If a negative thought should happen to arise, you can let it get you down or you can let it go. Yes, you can simply choose to let it go.
Although negative thinking may indeed feel comfortable and familiar, eventually it leads to great pain. Let it go.
Perhaps you assume you have to be negative in order to be realistic. That's not the case.
By all means, acknowledge and accept the reality of your situation. Then choose to deal with it in a positive, purposeful manner.
Your future is determined by the way you choose to approach it. Approach it with the best of expectations, and you'll make your future the very best it can be.
Give yourself a positive outlook, moment after moment, day after day. And you'll be giving yourself a positive, fulfilling life.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Get good from it
Instead of worrying about how difficult it is, focus on how good it can be. Instead of being intimidated by the challenges, choose to be energized and inspired by them.
Whatever the situation may be, you can get good from it. Keep that potential goodness at the center of your awareness, and advance confidently in the direction of the best possibilities.
People will doubt you, laugh at you, complain and oppose you. Yet none of that really matters so much, because even when they do, you can get good from it.
There's no need to fret about what might or might not be. Simply make the commitment that whatever may come, you will do whatever is necessary to get good from it.
Always, there is much goodness in life. Better yet, there is the possibility for much, much more.
You are wonderfully able to bring that new goodness into being, no matter what. Take this day, this life, this moment, this situation, and get good from it.
-- Ralph Marston
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Whatever the situation may be, you can get good from it. Keep that potential goodness at the center of your awareness, and advance confidently in the direction of the best possibilities.
People will doubt you, laugh at you, complain and oppose you. Yet none of that really matters so much, because even when they do, you can get good from it.
There's no need to fret about what might or might not be. Simply make the commitment that whatever may come, you will do whatever is necessary to get good from it.
Always, there is much goodness in life. Better yet, there is the possibility for much, much more.
You are wonderfully able to bring that new goodness into being, no matter what. Take this day, this life, this moment, this situation, and get good from it.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Magnificent, meaningful results
The answer to conflict is not more conflict. The answer to indifference is not more indifference.
The best answers are made up of effort, genuine caring, commitment, integrity, and an unassailable respect for what is good and true. You are fully capable of all that and more.
Winning an argument doesn't necessarily produce any real value. What creates value is going beyond the argument, beyond the superficial need to prove you're right.
Even though you may not fully agree with someone, you can both still cooperate to great mutual and universal benefit. It is always very much in your interest, and in the interest of the whole world, for you to do so.
Ultimately, it's not the posturing that matters. The actual results are what truly matter, and continue long after the arguing and posturing have ceased.
You, and everyone else, can create magnificent, meaningful results. Right now is an excellent time to do so.
-- Ralph Marston
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The best answers are made up of effort, genuine caring, commitment, integrity, and an unassailable respect for what is good and true. You are fully capable of all that and more.
Winning an argument doesn't necessarily produce any real value. What creates value is going beyond the argument, beyond the superficial need to prove you're right.
Even though you may not fully agree with someone, you can both still cooperate to great mutual and universal benefit. It is always very much in your interest, and in the interest of the whole world, for you to do so.
Ultimately, it's not the posturing that matters. The actual results are what truly matter, and continue long after the arguing and posturing have ceased.
You, and everyone else, can create magnificent, meaningful results. Right now is an excellent time to do so.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, January 28, 2013
The joy of being you
Take a moment to feel, to sincerely feel, how good life is. Breathe in the magnificent possibilities of this unique place and time.
Fully experience the wonderful and amazing fact that you are here. You are alive and aware, and in a position to make all sorts of great things happen.
Right now, you have the opportunity for another magnificent day of being you. Life's immense goodness is yours with which to work.
Focus your thoughts on the good and valuable things that are. Focus your heart on the good and fulfilling things that can be.
Your existence in this moment, on this day, is nothing short of a miracle. Celebrate the goodness, and commit yourself to spreading it far and wide.
Feel the rich, authentic joy that is the joy of being you. Now, on this day, let it flow out into all you know, and see, and do.
-- Ralph Marston
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Fully experience the wonderful and amazing fact that you are here. You are alive and aware, and in a position to make all sorts of great things happen.
Right now, you have the opportunity for another magnificent day of being you. Life's immense goodness is yours with which to work.
Focus your thoughts on the good and valuable things that are. Focus your heart on the good and fulfilling things that can be.
