marston
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Expect the most favorable outcome and you'll discover ways to bring it about. Expect a positive experience and you'll find the goodness in every situation.
The way you act is informed and influenced by what you expect. Choose to expect better and you'll do better.
Expect to understand, to resonate and to forge deep connections with those around you, and you will. Expect to create value out of whatever you have to work with, and that value flows forth.
Expect to make a meaningful positive difference today. Expect peace, love, healing and goodness, and your efforts and energy will focus to bring them about.
Do yourself and your world a big favor, and expect better. Expect better, and find joy in the journey of making it so.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, September 18, 2014
What you need
You have what you need. Now go make something of it.
You have an abundance of possibilities. Now get busy fulfilling the best of them.
You have resources, abilities, interests, skills and passions. Now do something meaningful and enjoyable with them.
Don't waste your time and energy wishing for more. Invest yourself in creating new richness in your own unique way.
Instead of obsessing over what you don't have, imagine what you can create. Instead of getting hung up on the challenges, get excited about the possibilities.
You are connected to all of life's abundance. Now do the work to create and to follow the path of your own special greatness.
-- Ralph Marston
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You have an abundance of possibilities. Now get busy fulfilling the best of them.
You have resources, abilities, interests, skills and passions. Now do something meaningful and enjoyable with them.
Don't waste your time and energy wishing for more. Invest yourself in creating new richness in your own unique way.
Instead of obsessing over what you don't have, imagine what you can create. Instead of getting hung up on the challenges, get excited about the possibilities.
You are connected to all of life's abundance. Now do the work to create and to follow the path of your own special greatness.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Sincerely useful
Be sincerely useful, and create meaningful value. You'll never run out of opportunities to make a difference.
The fulfillment you seek will not come from what you possess. It will come from what you contribute.
Life is beautiful and you can make it more so. The opportunity is everywhere.
The more challenging things become, the more of a difference you can make. Remind yourself how great it feels to genuinely be of service, and then do it again and again.
The more you give, the richer your life becomes. The more value you create, the more hopeful and fulfilling all of life becomes.
Seek to be useful, and you'll find plenty of ways. Choose to make a positive difference, and experience life at its highest, most satisfying level.
-- Ralph Marston
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The fulfillment you seek will not come from what you possess. It will come from what you contribute.
Life is beautiful and you can make it more so. The opportunity is everywhere.
The more challenging things become, the more of a difference you can make. Remind yourself how great it feels to genuinely be of service, and then do it again and again.
The more you give, the richer your life becomes. The more value you create, the more hopeful and fulfilling all of life becomes.
Seek to be useful, and you'll find plenty of ways. Choose to make a positive difference, and experience life at its highest, most satisfying level.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Great and limitless promise
This day exists so that you can do something meaningful with it. This world exists so that you can marvel at its astounding beauty.
Your thoughts, passions, skills, interests and abilities are yours so that you can make use of them. The miracle of life is yours so that you can experience it fully.
The possibilities are here because you will find so much fulfillment in bringing them to life. The challenges are here because you can lift all of life by working through them.
There is hope because you are able to feel it. There is love because you are able to give it.
Realize how vital it is for you to appreciate how precious and full of promise it all is. Resolve again to live life's great and limitless promise one unique moment at a time.
Feel the richness of life as it exists right now. Step forward, with a joy that goes beyond understanding, and fulfill the promise.
-- Ralph Marston
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Your thoughts, passions, skills, interests and abilities are yours so that you can make use of them. The miracle of life is yours so that you can experience it fully.
The possibilities are here because you will find so much fulfillment in bringing them to life. The challenges are here because you can lift all of life by working through them.
There is hope because you are able to feel it. There is love because you are able to give it.
Realize how vital it is for you to appreciate how precious and full of promise it all is. Resolve again to live life's great and limitless promise one unique moment at a time.
Feel the richness of life as it exists right now. Step forward, with a joy that goes beyond understanding, and fulfill the promise.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Yours for the taking
Though it is not your fault, make it your responsibility. Though it is not your job, make it your responsibility.
Responsibility is yours for the taking. When you do choose to take it, what you get are expanded options, greater opportunities and more positive possibilities.
Responsibility makes good things possible. Responsibility enables you to make a difference.
