Don't let yourself be held back by what you think you need. Go ahead and do all you can with what you have.
Sure, it might be nice to be further along on the road. Yet you are where you are, so go ahead and start moving ahead.
What you see as a need is probably just an excuse. Instead of waiting for your needs to be met, go ahead and do all you can without them.
Don't let your focus on your needs blind you to your possibilities. Focus not on what you want to get away from, but on where you truly wish to go.
There's more than one way to get there. If one path is blocked, get creative.
Stop obsessing over the needs and excuses, and start taking effective action. Go beyond your needs, and create the real fulfillment of which you are most certainly capable.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Jump on it
When you have an idea, jump on it and make it happen. The reason you have the idea is because you're the person who can bring it to life.
When there's something that must be done, get busy and do it. Waiting until later will just make it more difficult, so be easy on yourself and get it over with.
When there's something you would really love to do, start working on making it happen. If you put it off until someday, that someday will never come.
Don't just know it or see it or feel it or plan it or wish for it. Act on it.
You can make things happen right here and now, so do. Every situation presents you with an opportunity to add to life's substance.
The longer you wait, the more opportunities you miss. Jump in, jump on it, and make the most of your awesome possibilities right now.
-- Ralph Marston
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When there's something that must be done, get busy and do it. Waiting until later will just make it more difficult, so be easy on yourself and get it over with.
When there's something you would really love to do, start working on making it happen. If you put it off until someday, that someday will never come.
Don't just know it or see it or feel it or plan it or wish for it. Act on it.
You can make things happen right here and now, so do. Every situation presents you with an opportunity to add to life's substance.
The longer you wait, the more opportunities you miss. Jump in, jump on it, and make the most of your awesome possibilities right now.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Best response
Don't resent the obstacle for being in your way. Figure out how to get over it, under it, around it or through it.
It's not the end of the world when things fail to go your way. It's the beginning of your quest to turn things around by making a positive difference.
If someone disagrees with you or criticizes you, there's no need to take offense. Instead, take the opportunity to learn something valuable about that person's perspective.
When you make an attempt and it doesn't work, that's no reason to quit. You've just gained priceless experience, so put it to good, effective use.
When life is negative, your best response is to be positive. In fact, you'll find the best opportunities in the worst situations, so choose to make the most of those opportunities.
A key ingredient of success is seeing that it can happen. And it can happen whenever you choose.
-- Ralph Marston
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It's not the end of the world when things fail to go your way. It's the beginning of your quest to turn things around by making a positive difference.
If someone disagrees with you or criticizes you, there's no need to take offense. Instead, take the opportunity to learn something valuable about that person's perspective.
When you make an attempt and it doesn't work, that's no reason to quit. You've just gained priceless experience, so put it to good, effective use.
When life is negative, your best response is to be positive. In fact, you'll find the best opportunities in the worst situations, so choose to make the most of those opportunities.
A key ingredient of success is seeing that it can happen. And it can happen whenever you choose.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Being rich
Being rich is not about how much money you get. It's about how much meaning you give.
You don't need a lot of stuff to be rich. In fact, the less you need, the richer you are.
Be genuinely joyful, and you are as rich as anyone can ever be. See the real beauty in even the smallest things, and every day, every situation becomes an unending source of richness.
Being rich is being able to lovingly give of yourself. And that depends not on the size of your bank account, but on your simple choice to do so.
When it comes to being rich, what's on the inside is vastly more important than what's on the outside. Being rich is feeling rich, and you can do that in any circumstance.
Being rich is fully appreciating and expressing the immense value your life has in every moment. Being rich is how you can be right now, and always.
-- Ralph Marston
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You don't need a lot of stuff to be rich. In fact, the less you need, the richer you are.
Be genuinely joyful, and you are as rich as anyone can ever be. See the real beauty in even the smallest things, and every day, every situation becomes an unending source of richness.
Being rich is being able to lovingly give of yourself. And that depends not on the size of your bank account, but on your simple choice to do so.