Your existence in this moment, on this day, is nothing short of a miracle. Celebrate the goodness, and commit yourself to spreading it far and wide.
Feel the rich, authentic joy that is the joy of being you. Now, on this day, let it flow out into all you know, and see, and do.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
More in touch
If you doubt yourself, you don't know yourself as well as you could. Get more in touch with your skills and capabilities by putting them to meaningful use.
Get more in touch with the power of your authentic passion by taking intentional steps to follow your dreams and desires. Get more in touch with your ability to persist by setting a small goal and sticking with it until you've achieved it.
Instead of giving in to your doubts, get up and get more fully into your life. Do a little more and you'll understand how very much more you're capable of doing.
Get more in touch with your best possibilities by getting more involved in life. Learn more about how much you can accomplish by putting your time to more effective and purposeful use.
Choose to stretch yourself beyond what you already know you can do. You'll soon discover how very much more capable and confident you truly are.
Get into action, get into life. And get more in touch with all the beautiful, powerful ways you can make a difference.
-- Ralph Marston
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Get more in touch with the power of your authentic passion by taking intentional steps to follow your dreams and desires. Get more in touch with your ability to persist by setting a small goal and sticking with it until you've achieved it.
Instead of giving in to your doubts, get up and get more fully into your life. Do a little more and you'll understand how very much more you're capable of doing.
Get more in touch with your best possibilities by getting more involved in life. Learn more about how much you can accomplish by putting your time to more effective and purposeful use.
Choose to stretch yourself beyond what you already know you can do. You'll soon discover how very much more capable and confident you truly are.
Get into action, get into life. And get more in touch with all the beautiful, powerful ways you can make a difference.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, January 25, 2013
The substance of success
Yes, it's possible that you could fail, but that's not a reason to avoid the effort. In fact, it's a solid reason to go ahead and make the effort.
The only time there's a possibility of real, meaningful success is when there's also the possibility of failure. If it's a foregone conclusion that something will happen, it's not really an accomplishment when it does.
The substance of success is in getting through the challenges to make the difficult achievements happen. The bigger the challenges you face, the more valuable your success will be.
Instead of wishing for an easier task, see the immense value in the challenge that's in front of you. You can figure out how to do it, and you can get it done, so get busy and do just that.
Every challenge, every difficult situation, is an opportunity to make a pivotal positive difference. Grab that opportunity every time it comes along, and you'll create a great profusion of value in your world.
Relish the challenges, and find delight in your ability to navigate your way through them. With every twist and turn, you're creating more substance of success.
-- Ralph Marston
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The only time there's a possibility of real, meaningful success is when there's also the possibility of failure. If it's a foregone conclusion that something will happen, it's not really an accomplishment when it does.
The substance of success is in getting through the challenges to make the difficult achievements happen. The bigger the challenges you face, the more valuable your success will be.
Instead of wishing for an easier task, see the immense value in the challenge that's in front of you. You can figure out how to do it, and you can get it done, so get busy and do just that.
Every challenge, every difficult situation, is an opportunity to make a pivotal positive difference. Grab that opportunity every time it comes along, and you'll create a great profusion of value in your world.
Relish the challenges, and find delight in your ability to navigate your way through them. With every twist and turn, you're creating more substance of success.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
A more beautiful world
You're connected to other people, places and things in ways you don't even realize. Everything you do has influence that goes far beyond you, and that eventually comes back to you.
You cannot successfully cheat others, because eventually with such attempts you end up cheating yourself. What you can do, though, is continually inject your own unique value and goodness into life.
When you do, it grows in ways you cannot possibly imagine. It grows, and spreads, and lifts your whole world.
With every little positive action, you can make a difference. Because whatever you do is multiplied throughout the whole of life.
You don't need to undertake some grand and glorious project to make the world a better place. The very best way to make the world a better place is to make yourself a more joyful, purposeful, loving, creative and effective you.
The way you live, in each and every moment, matters very much. Live well, with goodness, integrity and love, and you'll find yourself living in a more beautiful world.
-- Ralph Marston
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You cannot successfully cheat others, because eventually with such attempts you end up cheating yourself. What you can do, though, is continually inject your own unique value and goodness into life.
When you do, it grows in ways you cannot possibly imagine. It grows, and spreads, and lifts your whole world.
