Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Jul 4 2018 11:47 AM

  Wednesday, July 4, 2018

  Happy Independence Day To All In the USA!  :-)

  Bring new goodness

  All that you’ve ever done has been accomplished under less than perfect conditions. Every bit of progress you’ve made has been in the face of obstacles and limitations.

  Stop waiting for the situation to be perfect. Start making good and meaningful use of the situation as it is.

  Today you have time, energy, opportunity that you’ll never have again. Do something great with it.

  Focus on the possibilities and you will find your way beyond the limitations. Devote yourself to action and enable yourself to transcend any difficult circumstances.

  You’ve achieved much and now you can achieve more. You’ve extracted real value from many different kinds of situations, and now you can do it again.

  What matters more than how things are, is how you choose to be. Choose today to be the person who brings new goodness to life.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Jul 5 2018 8:03 AM

  Thursday, July 5, 2018

  Dream, dream, dream it

  Dream, and let your dreams lift you high above the problems and disappointments. Dream, and give yourself a perspective that transcends the everyday struggles.

  Dream, and give the power of purpose to your efforts, your words, your thoughts and encounters. Dream, and let your dreams pull you in the direction of your highest vision.

  Dream, and provide reason and means to expect the best in whatever you undertake. Dream, with the commitment necessary to fulfill your dreams, and recharge life with excellence of your own choosing.

  Dream, and connect your dreams to the actions you must take, to the responsibilities you must honor. Enable your dreams to remind you why and to renew your energy.

  Dream, for there is a person inside who cares deeply about many things. Dream, and follow those dreams, because your love for life is one of a kind, and deserves full expression.

  Dream, dream, dream it until you do it. Then dream again and pull all of life higher along with you.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Jul 6 2018 9:28 AM

  Friday, July 6, 2018

  Earned wisdom

  Learn from your mistakes, and put into practice what you’ve learned. Then you won’t have to live with regret for those mistakes.

  As your life moves forward, each choice can be a more positive, effective, fulfilling choice. Because each new choice can be informed by all the choices that came before it.

  Allow the poor choices in your past to point you toward more positive choices now. Instead of being ashamed or resentful about what happened, be enthusiastic about what you can now do with the experience.

  You’ve suffered enough because of your past mistakes. There is no point in punishing yourself further.

  Decide to transform those old mistakes in to new opportunities. Let the negative experiences in your past motivate you to take positive action now.

  With those past mistakes and their consequences, you’ve earned yourself some valuable wisdom. Put that wisdom into action today.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Jul 7 2018 9:14 AM

  Saturday, July 7, 2018

  Choose only the best

  Don’t internalize the pressures. Instead, internalize the beauty, the hope, the positive possibilities.

  You can effectively deal with every difficulty, without allowing any difficulties to become a part of you. Remind yourself that you exist beyond them all.

  Respond to life with a smile rather than with new stress. You can see the situations clearly and realistically without taking them personally.

  Your life is too beautiful to let it be degraded by frustration and annoyance. Your possibilities are too magnificent to let them be compromised by negativity.

  Enjoy putting your capabilities to use, solving problems, making progress. Always choose to make the best of those problems rather than letting them get the best of you.

  It’s always your choice what you hold on to inside. Each time, each day, choose only the best.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Jul 9 2018 8:35 AM

  Monday, July 9, 2018

  Infinite options

  This moment has infinite options. Commit to one and follow through on it.

  Seek to make the best choice, but don’t put all of your energy into merely making the choice. Decide, and then act on your decision.

  You may not always make the perfect choice, or think of everything that could go wrong or go right. But go ahead, make the choice and then move forward with it.

  You’re likely to have doubts, second thoughts, third thoughts. As those thoughts come, keep taking action anyway.

  A one-hundred-percent perfect plan is of no use if the plan is not executed. So put thought into crafting a reasonably good plan and then direct your energy into making it happen.