When it comes to being rich, what's on the inside is vastly more important than what's on the outside. Being rich is feeling rich, and you can do that in any circumstance.
Being rich is fully appreciating and expressing the immense value your life has in every moment. Being rich is how you can be right now, and always.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Today is different
If life has been good, today it can be good in a new and exciting way. If life has been difficult, today you can move beyond the difficulties into a more rewarding and fulfilling experience.
Whatever may have been before, today is different. And you can choose, right now, to make it different in a good way.
Your future is determined not by your past, but by your expectations. Today you can set those expectations at the highest level you can imagine.
If you expect to be a victim, that's what you'll end up being. Yet today is different, and today you can do much, much better.
Today is filled with great challenge, and with even greater promise. Make the decision to step up to the challenge, and to fulfill the highest promise of this day.
Today is different, and is yours to live with purpose, discipline, enthusiasm and joy. Today is different, and you can make it the best one yet.
-- Ralph Marston
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Whatever may have been before, today is different. And you can choose, right now, to make it different in a good way.
Your future is determined not by your past, but by your expectations. Today you can set those expectations at the highest level you can imagine.
If you expect to be a victim, that's what you'll end up being. Yet today is different, and today you can do much, much better.
Today is filled with great challenge, and with even greater promise. Make the decision to step up to the challenge, and to fulfill the highest promise of this day.
Today is different, and is yours to live with purpose, discipline, enthusiasm and joy. Today is different, and you can make it the best one yet.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Rich fulfillment
The best motivation comes from within, because it is the most sustainable and authentic. When you have a reason, you have a powerful, driving force.
And always, you do have a reason. The important thing is to connect what you must do with a purpose that is truly yours.
Inspiring words, stories and exhortations from others can remind you of that purpose. Your job is to remember why, at the deepest level, and to translate your purpose into action.
Your life is a continuing opportunity. Every day brings a new way to create meaningful value and fulfillment.
Many outside factors can serve to encourage or discourage you. Ultimately though, the choice to act comes from the inside.
Feel the reality of who you are, of why you are, and of the power you have. The rich fulfillment of your unique purpose is yours to create right now.
-- Ralph Marston
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And always, you do have a reason. The important thing is to connect what you must do with a purpose that is truly yours.
Inspiring words, stories and exhortations from others can remind you of that purpose. Your job is to remember why, at the deepest level, and to translate your purpose into action.
Your life is a continuing opportunity. Every day brings a new way to create meaningful value and fulfillment.
Many outside factors can serve to encourage or discourage you. Ultimately though, the choice to act comes from the inside.
Feel the reality of who you are, of why you are, and of the power you have. The rich fulfillment of your unique purpose is yours to create right now.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Not just the easiest
Taking the easy way out does not usually end up being very easy. Taking the easy way out in the short run will make things much more difficult in the long run.
You have the choice to completely deal with each problem when it arises. That's much better, and ultimately easier, than simply delaying the consequences until later.
You have the ability to speak the truth, and to take responsibility for your actions. In the end, that's easier than making increasingly difficult efforts to hide who you are and what you've done.
The life you experience in the future is determined by the way you act right now. Consider each of your choices in light of its overall impact on your life, not just based on what's easiest for the moment.
The quick and easy answers can often lead to lingering, difficult consequences. The way to live a life that's good is to honestly work through the difficulties rather than avoid them.
You deserve the best in life, and not just the easiest, least effective answers. You deserve the richness and fulfillment that a life of responsibility brings.
-- Ralph Marston
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You have the choice to completely deal with each problem when it arises. That's much better, and ultimately easier, than simply delaying the consequences until later.
You have the ability to speak the truth, and to take responsibility for your actions. In the end, that's easier than making increasingly difficult efforts to hide who you are and what you've done.
The life you experience in the future is determined by the way you act right now. Consider each of your choices in light of its overall impact on your life, not just based on what's easiest for the moment.
