Don't just sit there. Make a richer, more beautiful, more meaningful, more fulfilled life out of every moment you have.
Don't complain that things are bad. Accept that things are as they are, and make new goodness and value from them.
This is your life, your moment, your opportunity to make a difference. This is your day, filled with abundance that's ready to be transformed into unique greatness.
Instead of avoiding the challenges, embrace them. Instead of being intimidated by the limitations, be inspired to find new ways around them.
You don't have to settle for just getting by or merely making it through the day. You are capable of so very much more, so go for it.
Realize what a magnificent opportunity you have, right here and now. And fully live the grand adventure that is your 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.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Think your best
Right now, you have the opportunity to choose your thoughts. And the thoughts you choose will have a direct impact on the life you live.
Your thoughts focus your awareness. The direction of your awareness determines which of life's possibilities you see, explore, and fulfill.
The things you think about over and over again become crucial components of your reality. Take positive, purposeful, persistent control of your thoughts, and you can point your life in whatever direction you choose.
Your mind has great power. Use that power to bring more meaningful goodness into your life and your world.
Choose not to waste your valuable thoughts on meaningless and negative things. Instead, invest your thoughts each day so that they will lift life higher.
It's amazing what you can think, and even more amazing where your thoughts can lead. Think of life at its very best, and you're on your way to making it 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.
Your thoughts focus your awareness. The direction of your awareness determines which of life's possibilities you see, explore, and fulfill.
The things you think about over and over again become crucial components of your reality. Take positive, purposeful, persistent control of your thoughts, and you can point your life in whatever direction you choose.
Your mind has great power. Use that power to bring more meaningful goodness into your life and your world.
Choose not to waste your valuable thoughts on meaningless and negative things. Instead, invest your thoughts each day so that they will lift life higher.
It's amazing what you can think, and even more amazing where your thoughts can lead. Think of life at its very best, and you're on your way to making it 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.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
No apologies
If you have hurt someone, then apologies are most certainly in order. If you haven't, then you have no need to apologize to anyone.
Be who you are, loving who you love, admiring what you admire, and valuing what you value. Instead of worrying about what other people might think, focus on what will bring you authentic fulfillment.
Be kind and helpful and loving toward others, but don't be a slave to their opinions. Live with richness, with originality, and with no apologies.
Make your own way through each day, taking responsibility for your actions and for your life. Be true to your highest, authentic values, doing what you know is right and good, creative and valuable.
Your life is unique and precious, so give it the respect and commitment it deserves. Your possibilities are amazing, so use your full efforts to bring the best of them unashamedly to life.
Live with true purpose and rock solid integrity. And you won't be wasting your time or energy on apologies.
-- 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.
Be who you are, loving who you love, admiring what you admire, and valuing what you value. Instead of worrying about what other people might think, focus on what will bring you authentic fulfillment.
Be kind and helpful and loving toward others, but don't be a slave to their opinions. Live with richness, with originality, and with no apologies.
Make your own way through each day, taking responsibility for your actions and for your life. Be true to your highest, authentic values, doing what you know is right and good, creative and valuable.
Your life is unique and precious, so give it the respect and commitment it deserves. Your possibilities are amazing, so use your full efforts to bring the best of them unashamedly to life.
Live with true purpose and rock solid integrity. And you won't be wasting your time or energy on apologies.
-- 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, August 28, 2013
Little bits
If all you can do right now is a little bit, do it. Those little bits will quickly add up.
Value that is built over time, in small increments, tends to be value that also lasts for a long time. Use each opportunity, each day, to build more.
Doing something, even if it is just a little bit, is infinitely more productive than doing nothing. So do something, where you are, with what you have, using the time that's available to you.
By doing something now, you increase the value of what you're able to do later. By doing something useful with this moment, you preserve the moment's value long after the moment has passed.
By all means, do as much as you can. And if all you can do right now is just a little bit, that's a whole lot more than nothing.
Do a little bit now, a little bit later, and as much as you can each chance you get. Soon you'll have a whole lot of good things to show for your efforts.
-- 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.
Value that is built over time, in small increments, tends to be value that also lasts for a long time. Use each opportunity, each day, to build more.
Doing something, even if it is just a little bit, is infinitely more productive than doing nothing. So do something, where you are, with what you have, using the time that's available to you.
By doing something now, you increase the value of what you're able to do later. By doing something useful with this moment, you preserve the moment's value long after the moment has passed.