With every little positive action, you can make a difference. Because whatever you do is multiplied throughout the whole of life.
You don't need to undertake some grand and glorious project to make the world a better place. The very best way to make the world a better place is to make yourself a more joyful, purposeful, loving, creative and effective you.
The way you live, in each and every moment, matters very much. Live well, with goodness, integrity and love, and you'll find yourself living in a more beautiful world.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Satisfied with life
Allow yourself to be satisfied with life, just as it is. From your sincere satisfaction, you can move forward.
Being satisfied doesn't mean being complacent or lacking in ambition. Rather, it means being free of the burdens of regret and resentment.
Be satisfied with where you are, and you can generate the positive energy to get where you want to be. Be satisfied with where you are, and you won't waste your energy fighting against what already is.
Embrace your situation, whatever it may be. It is the place from which you can move positively forward.
Be truly thankful for the way things are. Your gratitude gives you increased access to the abundance that surrounds you and the possibilities that live within you.
Put yourself in a powerful, effective state. Be truly satisfied, and make use of that satisfaction to create much, much more.
-- Ralph Marston
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Being satisfied doesn't mean being complacent or lacking in ambition. Rather, it means being free of the burdens of regret and resentment.
Be satisfied with where you are, and you can generate the positive energy to get where you want to be. Be satisfied with where you are, and you won't waste your energy fighting against what already is.
Embrace your situation, whatever it may be. It is the place from which you can move positively forward.
Be truly thankful for the way things are. Your gratitude gives you increased access to the abundance that surrounds you and the possibilities that live within you.
Put yourself in a powerful, effective state. Be truly satisfied, and make use of that satisfaction to create much, much more.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Making progress
Yes, you can make real progress. And when you choose to, yes, you will.
The challenges are solid and they are many. Yet the possibilities available to you are many, many more.
You are creative, informed, innovative, and skilled at finding a workable way forward. In your passion to make a difference is a continuous source of positive energy.
Each moment is a moment in which you can work to make more progress. Every thought, every action is an opportunity to add momentum to your efforts.
A vast abundance stretches out in every direction. From that abundance you can create meaningful achievement, value and fulfillment.
Time, resources and possibilities are available to you right now. And now is your moment to make the most of them.
With your authentic intention, persistently applied, you can. When you make the commitment, you will.
-- Ralph Marston
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The challenges are solid and they are many. Yet the possibilities available to you are many, many more.
You are creative, informed, innovative, and skilled at finding a workable way forward. In your passion to make a difference is a continuous source of positive energy.
Each moment is a moment in which you can work to make more progress. Every thought, every action is an opportunity to add momentum to your efforts.
A vast abundance stretches out in every direction. From that abundance you can create meaningful achievement, value and fulfillment.
Time, resources and possibilities are available to you right now. And now is your moment to make the most of them.
With your authentic intention, persistently applied, you can. When you make the commitment, you will.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Be good to your future
Be good to your future. Live with purpose, integrity and discipline in the present.
Now is the perfect time to avoid future regrets. Now is the ideal time to create massive future value.
Today, you have great leverage over how your life will be tomorrow. Use that leverage in such a way that you'll look back on your choices with gratitude and satisfaction.
What you do right now has a significant influence far into the future. Feel that awesome power and exercise it wisely.
Never forget that all your actions have very real consequences. Today you can choose the actions that bring the best, most desirable consequences.
Be good to yourself by being good to your future. Use your choices right now to choose a future that's just the way you'd like it to be.
-- Ralph Marston
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Now is the perfect time to avoid future regrets. Now is the ideal time to create massive future value.
Today, you have great leverage over how your life will be tomorrow. Use that leverage in such a way that you'll look back on your choices with gratitude and satisfaction.
What you do right now has a significant influence far into the future. Feel that awesome power and exercise it wisely.
Never forget that all your actions have very real consequences. Today you can choose the actions that bring the best, most desirable consequences.
Be good to yourself by being good to your future. Use your choices right now to choose a future that's just the way you'd like it to be.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
The good side of life
The most effective way to prevent what's bad is to promote what's good. The best way to influence behavior is not to control and regulate, but to inspire and motivate.
You get more for your efforts when they're applied in a positive direction. Instead of fighting against what you dislike, work to build and support what you value and desire.