The quick and easy answers can often lead to lingering, difficult consequences. The way to live a life that's good is to honestly work through the difficulties rather than avoid them.
You deserve the best in life, and not just the easiest, least effective answers. You deserve the richness and fulfillment that a life of responsibility brings.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Resonate with the goodness
Give thanks for life as it is, for it is beautiful. Show your gratitude for this moment, this day, this life, by fully accepting and embracing it all.
Feel the joy that is embedded in every possibility. Bring the joy to life by putting your energy into what is truly good and meaningful.
All is well, all is beautiful when you resonate with the goodness that is always there. Experience the awesome power of love by giving love to all you know.
Every day is a day to be thankful. For every day is a day to add great richness to life.
What you already have is amazing in its value. The good that can come from it, has no limit.
Gratefully embrace the boundless abundance of all that is. Here and now, great fulfillment is yours to create.
-- Ralph Marston
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Feel the joy that is embedded in every possibility. Bring the joy to life by putting your energy into what is truly good and meaningful.
All is well, all is beautiful when you resonate with the goodness that is always there. Experience the awesome power of love by giving love to all you know.
Every day is a day to be thankful. For every day is a day to add great richness to life.
What you already have is amazing in its value. The good that can come from it, has no limit.
Gratefully embrace the boundless abundance of all that is. Here and now, great fulfillment is yours to create.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Highest potential
Imagine what you wish to live, and live what you imagine. Give life to your vision by giving your vision a prominent place in each moment you live.
You do not have to be pushed around by the random carelessness of events. Choose instead to be propelled forward by the pure, compelling beauty of your dreams.
Live by intention, not by reaction. Set your standards as high as you can envision, and live each day to surpass those standards.
Your life is not an excuse for compromise. It is an opportunity for excellence at the highest level.
The problems and challenges have no right to diminish the beauty and value of who you are. Choose to transform them into occasions for new and enduring greatness.
Meet each new circumstance with the excellence that is at your core. Experience the magnificent fulfillment of living each and every day true to your highest potential.
-- Ralph Marston
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You do not have to be pushed around by the random carelessness of events. Choose instead to be propelled forward by the pure, compelling beauty of your dreams.
Live by intention, not by reaction. Set your standards as high as you can envision, and live each day to surpass those standards.
Your life is not an excuse for compromise. It is an opportunity for excellence at the highest level.
The problems and challenges have no right to diminish the beauty and value of who you are. Choose to transform them into occasions for new and enduring greatness.
Meet each new circumstance with the excellence that is at your core. Experience the magnificent fulfillment of living each and every day true to your highest potential.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Open-ended miracle
You are alive, and that is amazing. You can make a difference, you can change things, right here and now, and that is a boundless opportunity.
There are challenges, and they are difficult, even painful. Yet they are nothing when compared to the possibilities.
What's happened in the past makes you wary about the future. Fortunately, you can act in the present to influence the future in a positive and meaningful way.
Life is an open-ended miracle and it is yours today. Get clear about what you would most like to do with it, and get busy working to make that happen.
You are immersed in a sea of energy and abundance. You have the outstandingly good fortune of being in a position to make something truly meaningful out of it all.
Make your beautiful, amazing presence known in a positive, creative and loving way. The miracle is yours to live right now.
-- Ralph Marston
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There are challenges, and they are difficult, even painful. Yet they are nothing when compared to the possibilities.
What's happened in the past makes you wary about the future. Fortunately, you can act in the present to influence the future in a positive and meaningful way.
Life is an open-ended miracle and it is yours today. Get clear about what you would most like to do with it, and get busy working to make that happen.
You are immersed in a sea of energy and abundance. You have the outstandingly good fortune of being in a position to make something truly meaningful out of it all.
Make your beautiful, amazing presence known in a positive, creative and loving way. The miracle is yours to live right now.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Feel good at the core
Life is increasingly filled with distractions, and they can be very compelling. Yet the distractions are not what bring fulfillment.