  Embrace life’s many options, but don’t let the endless choices overwhelm you. Pick a specific path, act on it, and transform your choice into real value.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Jul 10 2018 8:28 AM

  Tuesday, July 10, 2018

  Possible problems

  Don’t be stopped by the possibility that something can go wrong. Something can always go wrong, and you can always deal with it.

  Take good precautions, plan well, prepare for the likely eventualities. Then go ahead, take action.

  You can imagine all sorts of negative scenarios, most of which will never happen. It’s good to be aware of what could happen, of problems that could arise, but don’t let that awareness stop you from moving ahead.

  You can’t be guaranteed of a smooth path or a perfect outcome. What you can do is your best, with commitment to your purpose, with confidence in your ability.

  Yes, there will be difficulties. Yes, you can succeed anyway.

  Step forward now, aware of the possible problems and ready to work through whatever comes. You have great things to do.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Jul 11 2018 9:28 AM

  Wednesday, July 11, 2018

  Tell yourself something good

  Tell yourself something good about yourself. Tell yourself something good about someone close to you.

  Tell yourself something good about the day ahead. Tell yourself something good about life in this world, about the possibilities that extend out in front of you right now.

  Tell yourself something good, and take it to heart. Remind yourself of the beauty, the wonder, of small actions that can make a big difference.

  Tell yourself something good about this day, about how you can contribute to the way it unfolds. Tell yourself something good about this situation, about all you can do to make it even better.

  Too often, the impressions that slide into your awareness are not especially helpful or nourishing. Choose to reverse that negative bias by telling yourself something good, something true, something wonderful.

  Tell yourself about all you can do to give life more meaning, more substance, more joy. Tell yourself something good, and let that goodness come to life through you.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Jul 12 2018 11:26 AM

  Thursday, July 12, 2018

  Best choice

  Make the best choice, not just the easiest choice. Step back from the moment, and give yourself enough perspective to make that best choice.

  The benefits of the easiest choice disappear quickly. The value of the best choice can endure for a lifetime, even longer.

  You can always go with the best choice, regardless of what the excuses are saying. As enticing as the easy choice may be, you see beyond its expediency.

  You know what is best. Claim it by giving your time, effort and commitment to it.

  You have the strength to make the best choice and to follow through with it. Feel that strength increase each time you choose what is best.

  The path leading up the mountain is steep, yet the view from the top can change your life. Though it is difficult, do what you must to choose what is best.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Jul 13 2018 11:39 AM

  Friday, July 13, 2018

  Happy Friday and Blessed weekend!

  Authentic intensity

  Whatever you are, however you are, own it. Whatever you do, engage in it fully.

  Live every moment with authentic intensity born of gratitude, wonder, kindness, love. Marvel at all that’s available to you, at all you can do with it, and constantly transform that feeling into action.

  What you don’t know, admit, and learn. What you do know, make good use of, and achieve.

  Rise before dawn, eager to make a positive impact. Persist in your effort, long after the initial impulse to give up.

  Recognize the unique position you occupy. Understand the richness of time and opportunity with which you’re endowed, right now.

  Do, think, dream, feel, with everything you are. Life is yours today, and well worth all you can give.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Jul 14 2018 7:25 AM

  Saturday, July 14, 2018

  Do all you can do

  What you do, matters. What you fail to do, matters.

  To tell yourself otherwise is just an excuse. Pretending you’re powerless to change things is mostly a way to avoid responsibility for working on those changes.

  Sooner or later, that game gets old. Eventually, regret hits you like a ton of bricks.

  So now, when you have the opportunity, do all you can do. Now, while this day is yours, make full use of it.

  No, of course you won’t be one hundred percent effective in everything you undertake. Yet you can work, and persist, and learn from your results, and make real progress.

  The obstacles and challenges are real, and so are the opportunities. Today, take those opportunities and give to them the best you have.

   

  — Ralph Marston