The answer to despair is not to despise it, for that only adds to it. The answer is to overwhelm it with goodness and love.
Focus your attention and energy on what works, and make more of it. Celebrate what is good and right, useful and valuable, and allow it to grow.
Nurture, promote and support what you love about life. Delight in the good things, and give the power of your joy to them.
Be a positive force by acting with positive purpose. Give your awareness and energy to the good side of life, and make it stronger than ever.
-- Ralph Marston
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You get more for your efforts when they're applied in a positive direction. Instead of fighting against what you dislike, work to build and support what you value and desire.
The answer to despair is not to despise it, for that only adds to it. The answer is to overwhelm it with goodness and love.
Focus your attention and energy on what works, and make more of it. Celebrate what is good and right, useful and valuable, and allow it to grow.
Nurture, promote and support what you love about life. Delight in the good things, and give the power of your joy to them.
Be a positive force by acting with positive purpose. Give your awareness and energy to the good side of life, and make it stronger than ever.
-- Ralph Marston
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Opportunity for goodness
When good and positive things come into your life, use the opportunity to make something good out of them. And when negative, disappointing things happen in your world, use that also as an opportunity to make something good from them.
Every moment is an opportunity for new goodness. Every situation gives you a chance to be of real value to life.
Instead of getting frustrated, get creative. Instead of getting bored or complacent, get inspired.
Life is what it is, and whatever it may be, you can make it better. The sun shines for a while, and then the storms crash onto the shore, and through it all you can continue to create new, living value.
There's no need to worry about what might come, or what might be gained or lost. Choose instead to put your energy into making the very best of whatever may be.
Whatever is, is also an opportunity for new goodness. Grab each day's opportunity with enthusiasm and love, and feel the fulfillment that follows you everywhere you go.
-- Ralph Marston
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Every moment is an opportunity for new goodness. Every situation gives you a chance to be of real value to life.
Instead of getting frustrated, get creative. Instead of getting bored or complacent, get inspired.
Life is what it is, and whatever it may be, you can make it better. The sun shines for a while, and then the storms crash onto the shore, and through it all you can continue to create new, living value.
There's no need to worry about what might come, or what might be gained or lost. Choose instead to put your energy into making the very best of whatever may be.
Whatever is, is also an opportunity for new goodness. Grab each day's opportunity with enthusiasm and love, and feel the fulfillment that follows you everywhere you go.
-- Ralph Marston
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Give the best
When you value what you have, you make what you have more valuable. When you care about what you're doing, you make what you're doing much more effective.
Give the best of yourself to the moment, and the moment becomes filled with great treasure. Be generous to others with your time and attention, and you'll find yourself among delightful companions.
Life is largely what you give it. Offer yourself sincerely and abundantly, and that true abundance will be reflected in the world you experience.
If you proffer complaints, you'll receive much to complain about. When you give love, there will be much to love.
Improve yourself, your actions, your outlook, and your world improves. Be genuinely useful, and you'll have much more with which to work.
What flows out from you surely, eventually and in greater measure flows back to you. Give your very best, and it comes back even better.
-- Ralph Marston
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Give the best of yourself to the moment, and the moment becomes filled with great treasure. Be generous to others with your time and attention, and you'll find yourself among delightful companions.
Life is largely what you give it. Offer yourself sincerely and abundantly, and that true abundance will be reflected in the world you experience.
If you proffer complaints, you'll receive much to complain about. When you give love, there will be much to love.
Improve yourself, your actions, your outlook, and your world improves. Be genuinely useful, and you'll have much more with which to work.
What flows out from you surely, eventually and in greater measure flows back to you. Give your very best, and it comes back even better.
-- Ralph Marston
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Raising expectations
You've done great. Now is your opportunity to do greater.
What you sincerely expect of yourself is what you end up doing. So raise the expectations that live at the center of your awareness.
You are capable of much, much more. So go ahead and expect much, much more.
Show yourself how much you believe in yourself and in what you can do. Expect great things, and your sincere expectations will surely and steadily pull you toward those great things.
Within you, there is enormous untapped value. Raise your expectations, and allow more of that value to be shared with all of life.
Raise your expectations. And raise your whole world to a higher, more beautiful and fulfilled level.
-- Ralph Marston
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What you sincerely expect of yourself is what you end up doing. So raise the expectations that live at the center of your awareness.