Fulfillment, by its very definition, requires that you focus your energy and attention on what's truly important to you. In order to fulfill your purpose, you must live with that purpose at the center of your awareness.
Distractions can be exciting, fun, interesting, informative and enabling. However, there is more to life than just bouncing from one distraction to another.
The pleasures that only take a moment to achieve will be completely gone in the next moment. Yet the joys in which you invest great time, effort and substance will last a lifetime and beyond.
To truly enjoy life's many pleasures and diversions, you must have a solid perspective from which to experience them. That perspective, that foundation, is built with focus, discipline and authentic purpose.
The distractions can make you feel good, for a moment or two, on the outside. Choose also to continually build the substance of your life, and to feel good about yourself at the very core of your being.
-- Ralph Marston
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Fulfillment, by its very definition, requires that you focus your energy and attention on what's truly important to you. In order to fulfill your purpose, you must live with that purpose at the center of your awareness.
Distractions can be exciting, fun, interesting, informative and enabling. However, there is more to life than just bouncing from one distraction to another.
The pleasures that only take a moment to achieve will be completely gone in the next moment. Yet the joys in which you invest great time, effort and substance will last a lifetime and beyond.
To truly enjoy life's many pleasures and diversions, you must have a solid perspective from which to experience them. That perspective, that foundation, is built with focus, discipline and authentic purpose.
The distractions can make you feel good, for a moment or two, on the outside. Choose also to continually build the substance of your life, and to feel good about yourself at the very core of your being.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
When you care
The way to be strong is to care. The way to be informed is to care, and to do something about what you care about.
The way to be competent, effective, persuasive, inspiring and successful is to care about what you're doing. Life responds in a positive way when you take a real, authentic interest and invest yourself in it.
It isn't what you're doing that determines whether you're wasting your time. It's how much care you put into what you're doing that matters.
When you make the task meaningful, it will be meaningful. When you truly care, and act on what you care about, you're able to create value in any situation.
Do what you care about, and care about what you do. Be a real, live, genuine, original person, and not just an automaton.
Give care to each moment, each task, each person, and each experience. Life's best possibilities are fulfilled when you truly care.
-- Ralph Marston
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The way to be competent, effective, persuasive, inspiring and successful is to care about what you're doing. Life responds in a positive way when you take a real, authentic interest and invest yourself in it.
It isn't what you're doing that determines whether you're wasting your time. It's how much care you put into what you're doing that matters.
When you make the task meaningful, it will be meaningful. When you truly care, and act on what you care about, you're able to create value in any situation.
Do what you care about, and care about what you do. Be a real, live, genuine, original person, and not just an automaton.
Give care to each moment, each task, each person, and each experience. Life's best possibilities are fulfilled when you truly care.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Choose the positive
From the exact same situation, you can be frustrated or you can be inspired. Choose to be inspired.
Whatever the circumstance, you can be filled with fear or you can be filled with love. Choose the positive energy of love.
You can see the situation as a problem, or you can see it as an opportunity. Make the choice to look at it as an opportunity, and the opportunity will indeed be valuable.
Life is what it is. Yet the way you choose to see it makes all the difference in the way you are able to live it.
See the positive possibilities, choose the positive response, and you'll live a rich and fulfilling life. Go through each day with a positive perspective, and you'll encounter new treasures in every moment.
You always have a choice, and your choice always has its consequences. Choose positive, and choose the best of all possible worlds.
-- Ralph Marston
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Whatever the circumstance, you can be filled with fear or you can be filled with love. Choose the positive energy of love.
You can see the situation as a problem, or you can see it as an opportunity. Make the choice to look at it as an opportunity, and the opportunity will indeed be valuable.
Life is what it is. Yet the way you choose to see it makes all the difference in the way you are able to live it.
See the positive possibilities, choose the positive response, and you'll live a rich and fulfilling life. Go through each day with a positive perspective, and you'll encounter new treasures in every moment.
