Re: Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 22,983 Posts

  Fri, Sep 20 2024 9:06 AM

  Friday, September 20, 2024

  Insist on reality

  Give up your illusions. Go forward with your values, your strength, and with objective truth.

  It’s easy to pretend to yourself, and to go along with the pretenses of others. But that doesn’t take you anywhere worth going.

  Step away from what’s merely easy, from what just looks good on the surface. Go with what’s truly good at the deepest level, what’s useful, enduring, and real.

  Refuse to buy in to assertions that cannot stand rigorous scrutiny. Insist on reality, because when all is said and done, reality is what remains.

  Put your assumptions to the test, and discard those that fail. Seek to learn from every interaction, from every experience, what works and what doesn’t, what is true and what isn’t.

  Looks can be deceiving, as can narratives, expertise, feelings and impressions. Take it all into consideration, then do the difficult work to determine and to go with what is true, with what is real.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 22,983 Posts

  Mon, Sep 23 2024 9:22 AM

  Monday, September 23, 2024

  Living in harmony

  Harmony does not mean everyone is in agreement. Harmony exists when no one is attempting to force his or her opinions on others.

  Harmony does not require everyone to be the same. Harmony thrives where people respect and tolerate the differences that give so much richness to life.

  Harmony cannot be achieved by brute force. Harmony prevails when every individual understands, on his or her own terms, that it is the most effective way to live.

  Harmony does not come about through intimidation or scolding or threats of punishment. Harmony is reached through understanding and cooperation.

  Harmony cannot exist where people are interested only in what they can take. Harmony is built through a willingness to give.

  Harmony comes not by being weak or by surrendering one’s most treasured principles, or by the cowardly attempt to control others. Harmony is the domain of those who are confident enough in their own lives to allow others to peacefully flourish.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 22,983 Posts

  Tue, Sep 24 2024 12:32 PM

  Tuesday, September 24, 2024

  Right time

  Today has come at the right time for you. Be confident in living it well.

  There’s much you can do that you could not do before. And now are opportunities you will never have again.

  Hear what your own life is begging you to undertake, to say, to experience, to let go. Transform intuition into clear intention into effective action into enduring value.

  You’ve been given the right time, so now make the good effort. With this moment that’s like no other, discover and fulfill the best that you can do.

  It’s not too early, not too late. In this golden space you have life, and all the wonder, all the beauty, all the power and positive consequence your work can summon.

  Now, look far beyond all those shallow shiny trinkets that quickly tarnish. Bring your best possibilities sharply into focus, and act with love to make them real.

   

  — Ralph Marston