Responsibility is not easy, not convenient, and often not very comfortable. Yet if you are to make something positive and meaningful out of the situation, responsibility is absolutely necessary.
It may not seem fair to have to take responsibility for circumstances you didn't create. However, by doing so you gain the control that enables you to move forward.
Responsibility is there for you to take. Take responsibility and with it, create something great.
-- Ralph Marston
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Responsibility is yours for the taking. When you do choose to take it, what you get are expanded options, greater opportunities and more positive possibilities.
Responsibility makes good things possible. Responsibility enables you to make a difference.
Responsibility is not easy, not convenient, and often not very comfortable. Yet if you are to make something positive and meaningful out of the situation, responsibility is absolutely necessary.
It may not seem fair to have to take responsibility for circumstances you didn't create. However, by doing so you gain the control that enables you to move forward.
Responsibility is there for you to take. Take responsibility and with it, create something great.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
Live true
The way to care is not to find fault with others for failing to care. The way to truly, effectively care is to show, with your actions and your life, how you care.
The way to communicate a truth is not to insist on it, but to demonstrate it, to live it. The way to convince is not to argue, but to understand.
Being of assistance to others does not mean making them indebted to you. Give, not to boost your ego or influence, but to express the beauty of being alive.
To truly enjoy life, let go of any limitations you have placed on joy. Instead of setting up elaborate situations and expecting joy to come from them, simply choose to give joy to any situation.
Rather than striving to deny or hide from or fight against the truth, embrace it. Accept what is true, and put the power of truth on your side.
Though the universe is delightfully complex, life, at its heart, is not particularly complicated. Live true to who you are and though it won't always be easy, you'll live well.
-- Ralph Marston
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The way to communicate a truth is not to insist on it, but to demonstrate it, to live it. The way to convince is not to argue, but to understand.
Being of assistance to others does not mean making them indebted to you. Give, not to boost your ego or influence, but to express the beauty of being alive.
To truly enjoy life, let go of any limitations you have placed on joy. Instead of setting up elaborate situations and expecting joy to come from them, simply choose to give joy to any situation.
Rather than striving to deny or hide from or fight against the truth, embrace it. Accept what is true, and put the power of truth on your side.
Though the universe is delightfully complex, life, at its heart, is not particularly complicated. Live true to who you are and though it won't always be easy, you'll live well.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Opportunity now
What you have right now, right here, is opportunity. Whatever you're doing, whatever commitments, plans and challenges you may have on this day, you also have an abundance of opportunity.
With your actions you can add richness to your own life and the lives of others. With the way you choose to live this day, you can make it a day that makes a real, positive difference.
You can learn, grow, build, create, teach, assist, connect, laugh, love and enjoy. In every moment, in every situation, with every person you encounter, there is the opportunity to create new goodness.
Remember that there are good and valuable opportunities available to you. Choose to align yourself with those positive opportunities rather than any negative assumptions.
The opportunity of now has great potential for value. Today, you are positioned to bring that value to life in unique, meaningful and enriching ways.
Choose to look out on this day and see the opportunity with which it is filled. Now, while it is here, live that opportunity to the great benefit of yourself and your world.
-- Ralph Marston
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With your actions you can add richness to your own life and the lives of others. With the way you choose to live this day, you can make it a day that makes a real, positive difference.
You can learn, grow, build, create, teach, assist, connect, laugh, love and enjoy. In every moment, in every situation, with every person you encounter, there is the opportunity to create new goodness.
Remember that there are good and valuable opportunities available to you. Choose to align yourself with those positive opportunities rather than any negative assumptions.
The opportunity of now has great potential for value. Today, you are positioned to bring that value to life in unique, meaningful and enriching ways.
Choose to look out on this day and see the opportunity with which it is filled. Now, while it is here, live that opportunity to the great benefit of yourself and your world.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Convince yourself
What are you convincing yourself to believe about yourself? How are you convincing yourself to be?
Are you convincing yourself that you are sick and weak, or are you convincing yourself that you are healthy, fit and energetic? Are you convincing yourself that you are poor or are you convincing yourself that your life is filled with richness?
Your thoughts are very believable, and they are especially believed by you. So make those thoughts positive and beneficial.
Every moment you are convincing yourself of something. Choose to use that power in a good and life-affirming way.