You always have a choice, and your choice always has its consequences. Choose positive, and choose the best of all possible worlds.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Could have
It doesn't really matter what you could have done, and what could have been. Focus instead on creating the best of what can be.
Your opportunities are in the present, not in the past. Learn from the mistakes, take inspiration from the disappointments and the successes, and move ahead.
Don't waste your time fighting battles that have already been decided. Put your effort into crafting a beautiful future from what you now have.
Though you've missed opportunities in the past, there are plenty of good opportunities that still remain. You cannot go back, and yet you can go positively forward.
Decide what you will have, what you will do, what you will experience. Decide on the ways you will make a difference, and put your energy into doing precisely that.
Leave behind the thoughts of what could have been. You have the grand opportunity to determine and create what now can be.
-- Ralph Marston
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Your opportunities are in the present, not in the past. Learn from the mistakes, take inspiration from the disappointments and the successes, and move ahead.
Don't waste your time fighting battles that have already been decided. Put your effort into crafting a beautiful future from what you now have.
Though you've missed opportunities in the past, there are plenty of good opportunities that still remain. You cannot go back, and yet you can go positively forward.
Decide what you will have, what you will do, what you will experience. Decide on the ways you will make a difference, and put your energy into doing precisely that.
Leave behind the thoughts of what could have been. You have the grand opportunity to determine and create what now can be.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Live with honesty
Often, honesty is not easy. Yet ultimately, honesty is much easier than dishonesty.
Being dishonest is never worth the price you must pay. It is impossible to be truly at peace when you are living a lie.
With each bit of dishonesty, you narrow your options. Eventually, you squeeze yourself into a corner from which there is no escape.
A commitment to honesty puts the power of truth on your side. Honesty expands your options and gives durability to your relationships.
Being honest with others compels you to be honest with yourself. And it is only when you are honest with yourself that you can fulfill your awesome positive possibilities.
Deceit can often be tempting, yet honesty is always the best path. Live with truth and you truly live.
-- Ralph Marston
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Being dishonest is never worth the price you must pay. It is impossible to be truly at peace when you are living a lie.
With each bit of dishonesty, you narrow your options. Eventually, you squeeze yourself into a corner from which there is no escape.
A commitment to honesty puts the power of truth on your side. Honesty expands your options and gives durability to your relationships.
Being honest with others compels you to be honest with yourself. And it is only when you are honest with yourself that you can fulfill your awesome positive possibilities.
Deceit can often be tempting, yet honesty is always the best path. Live with truth and you truly live.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Your good life
Live the good life you have, as it comes. Don't be overly concerned about losing it, or obsessed with making it into something it's not.
Enjoy the goodness of your existence in a universe filled with abundance. Feel the sacred uniqueness of each moment and find joy in fulfilling the best possibilities.
It is good to plan and to remember. Yet you are alive in this moment to live the special beauty of this moment.
Your good life is not in some fondly remembered past or some hoped for future. It is here and now.
Appreciate the good life you now have. It is truly beautiful, and the miracle of you is that you can experience that beauty.
Your good life is here today, flowing gently through your experience. Now is your moment to live it all.
-- Ralph Marston
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Enjoy the goodness of your existence in a universe filled with abundance. Feel the sacred uniqueness of each moment and find joy in fulfilling the best possibilities.
It is good to plan and to remember. Yet you are alive in this moment to live the special beauty of this moment.
Your good life is not in some fondly remembered past or some hoped for future. It is here and now.
Appreciate the good life you now have. It is truly beautiful, and the miracle of you is that you can experience that beauty.
Your good life is here today, flowing gently through your experience. Now is your moment to live it all.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The choice to lead
True, effective leaders do not demand or proclaim or intimidate. They encourage, inspire and lead by example.
True leaders become leaders not because of their titles, but because of their work. Real leaders have no need to make promises, because it is already obvious to everyone that they get results.
The world can always benefit from more good, effective leaders. You can make the choice to be one.