You are capable of much, much more. So go ahead and expect much, much more.
Show yourself how much you believe in yourself and in what you can do. Expect great things, and your sincere expectations will surely and steadily pull you toward those great things.
Within you, there is enormous untapped value. Raise your expectations, and allow more of that value to be shared with all of life.
Raise your expectations. And raise your whole world to a higher, more beautiful and fulfilled level.
-- Ralph Marston
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Even more great things
It's great to be knowledgeable. Yet what truly matters is what you do with what you know.
It's important to develop and improve on powerful, practical skills. What's even more important is to put those skills to use in meaningful ways.
Yes, by all means, dream big dreams and make big plans. Then get quickly to work carrying out those plans and achieving your dreams.
Don't just talk about what you're going to do. Stand up, step forward and do what you're going to do.
Plan, prepare, train and learn. Then put it all to use and fashion some outstanding value from your time, expertise and effort.
Life is here to be lived and experienced. So use all the great things in your life to create and do even more great things.
-- Ralph Marston
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It's important to develop and improve on powerful, practical skills. What's even more important is to put those skills to use in meaningful ways.
Yes, by all means, dream big dreams and make big plans. Then get quickly to work carrying out those plans and achieving your dreams.
Don't just talk about what you're going to do. Stand up, step forward and do what you're going to do.
Plan, prepare, train and learn. Then put it all to use and fashion some outstanding value from your time, expertise and effort.
Life is here to be lived and experienced. So use all the great things in your life to create and do even more great things.
-- Ralph Marston
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Express the beauty
Let yourself let go of your limiting thoughts. Let yourself be the person who lives the life of your dreams.
Let yourself act with confidence and decisiveness. Let yourself easily and naturally be purposeful, focused, creative and effective.
Let life's ups and downs come and go. Let yourself respond to each new situation in the most positive and graceful way you can imagine.
You are immersed in countless possibilities. Allow yourself to follow the very best of those possibilities to joyous fulfillment.
What you allow yourself to think and to do determines the way your life progresses. Let the best of life into the doorway of your presence, and live a life that fulfills your highest values.
Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are.
-- Ralph Marston
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Let yourself act with confidence and decisiveness. Let yourself easily and naturally be purposeful, focused, creative and effective.
Let life's ups and downs come and go. Let yourself respond to each new situation in the most positive and graceful way you can imagine.
You are immersed in countless possibilities. Allow yourself to follow the very best of those possibilities to joyous fulfillment.
What you allow yourself to think and to do determines the way your life progresses. Let the best of life into the doorway of your presence, and live a life that fulfills your highest values.
Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are.
-- Ralph Marston
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
The effort of the journey
The life you desire to live is precisely one step away. Once you take that step, with your initial action you are beginning to live that life.
The essence of fulfillment is in the direction and in the process, not just in the ultimate reward. The substance of life is in the living, from moment to moment, toward the goals you have chosen.
Think of how terribly empty it would be to always get what you want without the opportunity to look forward to it. Without the time and effort of the journey, you cannot fully enjoy the destination.
If you were to have it all now, you would be cheated out of the rich joy of anticipation. Fortunately, you cannot have it all now so you can indeed anticipate to your heart's delight.
Step forward toward whatever you treasure, and you'll begin to live the reality of what you treasure. Keep going, and enjoy every bit of value as you work to build it day by day.
You can't get all the way there all at once, and that is truly a blessing. Because it is in the effort of the journey that you can truly appreciate and enjoy the reward of the destination.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
The essence of fulfillment is in the direction and in the process, not just in the ultimate reward. The substance of life is in the living, from moment to moment, toward the goals you have chosen.
Think of how terribly empty it would be to always get what you want without the opportunity to look forward to it. Without the time and effort of the journey, you cannot fully enjoy the destination.
If you were to have it all now, you would be cheated out of the rich joy of anticipation. Fortunately, you cannot have it all now so you can indeed anticipate to your heart's delight.
Step forward toward whatever you treasure, and you'll begin to live the reality of what you treasure. Keep going, and enjoy every bit of value as you work to build it day by day.
You can't get all the way there all at once, and that is truly a blessing. Because it is in the effort of the journey that you can truly appreciate and enjoy the reward of the destination.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 11, 2013
The time you have
Life's abundance comes to you continuously in great big, rich gobs of now. To experience the abundance, make full use of now.
