Let yourself be yourself

If you are resisting life's goodness, then working harder at it will push that goodness farther away. Instead, learn to let go and to allow.

Simply generating more activity and energy will not help you if that energy is pointed in a negative direction. Choose to re-direct all the energy and awareness in your life toward those things you value most.

If the results you are getting fail to bring fulfillment, do not seek to merely create more results. Instead, find the path that truly fulfills your purpose.

There is nothing to be gained from making life needlessly difficult. See the truth that life is beautiful, and align your energy and your actions with your very own expression of that truth.

When you let yourself be yourself, richness flows easily and effortlessly and naturally through every moment. Your greatest accomplishments come from who you are.

Let yourself be yourself. And you'll be as rich as anyone can ever be.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.

Yours to give

The way to be respected is to be respectful. The way to be heard is to listen.

What do you wish to experience? Give it to others, and you will surely find it appearing and growing stronger in your own life.

To make a positive impression, find the qualities that are positive and valuable about every person you meet. What you send is amplified through the lives of others and comes back to you without fail.

Every day is filled with opportunities to offer genuine and meaningful kindness. The more of those opportunities you follow and fulfill, the richer your life becomes.

Advantages built on brute force and deception will crumble quickly. Achievements built on kindness, respect, understanding and love will continue to grow in value and influence.

Give, and as you do you'll be able to give more and more. The life of your dreams is now yours to give, and to fully experience.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.

Goodness remains

Goodness is here, now, today in unending abundance. Open your heart and know it.

Much of the world's pain arises from the failure to fully appreciate life's goodness. Yet goodness will always outlive the pain.

Peacefully let go of fear and anger, resentment and anxiety. Goodness remains.

Feel the longing for goodness that lives always within you. Let it drive your thoughts and actions, and you'll create more of the very goodness you seek.

Focus on those parts of your life that resonate with your deepest purpose. See the true beauty that is alive and growing in your world.

Hold life's goodness securely in your heart. Move forward with confidence, knowing it is always there.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.

A job well done

Be inspired by perfection but don't be stopped by it. Seek to get it perfect, yet even when it won't be perfect go ahead and get it done.

Set your standards high, but not so high that you fail to get anything accomplished. Give your very best to every effort by following through with whatever you start.

You can always think of excuses and scenarios for possible disappointment. But excuses and worries won't accomplish anything.

Just go ahead, step right in and get started. You'll make some mistakes along the way and have the valuable opportunity to learn much from them.

Commit to your intentions and act on them. Give effort and energy to what you value most.

At every opportunity, make a difference. And know the sweet fulfillment of a job well done.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.

Enough already

If you always wish for more, you will never know the peace and satisfaction of having enough. Realizing that you already have enough is one of the most profoundly empowering thoughts you can think.

Fully enjoying the first piece of cake does not prevent you from having a second. Yet obsessing over whether or not you'll get another piece will always prevent you from enjoying what you have.

It's great to be ambitious and to create new value. Yet that is best done from the position of power that comes with having enough.

Being satisfied does not mean you must be complacent. Being satisfied enables you to draw strength from your desires instead of letting them enslave you.

Discipline, integrity, commitment and effectiveness flow naturally from a strong sense of having enough. When you're truly accepting of where you are, your eyes are fully open to the best possibilities.

Understand that you already have enough. And you'll tap into the power of peaceful purpose.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.

Feel success

The world does not owe you joy or pleasure or fulfillment. Rather, the world gives you ample space in which to create as much joy, pleasure and fulfillment as you wish.

Those who find a way to enjoy whatever life has to offer are the ones who get to enjoy the very best that life has to offer. It's a matter of choice and the choice is up to you.

It is easy to feel sorry for yourself, and not at all effective in moving you forward. Yet just as easily you can instead choose to feel joyful for yourself.

The way you feel has a powerful influence on what you do and how much you achieve. And the way you feel is whatever you decide to feel.

Instead of struggling to work against your feelings, put your feelings to work for you. Truly and authentically feel success, achievement, fulfillment and joy, and you'll naturally put those feelings into effective action.

Yes, you most certainly can feel precisely the way you wish to feel, at any time, in any place. Feel the life you wish to live, and you're solidly on your way there.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.

Live the beauty

This day is filled with more treasure than you could ever think to desire. Live the beauty as it comes.

All the gold and diamonds in the world cannot buy a single moment of precious time. Yet you have that very moment right now.

Act on your best dreams and watch joyfully as they become real. Choose from among endless possibilities the ones that bring sweet fulfillment.

Love sincerely, and be loved. Encourage, and be encouraged.

Delight at your view from the center of a perfectly balanced reality. Give the gift of your own positive thoughts and efforts, and watch as their influence spreads throughout your world.

This golden day, this precious moment has sprung to life all around you. Give and receive its most profound treasure.

-- Ralph Marston

Copyright (c) 2009 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. From The Daily Motivator at http://greatday.com where you will find an archive of more than 3,000 positive messages plus books, CDs, motivational videos and more. Permission is given to post online only if this entire notice is included.