Leadership is difficult and demanding, and often a thankless job. Yet without honest, authentic, effective leadership, the world would devolve into chaos.
The job of a real leader is not to tell people what to do. The job of a real leader is to enable each and every person to be his or her absolute best, and to point all those people in a positive direction.
You don't need anyone's permission to be a leader. All you have to do is to genuinely and respectfully make a positive difference in the lives of others.
-- 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.
True leaders become leaders not because of their titles, but because of their work. Real leaders have no need to make promises, because it is already obvious to everyone that they get results.
The world can always benefit from more good, effective leaders. You can make the choice to be one.
Leadership is difficult and demanding, and often a thankless job. Yet without honest, authentic, effective leadership, the world would devolve into chaos.
The job of a real leader is not to tell people what to do. The job of a real leader is to enable each and every person to be his or her absolute best, and to point all those people in a positive direction.
You don't need anyone's permission to be a leader. All you have to do is to genuinely and respectfully make a positive difference in the lives of others.
-- 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, November 10, 2012
Let the world be
Let the world be the way the world is being. And let yourself see the good in it.
Allow all that is to be the way it is in this moment. Accept and embrace the rich abundance of right now.
Any attempt to lash out and attack the world around you, ends up hurting you. Choose instead to offer your love and best intentions.
Move life forward, not by anger or resentment, but rather through love and understanding. Be a living example of life at its best.
Let the world be the way it is, and let yourself see the possibilities. Embrace the reality of what is, and make use of it to create positive value.
Choose to be fully at peace with the way things are. From that peaceful, powerful perspective, you can make things better and better.
-- 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.
Allow all that is to be the way it is in this moment. Accept and embrace the rich abundance of right now.
Any attempt to lash out and attack the world around you, ends up hurting you. Choose instead to offer your love and best intentions.
Move life forward, not by anger or resentment, but rather through love and understanding. Be a living example of life at its best.
Let the world be the way it is, and let yourself see the possibilities. Embrace the reality of what is, and make use of it to create positive value.
Choose to be fully at peace with the way things are. From that peaceful, powerful perspective, you can make things better and better.
-- 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, November 9, 2012
Own your good fortune
Don't wish for a solution to your problems. Be the solution, with the way you live each moment.
If you hold out hope that something will come along to make it all better, you'll be disappointed. Life gets better when you choose to live it in a positive, intentional, responsible and fulfilling way.
Good fortune is not something that happens to you. Rather, it is the way you can choose to be, no matter what happens.
If your happiness is dependent on factors beyond your control, you'll never be secure enough in it to enjoy it. If you have to beg for favors, those favors will be of little use to you.
Good fortune is yours when you take full and complete ownership of it. Fulfillment is yours when you make the effort and commitment to live it each day.
Embrace total responsibility, and own your good fortune. All is well because you choose to make it so.
-- 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 hold out hope that something will come along to make it all better, you'll be disappointed. Life gets better when you choose to live it in a positive, intentional, responsible and fulfilling way.
Good fortune is not something that happens to you. Rather, it is the way you can choose to be, no matter what happens.
If your happiness is dependent on factors beyond your control, you'll never be secure enough in it to enjoy it. If you have to beg for favors, those favors will be of little use to you.
Good fortune is yours when you take full and complete ownership of it. Fulfillment is yours when you make the effort and commitment to live it each day.
Embrace total responsibility, and own your good fortune. All is well because you choose to make it so.
-- 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, November 8, 2012
Let the past go
It's okay that you've wasted some time. It's not okay to continue doing so.
There's nothing wrong with the fact that you've made some mistakes. Now, take what you've learned from those mistakes and use it to make some progress.
Quickly and fully forgive yourself for any shortcomings in the past. Then diligently get to work creating a bright and valuable future, starting where you are right now.
Don't allow the past to imprison you or discourage you. Instead, let the opportunities of the present inspire you to take solid, effective action.
