Re: Daily Motivation

• AlaskanDame 19,622 Posts

  Thu, Dec 5 2024 8:04 PM

  “For an experience to be memorable it must be surrounded by moments that are ordinary.”

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  I get the gist of the rest of the paragraphs, but also have a quibble.  

  The continuity and comfortable experiences of ordinary activities, such as meal prep, errands, and watching our favorite cooking shows together, day after day, make a life of ordinary moments quite memorable with my SO.

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Fri, Dec 6 2024 12:37 PM

  Friday, December 6, 2024

  Allow yourself to dream

  Go ahead and dream. Even though it’s far from practical, and seems a bit silly, it’s a good and useful thing to do.

  Consider what could be if you could align the world just the way you wanted. Spend a little time dreaming, reminding yourself of who you are and what you care about.

  To fulfill your amazing potential, it’s essential to have a reason, one that matters, one that resonates. With a dream that’s vivid, desirable and sincere, that’s what you get.

  The world can deliver plenty of disillusionment, over and over again. Yet each time that happens, you can return to your dream, and actually make it even stronger, more compelling.

  Let yourself dream, take that dream seriously, let it sink in and infuse every corner of your life. Then you’ll begin to act on it, very likely without even realizing at first.

  Don’t get continually lost in frivolous empty wishes, but do allow yourself a little time to seriously and deeply dream. Bring the energy of your purpose to the surface, and with it you can do beautiful things.

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Mon, Dec 9 2024 12:18 PM

  Monday, December 9, 2024

  Your moment

  Find joy in the effort, and not merely in what the effort will bring you. Give attention and awareness to the time and place you’re in, rather than being consumed with where it all will lead.

  Take good care of the present, and you position yourself well for the future. Work to give today value, and that value will travel with you through all your tomorrows.

  Enjoy being where you are without getting so attached to it that it holds you back. By focusing on the reality and possibilities of now, you rise above frustration, worry, and regret.

  Be satisfied with how far you’ve come while also being eager to keep going. Live fully in the present as you create goodness that will live long into the future.

  You have brought everything about you to this day. Go through the day expressing and fulfilling the best within you.

  Joy and fulfillment do not have to wait for the future, nor do they have to become lost in the past. This is your moment to live life’s treasure, so make it everything it can be.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Tue, Dec 10 2024 9:04 AM

  Tuesday, December 10, 2024

  Conquer the challenges

  Problems arise without waiting for other problems to be solved first. And as a result you can quickly find yourself managing multiple challenges.

  When that happens, instead of wrangling all those different problems, empower yourself with a change of perspective. See your task not as addressing an array of negative challenges, but as achieving a single positive outcome.

  That doesn’t materially change the situation. What it does is increase your energy level and enable you to focus your efforts in a consistent, positive direction.

  With an overarching, desirable objective, all the various challenges become aspects of one larger challenge. As you deal successfully with each aspect, you create momentum in the direction of your goal.

  In this way, each bit of progress paves the way for more progress. Though your activities change from one issue to another, you’re able to remain unwavering in your focus and commitment to a specific outcome.

  Rather than being pulled apart by multiple problems, bind your efforts and energy together in the service of a specific, meaningful goal. Strategically put the power of intention to work, and conquer the challenges no matter how numerous they may be.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Wed, Dec 11 2024 11:55 AM

  Wednesday, December 11, 2024

  Go one better

  Do what you intend to do, then go one better. Achieve the goal you’ve set for yourself, then add to it.

  Once you are speeding along with the momentum of achievement, don’t let that momentum go to waste. Make more good use of it.

  If you’ve already contacted a dozen people, it’s not much more effort to contact one or two more. When you’ve written a thousand words, continue on that established trajectory and write a hundred more.

  Usually, the most difficult parts of any task are getting started and getting into the flow. Once you’re there, it makes a lot of sense to keep on going a little longer.

  After all, you’ve given yourself the chance to get ahead of the game. Going a little further once you’re ahead is much better than working to catch up after you’ve fallen behind.

  When you’ve done what had to be done, don’t stop just yet. Make the most of the opportunity you’ve earned for yourself.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• AlaskanDame 19,622 Posts

  Wed, Dec 11 2024 5:28 PM

  “Usually, the most difficult parts of any task are getting started and getting into the flow.”

  So true!

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Tue, Dec 17 2024 12:15 PM

  Tuesday, December 17, 2024

  Wins and losses

  You win some and you lose some. Both are valuable.

  Victories and achievements bring their rewards, yet they also can bring complacency. While losses and disappointments are painful, their pain can teach you and engender great determination.

  Difficult times give you the opportunity to transform weakness into strength. Good times provide the opportunity to transform strength into treasure.

  Sometimes your troubles are due mainly to your own choices, and other times those troubles come in spite of your best efforts. Sometimes your good fortune is mostly your own doing, and sometimes you just encounter a streak of good luck.

  Whatever the case, be thankful for the opportunity to make the best of it. With a steady purpose, move forward from wherever you find yourself.

  The pains and the pleasures, the wins and losses, all add substance and value to your life. Embrace each season as it comes, and find true goodness in it all.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Wed, Dec 18 2024 12:09 PM

  Wednesday, December 18, 2024

  Do it again

  You’ve done it before. You can do it again.

  You’ve focused on a specific objective and achieved it. What result would you now like to bring about?

  You’ve identified a meaningful path of action and drawn energy from your purpose to keep you moving on that path. Reach again into that authentic purpose, decide on what to do, and do it.

  The clock is running forward right now, no matter what you choose. Choose to make meaningful and productive use of each day as it comes your way.

  Similar choices in the past have brought you much in the life you now have. Once again you’re confronted with the opportunity to make a positive difference for your world, for yourself.

  You’ve proven that you’re capable, resourceful, purposeful. Continue putting it all to good use.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Thu, Dec 19 2024 12:01 PM

  Thursday, December 19, 2024

  Better things

  Don’t let your attention get drawn into trivial issues that don’t matter. You have better things to do.

  Yes, sometimes the drama of those trivialities can be intoxicating. But is your life really made better by such intoxication?

  The universe is bursting with energy, wonder, and value. At any given moment you have plenty of opportunities to fill your awareness with substantive, meaningful things.

  Sure, you might find some momentary pleasure in merely observing and casting judgments. Yet you’ll experience far greater fulfillment in participating and making a difference.

  Rather than wasting your attention on cheap thrills, utilize it to identify and embrace opportunities for real, lasting value. Where you repeatedly focus your attention determines the direction your life proceeds.

  There are so many good ways to go. Continue to point your attention and yourself in a direction that benefits your life, and all of life.

   

  — Ralph Marston

   

• Ladychipper 23,108 Posts

  Fri, Dec 20 2024 1:19 PM

  Friday, December 20, 2024

  Helpful habits

  A strong, positive character comes from strong, positive habits. Actions you repeat so often you don’t even have to think about, become a solid part of who you are.

  Habits can be a retreat from reality and responsibility, slowly but surely wearing you down. Or they can enable you to steadily advance to higher and higher levels of richness and fulfillment.

  It all depends on the particular habits you develop and maintain. You can stack your life with helpful habits and prosper, or give in to the harmful habits and falter.

  Although your habits exercise powerful control over you, that control is not absolute. You can always add new habits and discard or change existing ones.

  From time to time it’s a good idea to honestly examine all the actions you habitually take. Think about every little thing you do through each day, and shine a self-reflective light on it all.

  Then continue to build up the habits that serve you well and step away from those that don’t. Life always improves when you get all your habits working in your favor.

   

  — Ralph Marston