Convince yourself, in ever deeper and more meaningful ways, of how great it is to be alive. Convince yourself of the never-ending value of finding beauty and opportunity in each moment.
Convince yourself to persevere in making life better for everyone. Convince yourself, and it will be.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
Are you convincing yourself that you are sick and weak, or are you convincing yourself that you are healthy, fit and energetic? Are you convincing yourself that you are poor or are you convincing yourself that your life is filled with richness?
Your thoughts are very believable, and they are especially believed by you. So make those thoughts positive and beneficial.
Every moment you are convincing yourself of something. Choose to use that power in a good and life-affirming way.
Convince yourself, in ever deeper and more meaningful ways, of how great it is to be alive. Convince yourself of the never-ending value of finding beauty and opportunity in each moment.
Convince yourself to persevere in making life better for everyone. Convince yourself, and it will be.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 10, 2014
Get clear on your direction
The problem is not that there's too much to do. The problem is that it can be difficult to see the point of it all.
You are amazingly skilled and highly capable. Yet without a clear, persistent and meaningful direction, you're not going to be very effective.
For a moment, put all the stuff that needs to be done out of your mind. Peacefully step back and reacquaint yourself with what's most important to you.
You have your life, and those you love. You have interests, passions, longings, values, things you find funny, things you find fascinating, and things you care deeply about.
With a rich sense of what really matters to you, choose to see a clearly defined direction forward. Now is your time to live with purpose, to express to all of life who you truly are.
Though the problems and responsibilities will not just go away, you can deal with them from a higher, more empowered perspective. Get clear on your direction, and you become more positive and effective in every moment.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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 are amazingly skilled and highly capable. Yet without a clear, persistent and meaningful direction, you're not going to be very effective.
For a moment, put all the stuff that needs to be done out of your mind. Peacefully step back and reacquaint yourself with what's most important to you.
You have your life, and those you love. You have interests, passions, longings, values, things you find funny, things you find fascinating, and things you care deeply about.
With a rich sense of what really matters to you, choose to see a clearly defined direction forward. Now is your time to live with purpose, to express to all of life who you truly are.
Though the problems and responsibilities will not just go away, you can deal with them from a higher, more empowered perspective. Get clear on your direction, and you become more positive and effective in every moment.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 9, 2014
Choose to
Choose to hope and there will be hope. Choose to love and there will be love.
Seek out and appreciate life's beauty, and you will find it in abundance. Decide to be joyful, and you will experience joy.
There is much in this world that is out of your control. And yet, you can precisely control how you feel about it and what you do with it.
There may be many good things you do that no one else appreciates or even notices. And yet, you will know, and you will benefit from creating new goodness in the world.
Welcome what is, welcome what comes, and choose to put some of your own positive energy into it. The more energetic you are, the more energy you will create.
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, whatever you have, whomever you're with, you have a choice. Choose in your own way to live richly in every moment.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
Seek out and appreciate life's beauty, and you will find it in abundance. Decide to be joyful, and you will experience joy.
There is much in this world that is out of your control. And yet, you can precisely control how you feel about it and what you do with it.
There may be many good things you do that no one else appreciates or even notices. And yet, you will know, and you will benefit from creating new goodness in the world.
Welcome what is, welcome what comes, and choose to put some of your own positive energy into it. The more energetic you are, the more energy you will create.
Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, whatever you have, whomever you're with, you have a choice. Choose in your own way to live richly in every moment.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 8, 2014
Bigger than the fight
Just because someone is rude or petty to you is not a reason for you to act the same way. Instead, take the opportunity to rise above the pettiness to a more powerful and effective level.
You never truly win by fighting. You win by being bigger than the fight.
Rudeness and hostility are unmistakable signs of weakness and insecurity. Don't weaken yourself by giving in to them.
Choose honest, honorable, benevolent objectives and pursue them with respect, positive action, diligence and understanding. Rather than letting small-minded people pull you down, push forward with integrity and commitment to goodness.
Resist the temptation to be drawn into meaningless arguments, and feel yourself growing stronger and more confident. Live your values in a positive, purposeful way and live beyond the useless squabbles.
Life is too precious to waste even a moment of it on someone else's misguided negativity. Be bigger than the fight, and spend your life in the service of the truly good and valuable things that matter so much.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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 never truly win by fighting. You win by being bigger than the fight.