Life is now, so be here now and give your focus to what you can do with now. Life is now, so live it now without being weighed down by what has already come and gone.
Be truly thankful for what has brought you here, whatever it may have been. Then let the past go and let yourself soar into a magnificent, fulfilling future.
-- 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.
There's nothing wrong with the fact that you've made some mistakes. Now, take what you've learned from those mistakes and use it to make some progress.
Quickly and fully forgive yourself for any shortcomings in the past. Then diligently get to work creating a bright and valuable future, starting where you are right now.
Don't allow the past to imprison you or discourage you. Instead, let the opportunities of the present inspire you to take solid, effective action.
Life is now, so be here now and give your focus to what you can do with now. Life is now, so live it now without being weighed down by what has already come and gone.
Be truly thankful for what has brought you here, whatever it may have been. Then let the past go and let yourself soar into a magnificent, fulfilling future.
-- 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, November 7, 2012
Stop stopping
Stop stopping yourself. Stop holding yourself back.
Stop giving power to your limitations. Instead, give commitment, action and persistence to your best possibilities.
Fear and anxiety are immensely compelling, yet you are even stronger. The inertia of complacency is powerful, and yet you can overcome it.
Whatever may have been holding you back has done so with your cooperation. Choose now to no longer cooperate.
You have made the excuses and rationalizations, and you can now let them go. You have focused on the fear, and you can now move beyond it.
The challenges facing you are very real, but that doesn't mean you must add to them. Instead, use the positive power of your life to move successfully through them.
-- 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.
Stop giving power to your limitations. Instead, give commitment, action and persistence to your best possibilities.
Fear and anxiety are immensely compelling, yet you are even stronger. The inertia of complacency is powerful, and yet you can overcome it.
Whatever may have been holding you back has done so with your cooperation. Choose now to no longer cooperate.
You have made the excuses and rationalizations, and you can now let them go. You have focused on the fear, and you can now move beyond it.
The challenges facing you are very real, but that doesn't mean you must add to them. Instead, use the positive power of your life to move successfully through them.
-- 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, November 6, 2012
Live like it matters
If you've done poorly, you can now do better. If you've done well, you can now do even better than that.
Every moment is an opportunity for improvement. Every day is your chance to make good and meaningful use of your wealth of experience.
There is a beauty within you that longs to be expressed more fully and more richly than ever before. No matter what has already happened, that beauty is more compelling than ever, and now is when you can bring it to life.
Look out at the ocean, look up at the night sky, or listen to the sounds of nature during a walk through the woods. Feel your very real connection with all that is, and feel the immense positive possibilities for true fulfillment.
This is not a time to get caught up in trivialities. This is your moment to experience the wonder of existence in a magnificent and abundant universe.
Live like it matters, because it very much does matter. All of life is depending on you to live with everything you have, and now is your time to do so.
-- 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.
Every moment is an opportunity for improvement. Every day is your chance to make good and meaningful use of your wealth of experience.
There is a beauty within you that longs to be expressed more fully and more richly than ever before. No matter what has already happened, that beauty is more compelling than ever, and now is when you can bring it to life.
Look out at the ocean, look up at the night sky, or listen to the sounds of nature during a walk through the woods. Feel your very real connection with all that is, and feel the immense positive possibilities for true fulfillment.
This is not a time to get caught up in trivialities. This is your moment to experience the wonder of existence in a magnificent and abundant universe.
Live like it matters, because it very much does matter. All of life is depending on you to live with everything you have, and now is your time to do so.
-- 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, November 5, 2012
Live bigger
Most of the little things that annoy you are not worth the trouble you take to be annoyed. Choose to let them go, and live bigger.
You can replace the worry, frustration and drama in your life with peace, confidence and joy. Step back from the meaningless noise and chatter, and feel the magnificent depth of your purpose.
Real success is not a matter of mere popularity or possessions. Being truly rich comes from living with authentic purpose and meaning in every moment.
Don't waste your life struggling to do what everyone else seems to be doing. Live your life doing what matters most to you.