The value of this moment is in the possibilities. To connect with the most value, work to fulfill the best possibilities.
Life is good to the degree that you give your attention and effort to it. This day is meaningful to the degree that you give your unique, creative and loving essence to living it fully.
It can be nice to remember the past and to dream about the future. Yet the time in which you actually live, in which you can make a real, positive difference, is now.
If you intend to make something happen, you must make the effort now. This, right now, is the time you have, so make full and effective use of it while it's here.
Feel the goodness, love the beauty, fulfill the possibilities, now. The most powerful time in your life is now here, so make it count for something truly great.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
The value of this moment is in the possibilities. To connect with the most value, work to fulfill the best possibilities.
Life is good to the degree that you give your attention and effort to it. This day is meaningful to the degree that you give your unique, creative and loving essence to living it fully.
It can be nice to remember the past and to dream about the future. Yet the time in which you actually live, in which you can make a real, positive difference, is now.
If you intend to make something happen, you must make the effort now. This, right now, is the time you have, so make full and effective use of it while it's here.
Feel the goodness, love the beauty, fulfill the possibilities, now. The most powerful time in your life is now here, so make it count for something truly great.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 10, 2013
Let yourself be yourself
Achievement is not particularly difficult, if you'll simply let yourself do it. A life of rich fulfillment is within your reach, when you let yourself reach for it.
You could worry about what might or might not happen. Or, you can allow what happens to happen, and let yourself make the very best of it.
Let yourself live fully and without limitation. Let yourself truly be yourself, with no regret, no apologies, and no holding back.
The obstacles are there, but they are not there to stop you. They are there so you can let yourself become stronger, more capable, more confident and more experienced.
Let yourself do what must be done to create the life of your dreams. It's really not that far away when you let go, and let yourself live it.
Let yourself be the living expression of what you value most. Let yourself live at the highest level you can imagine, in new and beautiful ways with each dawning day.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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 could worry about what might or might not happen. Or, you can allow what happens to happen, and let yourself make the very best of it.
Let yourself live fully and without limitation. Let yourself truly be yourself, with no regret, no apologies, and no holding back.
The obstacles are there, but they are not there to stop you. They are there so you can let yourself become stronger, more capable, more confident and more experienced.
Let yourself do what must be done to create the life of your dreams. It's really not that far away when you let go, and let yourself live it.
Let yourself be the living expression of what you value most. Let yourself live at the highest level you can imagine, in new and beautiful ways with each dawning day.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 9, 2013
Limitless value
Your life has limitless value. You are a bundle of the best possibilities you can ever imagine, and you are fully capable of bringing those possibilities into reality.
Think for a moment about what that means. Then go beyond thinking, and feel all of what it means to be you.
Realize that you are life itself, experiencing itself, and improving on itself. You are able to not merely think about love and joy, but to actually be love and joy.
Your life has limitless value, and with your actions you can translate that value into any good thing you imagine. Your life has limitless value, and you have the opportunity to share that value far and wide, with countless other people.
Visualize a life that's full of joy and love, meaningful achievement and real, honest satisfaction. That life is yours to live the moment you choose to embrace its value.
Connect with what means the most to you, and go for it with everything you have. Your life has limitless value, so focus that value in ways that will lift your whole world.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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 for a moment about what that means. Then go beyond thinking, and feel all of what it means to be you.
Realize that you are life itself, experiencing itself, and improving on itself. You are able to not merely think about love and joy, but to actually be love and joy.
Your life has limitless value, and with your actions you can translate that value into any good thing you imagine. Your life has limitless value, and you have the opportunity to share that value far and wide, with countless other people.
Visualize a life that's full of joy and love, meaningful achievement and real, honest satisfaction. That life is yours to live the moment you choose to embrace its value.
Connect with what means the most to you, and go for it with everything you have. Your life has limitless value, so focus that value in ways that will lift your whole world.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 8, 2013
True achievements
If you tell a big enough lie, people will listen. If you keep telling lies, again and again, no one will ever listen, even when you tell the truth.
It's fairly easy to be loud and attract attention. Yet if you fail to perform or inspire when attention is focused on you, it becomes much more difficult to attract any more attention.
You can get your way by being a bully. But what you get that way will never fulfill the inner desires of your heart.