By all means, do as much as you can. And if all you can do right now is just a little bit, that's a whole lot more than nothing.
Do a little bit now, a little bit later, and as much as you can each chance you get. Soon you'll have a whole lot of good things to show for your efforts.
-- 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, August 27, 2013
Positively purposeful
Don't waste your energy on being annoyed and resentful. Put your energy into doing something positive about your situation.
To the degree that you're filled with annoyance or frustration or anger, you're ineffective. And that just leads to more annoyance, frustration and anger.
However, you can choose to break the cycle. You can choose to be positively purposeful.
If someone acts in a rude and disrespectful way, let it be that person's problem and not yours. Let it go, and move on ahead with what you've chosen to do.
Though there are plenty of things to be angry about, there are almost no good things your anger can accomplish. Rather than reacting with anger, redirect your energy into intentional, positive purpose.
Don't let rude, annoying people choose your attitude. Choose your own positively purposeful attitude, and reward yourself with a rich and fulfilling 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.
To the degree that you're filled with annoyance or frustration or anger, you're ineffective. And that just leads to more annoyance, frustration and anger.
However, you can choose to break the cycle. You can choose to be positively purposeful.
If someone acts in a rude and disrespectful way, let it be that person's problem and not yours. Let it go, and move on ahead with what you've chosen to do.
Though there are plenty of things to be angry about, there are almost no good things your anger can accomplish. Rather than reacting with anger, redirect your energy into intentional, positive purpose.
Don't let rude, annoying people choose your attitude. Choose your own positively purposeful attitude, and reward yourself with a rich and fulfilling 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.
Monday, August 26, 2013
The less you need
Much of what you think you need, you may not need at all. Challenge your assumptions, and free yourself of needless needs.
The less you need, the more you can enjoy. The less you need, the richer you are.
Certainly there are very real necessities and obligations in your life. But there's nothing to be gained by piling your own invented needs on top of them.
Life might in fact be much better if you made the choice to do without some of the things you think you can't do without. Letting go of self-imposed burdens can open many doors to new experiences and joys.
Although being needy may feel comfortable, living with positive purpose and intention feels much better. Look for opportunities to get away from your needs and into your possibilities.
Live by choice, not merely by habit. Let go of the needless needs, and feel the exquisite, empowering freedom.
-- 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 less you need, the more you can enjoy. The less you need, the richer you are.
Certainly there are very real necessities and obligations in your life. But there's nothing to be gained by piling your own invented needs on top of them.
Life might in fact be much better if you made the choice to do without some of the things you think you can't do without. Letting go of self-imposed burdens can open many doors to new experiences and joys.
Although being needy may feel comfortable, living with positive purpose and intention feels much better. Look for opportunities to get away from your needs and into your possibilities.
Live by choice, not merely by habit. Let go of the needless needs, and feel the exquisite, empowering freedom.
-- 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, August 24, 2013
How good you have it
Remind yourself today how good you have it. Then allow yourself to make it even better.
Step back from the immediate challenges and frustrations, and look at the big picture. In the big picture of your life and your world, see the positive possibilities.
Let your awareness be filled with gratitude for all that is, and for your unique perspective within it. Treasure what you are thankful for, and be thankful for what you treasure.
The daily pains and setbacks are indeed real, and can certainly be very serious. Yet above and beyond all that, is your profoundly amazing existence, and every good possibility you can imagine.
There is much that must be done, and there is even more that you are able to do. Experience for a moment how good it feels to have the opportunity to make a difference.
Then act on that opportunity, make a real and beneficial difference in life, and feel even better. Remember how good you have it, and celebrate your good fortune by making even more.
-- 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.
Step back from the immediate challenges and frustrations, and look at the big picture. In the big picture of your life and your world, see the positive possibilities.
Let your awareness be filled with gratitude for all that is, and for your unique perspective within it. Treasure what you are thankful for, and be thankful for what you treasure.
The daily pains and setbacks are indeed real, and can certainly be very serious. Yet above and beyond all that, is your profoundly amazing existence, and every good possibility you can imagine.
There is much that must be done, and there is even more that you are able to do. Experience for a moment how good it feels to have the opportunity to make a difference.
Then act on that opportunity, make a real and beneficial difference in life, and feel even better. Remember how good you have it, and celebrate your good fortune by making even more.
-- 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.
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