Live bigger than all the little trivial things that threaten to overwhelm you. Make a difference for yourself and others in ways that are uniquely yours.
You don't really win by winning the fight. You win by living above 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 can replace the worry, frustration and drama in your life with peace, confidence and joy. Step back from the meaningless noise and chatter, and feel the magnificent depth of your purpose.
Real success is not a matter of mere popularity or possessions. Being truly rich comes from living with authentic purpose and meaning in every moment.
Don't waste your life struggling to do what everyone else seems to be doing. Live your life doing what matters most to you.
Live bigger than all the little trivial things that threaten to overwhelm you. Make a difference for yourself and others in ways that are uniquely yours.
You don't really win by winning the fight. You win by living above 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, November 3, 2012
Imagine and make it be
Imagine a life that is good, fruitful, joyous and fulfilling. Imagine your particular place in that life.
Imagine doing what you love to do, and making a real positive difference in many lives through your efforts. Imagine living precisely the way you choose to live, and in accordance with your most treasured values.
See yourself living without doubt or limitation. See a life in which fear is always overwhelmed by love.
Where you choose to go most often and most vividly in your imagination, is where you enable your real life to go. The person you most intensely and most passionately imagine yourself to be, is who you become.
You can imagine whatever you choose. And you can live the beautiful reality of whatever you imagine.
A magnificent life is already within you. Imagine it, truly see yourself living it, and make it be.
-- 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.
Imagine doing what you love to do, and making a real positive difference in many lives through your efforts. Imagine living precisely the way you choose to live, and in accordance with your most treasured values.
See yourself living without doubt or limitation. See a life in which fear is always overwhelmed by love.
Where you choose to go most often and most vividly in your imagination, is where you enable your real life to go. The person you most intensely and most passionately imagine yourself to be, is who you become.
You can imagine whatever you choose. And you can live the beautiful reality of whatever you imagine.
A magnificent life is already within you. Imagine it, truly see yourself living it, and make it be.
-- 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, November 2, 2012
Thinking and knowing
Thinking is powerful. Knowing is even more so.
Thinking is a function of your mind. Knowing encompasses all you are.
What you think can change from moment to moment. What you know is always a part of you.
What you know goes beyond all doubt. What you know has the clear, powerful presence of truth.
Use your outstanding mind to think. Use your magnificent life to know.
Knowing comes from experience, guided by purpose, and from feeling the wonder of all existence. Know that you can do it, that you can be it, that you can experience it, and you will.
-- 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.
Thinking is a function of your mind. Knowing encompasses all you are.
What you think can change from moment to moment. What you know is always a part of you.
What you know goes beyond all doubt. What you know has the clear, powerful presence of truth.
Use your outstanding mind to think. Use your magnificent life to know.
Knowing comes from experience, guided by purpose, and from feeling the wonder of all existence. Know that you can do it, that you can be it, that you can experience it, and you will.
-- 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, November 1, 2012
Live firsthand
Don't be content to merely gaze at images on a screen. Feel the rich, real and varied texture of life as you actively participate in it.
Look other people in the eye, not just through a camera. Engage in long and meaningful conversations, not just in abbreviated updates.
Live firsthand. Experience the fullness of what life feels like.
You are not just a concept or an identity. You are a beautiful and unique living embodiment of the miracle of existence.
Touch and hear and taste and see what's really there. Live all the magnificent details of the experience.
Get fully involved in the living of life in all its dimensions. Live firsthand, and experience it all yourself.
-- 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.
Look other people in the eye, not just through a camera. Engage in long and meaningful conversations, not just in abbreviated updates.
Live firsthand. Experience the fullness of what life feels like.
You are not just a concept or an identity. You are a beautiful and unique living embodiment of the miracle of existence.
Touch and hear and taste and see what's really there. Live all the magnificent details of the experience.
Get fully involved in the living of life in all its dimensions. Live firsthand, and experience it all yourself.
-- 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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