If you push your way through life without consideration for others, you'll experience an empty and cold existence. That's certainly not what you want, is it?
When you feel the urge to take advantage of others, even in a seemingly minor way, remember this. Ultimately, you will lose more than you gain.
To truly lift yourself up, live with honesty, integrity, respect, peacefulness, humility and honor. That way, your achievements are true achievements that will bring value to the whole of your life and your world.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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.
It's fairly easy to be loud and attract attention. Yet if you fail to perform or inspire when attention is focused on you, it becomes much more difficult to attract any more attention.
You can get your way by being a bully. But what you get that way will never fulfill the inner desires of your heart.
If you push your way through life without consideration for others, you'll experience an empty and cold existence. That's certainly not what you want, is it?
When you feel the urge to take advantage of others, even in a seemingly minor way, remember this. Ultimately, you will lose more than you gain.
To truly lift yourself up, live with honesty, integrity, respect, peacefulness, humility and honor. That way, your achievements are true achievements that will bring value to the whole of your life and your world.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 7, 2013
Valuable beyond calculation
Your life is much too valuable to throw away any of it on negativity. Your time is too precious to fill it with self-pity or anger or resentment.
Would you purposely sit around and set hundred dollar bills on fire? Of course not. So don't make the mistake of needlessly burning through your life, which is vastly more valuable than money. Choose instead to live every day with joy, love and meaningful purpose.
There's no law that says you have to react negatively to negative situations. Ultimately, the way you live is the way you choose to live.
So choose to live in harmony with your highest values. Instead of letting mere circumstances determine how you are, let the beauty and value of your life determine the way you act.
Your unique life is valuable beyond any calculation. Live like it is, and make it even more so.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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.
Would you purposely sit around and set hundred dollar bills on fire? Of course not. So don't make the mistake of needlessly burning through your life, which is vastly more valuable than money. Choose instead to live every day with joy, love and meaningful purpose.
There's no law that says you have to react negatively to negative situations. Ultimately, the way you live is the way you choose to live.
So choose to live in harmony with your highest values. Instead of letting mere circumstances determine how you are, let the beauty and value of your life determine the way you act.
Your unique life is valuable beyond any calculation. Live like it is, and make it even more so.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 5, 2013
Going good
You've done great so far, and survived every challenge. Keep it up, and make it even better.
It hasn't been easy, and yet you have done it. Now you can continue putting your growing experience to more positively purposeful use.
Some things have turned out great, while other things haven't worked out so well. And through it all, you've learned some extremely valuable lessons.
Your life today has powerful momentum. Your great opportunity today is to point that momentum in a positive, meaningful direction.
Though there have been ups and downs along the way, you're going good. Now you can keep going even better.
Deep within, you know what works. Keep doing it, keep making new progress, and keep your life on a positive, fulfilling path.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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.
It hasn't been easy, and yet you have done it. Now you can continue putting your growing experience to more positively purposeful use.
Some things have turned out great, while other things haven't worked out so well. And through it all, you've learned some extremely valuable lessons.
Your life today has powerful momentum. Your great opportunity today is to point that momentum in a positive, meaningful direction.
Though there have been ups and downs along the way, you're going good. Now you can keep going even better.
Deep within, you know what works. Keep doing it, keep making new progress, and keep your life on a positive, fulfilling path.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 4, 2013
Live your life forward
Don't be sad or regretful about the opportunities you've missed. Get excited and enthusiastic about the opportunities now available to you.
Take joy and wisdom and inspiration from the past. And leave the rest of the past in the past.
Look forward from where you now are. Live your life forward with the highest of expectations.
Whatever you may have, you have it good. Now is the time to relentlessly build on that goodness in your life.
Think of all the things you can do today that will make tomorrow better. Think that way, and act on your thoughts, day after day after day.
Every moment is an opportunity to make a difference. Use each of those opportunities for positive purpose, and delight in the results as you live your life forward.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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 joy and wisdom and inspiration from the past. And leave the rest of the past in the past.
Look forward from where you now are. Live your life forward with the highest of expectations.
Whatever you may have, you have it good. Now is the time to relentlessly build on that goodness in your life.
Think of all the things you can do today that will make tomorrow better. Think that way, and act on your thoughts, day after day after day.