Rudeness and hostility are unmistakable signs of weakness and insecurity. Don't weaken yourself by giving in to them.
Choose honest, honorable, benevolent objectives and pursue them with respect, positive action, diligence and understanding. Rather than letting small-minded people pull you down, push forward with integrity and commitment to goodness.
Resist the temptation to be drawn into meaningless arguments, and feel yourself growing stronger and more confident. Live your values in a positive, purposeful way and live beyond the useless squabbles.
Life is too precious to waste even a moment of it on someone else's misguided negativity. Be bigger than the fight, and spend your life in the service of the truly good and valuable things that matter so much.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 6, 2014
Unhindered by the past
What if you woke up each day clearly remembering everything in your past without being emotionally hindered by any of it? What if you could treat each new moment as a fresh opportunity, free of outdated assumptions, resentment, anger, regret or doubt?
In fact, you can. You can choose what to think, and even how to feel.
In this moment, and every moment, you can think of your highest goals as achievable. You can feel passionate about living with positive purpose, and feel fully empowered to do so.
You can view the problems not as permanent barriers but rather as pathways for meaningful achievement. You can see the disappointments not as excuses to give up, but as reasons to push forward.
Your past can inform you, inspire you, and help you to understand who you are. Yet it never has to hold you back.
Right now is your opportunity to move decisively toward what you know is right. Now is when you create the future, unhindered by the past.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
In fact, you can. You can choose what to think, and even how to feel.
In this moment, and every moment, you can think of your highest goals as achievable. You can feel passionate about living with positive purpose, and feel fully empowered to do so.
You can view the problems not as permanent barriers but rather as pathways for meaningful achievement. You can see the disappointments not as excuses to give up, but as reasons to push forward.
Your past can inform you, inspire you, and help you to understand who you are. Yet it never has to hold you back.
Right now is your opportunity to move decisively toward what you know is right. Now is when you create the future, unhindered by the past.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 5, 2014
Open up
Open yourself up to new possibilities by letting go of old, worthless habits and assumptions. Open yourself up to new richness by remembering how good life can be when you let yourself live it fully.
You are truly unique and special. To fulfill the unique possibilities that are yours, you must allow them and act on them.
It is easy to get stuck in a familiar, comfortable rut, and to dismiss any new possibilities as being too much trouble. However, those possibilities will give you massive amounts of fresh energy and enthusiasm, so don't let them pass you by.
Open up to the new possibilities that come with each new day, each new situation, each new idea, and every person you encounter. As you move steadily and unavoidably forward in time, experience the richness available along the way.
You're never too young or too old to fully live the moment you're in. You're never too rich or too poor, too well informed or too ill-informed to grab the great possibilities that are right in front of you.
Let yourself be more adventurous today, opening up to life and all it offers. Open up, and feel the joy of being splendidly alive.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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 are truly unique and special. To fulfill the unique possibilities that are yours, you must allow them and act on them.
It is easy to get stuck in a familiar, comfortable rut, and to dismiss any new possibilities as being too much trouble. However, those possibilities will give you massive amounts of fresh energy and enthusiasm, so don't let them pass you by.
Open up to the new possibilities that come with each new day, each new situation, each new idea, and every person you encounter. As you move steadily and unavoidably forward in time, experience the richness available along the way.
You're never too young or too old to fully live the moment you're in. You're never too rich or too poor, too well informed or too ill-informed to grab the great possibilities that are right in front of you.
Let yourself be more adventurous today, opening up to life and all it offers. Open up, and feel the joy of being splendidly alive.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 4, 2014
Give yourself a little push
Think of what you can do today to show yourself that your life really means something. Think of what you can do today to get yourself refreshingly outside your comfort zone.
Challenges and new situations will put you a little on edge and make you a bit uncomfortable. And as such, they will empower you greatly.
You can do much more than you now imagine you can do. Let yourself find out what that is.
There's more to life than speculating about what you might be able to do, and wondering whether or not you can. At some point you must find out for yourself.
Give yourself a little push into something that will challenge you in a meaningful way. Jump in and get busy transforming what you wish for and what you dream about into what is.
Discover how truly purposeful, creative, capable and effective you can be. Feel how much stronger and how much more alive you can become.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
Challenges and new situations will put you a little on edge and make you a bit uncomfortable. And as such, they will empower you greatly.
You can do much more than you now imagine you can do. Let yourself find out what that is.
There's more to life than speculating about what you might be able to do, and wondering whether or not you can. At some point you must find out for yourself.
Give yourself a little push into something that will challenge you in a meaningful way. Jump in and get busy transforming what you wish for and what you dream about into what is.
Discover how truly purposeful, creative, capable and effective you can be. Feel how much stronger and how much more alive you can become.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 3, 2014
The magic is you
Life is truly magical and you can experience the magic in every moment. Life is magical and that magic is here and now.
To experience the magic, you don't have to divorce yourself from reality. In fact, to know life's magic is to know reality at its highest level.
There's no need to set things up in a certain way in order to enjoy life's magic. All that's needed is to live with an appreciation for the magic that is always there.
Life's magic is not a denial of reality. It is a deeper and more thankful understanding of what is real and present in your world.
The real magic of life is not a trick or a supernatural phenomenon. It is in the fact that you can see, feel, think, choose, live and love.
The magic of life is life itself, the very life that you experience in each moment. Live the magic, for the magic is you.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
To experience the magic, you don't have to divorce yourself from reality. In fact, to know life's magic is to know reality at its highest level.
There's no need to set things up in a certain way in order to enjoy life's magic. All that's needed is to live with an appreciation for the magic that is always there.
Life's magic is not a denial of reality. It is a deeper and more thankful understanding of what is real and present in your world.
The real magic of life is not a trick or a supernatural phenomenon. It is in the fact that you can see, feel, think, choose, live and love.
The magic of life is life itself, the very life that you experience in each moment. Live the magic, for the magic is you.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 2, 2014
Love for life
Stop worrying and just do. Stop judging and just do.
Think about what you're doing, but not so much that you fail to do it. Plan and prepare, but don't stop with mere planning or preparation.
Put your energy into taking action rather than into second guessing. Keep your focus on why you're choosing to move forward instead of getting caught up in the challenges that you'll eventually transcend.
Don't use your beautiful, powerful creativity to think of grand and glorious excuses. Use that creativity to remind yourself and to experience for yourself how great it feels to make a difference.
Fill your mind with thoughts of purposeful intention. Fill your moments with the joy that comes from taking effective action.
Fill your heart with genuine love for life and all it encompasses. And fill your days with action in the service of all you love.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
Think about what you're doing, but not so much that you fail to do it. Plan and prepare, but don't stop with mere planning or preparation.
Put your energy into taking action rather than into second guessing. Keep your focus on why you're choosing to move forward instead of getting caught up in the challenges that you'll eventually transcend.
Don't use your beautiful, powerful creativity to think of grand and glorious excuses. Use that creativity to remind yourself and to experience for yourself how great it feels to make a difference.
Fill your mind with thoughts of purposeful intention. Fill your moments with the joy that comes from taking effective action.
Fill your heart with genuine love for life and all it encompasses. And fill your days with action in the service of all you love.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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, September 1, 2014
Consider, decide, and do
Consider, decide, and do. Think about what's most important to you, and then put those thoughts into action.
Take notice of the doubts and fears, learn what they have to teach, and then let them go. Make the commitment to move forward no matter what, and honor that commitment each day.
Achievement is challenging but not particularly complicated. It's a matter of consistently putting your values, goals, desires and dreams into action.
It's up to you to make your life the way you want it to be. Every day is filled with opportunities for you to make meaningful progress.
Don't settle for being overcome with regret, wondering what might have been. Use this day, this month, this year to create the best of what you know can be.
Consider what truly matters, decide with passion and commitment to go for it, and do what you must do to make it happen. Today is your time to live with purpose, so go ahead and make it count.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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.
Take notice of the doubts and fears, learn what they have to teach, and then let them go. Make the commitment to move forward no matter what, and honor that commitment each day.
Achievement is challenging but not particularly complicated. It's a matter of consistently putting your values, goals, desires and dreams into action.
It's up to you to make your life the way you want it to be. Every day is filled with opportunities for you to make meaningful progress.
Don't settle for being overcome with regret, wondering what might have been. Use this day, this month, this year to create the best of what you know can be.
Consider what truly matters, decide with passion and commitment to go for it, and do what you must do to make it happen. Today is your time to live with purpose, so go ahead and make it count.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2014 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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