Every moment is an opportunity to make a difference. Use each of those opportunities for positive purpose, and delight in the results as you live your life forward.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 3, 2013
Assume you can
Expand your idea of what is possible. Dream and imagine and explore the fertile territory beyond your current assumptions.
Whatever your situation in life may be, you are not confined to it. With imagination, focus, commitment and effort, you can move yourself to an even better, more fulfilling reality.
Beyond the existing horizon of your experience are countless possibilities you have not yet considered. Dare to go where you have not gone before, to see life in new and empowering ways.
There is a very real path to the fulfillment of your deepest, most positive and profound desires. Instead of convincing yourself and others that you can't get there, open yourself to more possibilities.
If you assume you cannot get there, that very assumption will keep you chained to where you are. Yet when you assume you can, you will.
Beyond your past experience, beyond your current assumptions, are powerful new possibilities. Imagine those possibilities, find positive, sustained energy in them, and bring them gloriously to life.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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.
Whatever your situation in life may be, you are not confined to it. With imagination, focus, commitment and effort, you can move yourself to an even better, more fulfilling reality.
Beyond the existing horizon of your experience are countless possibilities you have not yet considered. Dare to go where you have not gone before, to see life in new and empowering ways.
There is a very real path to the fulfillment of your deepest, most positive and profound desires. Instead of convincing yourself and others that you can't get there, open yourself to more possibilities.
If you assume you cannot get there, that very assumption will keep you chained to where you are. Yet when you assume you can, you will.
Beyond your past experience, beyond your current assumptions, are powerful new possibilities. Imagine those possibilities, find positive, sustained energy in them, and bring them gloriously to life.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 2, 2013
Get things done
Today is a day to get things done. Today is a day to make real progress.
Don't waste your time wishing for what might have been. Get up, get going and make the very best of what now can be.
Don't get angry or frustrated about the way things are. Get to work and make things the way you would like them to be.
You have an outstanding opportunity right here and now. You can make creative, meaningful and valuable use of your time.
This is your chance to be effective. This is your chance to get out in front of life and to get beyond whatever may have been holding you back.
Stop waiting, stop wishing, stop complaining and start taking positive action. This is a day to get things done, so live it for all it's worth.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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.
Don't waste your time wishing for what might have been. Get up, get going and make the very best of what now can be.
Don't get angry or frustrated about the way things are. Get to work and make things the way you would like them to be.
You have an outstanding opportunity right here and now. You can make creative, meaningful and valuable use of your time.
This is your chance to be effective. This is your chance to get out in front of life and to get beyond whatever may have been holding you back.
Stop waiting, stop wishing, stop complaining and start taking positive action. This is a day to get things done, so live it for all it's worth.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2013 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, January 1, 2013
New, improved year
There's one key factor that will make this New Year the best one ever. That important factor is your attitude.
The way you most consistently decide to see life will play a major role in the way your life actually unfolds. Right now, as the year begins, make the choice to make your life, and your whole world, the best it can be.
Create a new, improved year by going through it with a new, improved outlook on life. Make this a great year by choosing an attitude that reflects your own unique greatness.
In the year ahead you'll encounter many obstacles, and yet there's one powerful obstacle you don't ever have to deal with again. That obstacle, the one you can get rid of for good, is your own negative attitude.
Just because things can often get difficult, doesn't mean you have to be difficult. No matter what the situation, a positive, empowering attitude is always your best choice.
Stride confidently forward with the highest and best expectations you've ever had. Your life this year is what you make it, so embrace an attitude that will make it positive, fulfilling and great.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright (c) 2012 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 4,500 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.
The way you most consistently decide to see life will play a major role in the way your life actually unfolds. Right now, as the year begins, make the choice to make your life, and your whole world, the best it can be.
Create a new, improved year by going through it with a new, improved outlook on life. Make this a great year by choosing an attitude that reflects your own unique greatness.
In the year ahead you'll encounter many obstacles, and yet there's one powerful obstacle you don't ever have to deal with again. That obstacle, the one you can get rid of for good, is your own negative attitude.
Just because things can often get difficult, doesn't mean you have to be difficult. No matter what the situation, a positive, empowering attitude is always your best choice.
Stride confidently forward with the highest and best expectations you've ever had. Your life this year is what you make it, so embrace an attitude that will make it positive, fulfilling and great.
-- 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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