Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Dec 20 2021 11:10 AM

  Monday, December 20, 2021

  Talk yourself back into it

  Is there something you want to experience or need to accomplish that you’ve talked yourself out of doing? Maybe you can talk yourself back into it.

  Is it really so bad as you imagined it? Or have your thoughts just made it seem that way?

  Think what could happen if you took an initial step. Imagine the result if that gave you the courage and enthusiasm to take another step, and another.

  Soon you could be well on your way. Soon you could have it done.

  Don’t leave yourself wondering what might have been and regretting what could have been. Get out there, even though the cold wind is blowing, experience the full beauty of the world and of your life in it.

  Talk yourself back into those valuable opportunities you’ve been avoiding. Discover again and again how much good you can do.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Dec 21 2021 7:48 AM

  Tuesday, December 21, 2021

  Structures of reality

  Your life is not some nebulous, abstract concept. It is the actual, physical embodiment of truth, of reality.

  You have great latitude and ability to form your life in the ways you choose. Yet in order to do so, you must conform to the immutable boundaries of the reality in which you exist.

  You dream, you imagine, you conceptualize, you test limits and explore alien territory. And although the possibilities are limitless, they are nonetheless governed, supported, and indeed made possible by an unchanging objective truth.

  You can soar high into the sky and even beyond it through the vastness of the universe. Yet it is the solid, unyielding ground beneath your feet that enables the sky, and your experience of it, and you, to exist.

  It is easy to despise and to curse the stark, uncompromising structures of reality through which you must constantly navigate. But without those structures nothing would have value, nothing would have meaning, nothing would be possible.

  Far better to accept and even to celebrate what is true, what is real, even with all its inherent challenges and boundaries. For within those boundaries, in meeting those challenges, you can reach levels of joy and fulfillment that have no limit.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Dec 22 2021 10:50 AM

  Wednesday, December 22, 2021

  Continue living well

  You are confident in who you are, in the good you’re doing. With that confidence, step by step, you’re able to make real progress.

  You don’t need the praise of others and you’re not discouraged by being ignored or maligned. With confidence, with purpose, you keep on going.

  That going is not always easy, yet neither is it impossible. With one sincere effort and then the next, you make your way forward.

  You enjoy the successes and grow in strength, in wisdom, in fortitude from the mistakes and defeats. You’ve learned long ago to be thankful for every experience.

  For you, living well is not a matter of how you appear to others. It is being faithful to the truth that you know is within you.

  Every day, in every circumstance, with every person you encounter, you discover new opportunities to strengthen that faith, to live that truth. This is your time, here is your place to continue living well.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• AlaskanDame 19,545 Posts

  Wed, Dec 22 2021 11:07 AM

  Happy belated Solstice, Ladychipper!  Thank you for all of the pearls of wisdom all year long.

  May your days be merry and bright!

  AKD

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Dec 22 2021 4:16 PM

  Thank you AKD! 

  I say "Merry Christmas" and that hasn't happened quite yet.  So whatever it is you celebrate I hope it is Merry, Blessed and Bright.  :-)

  Marion

• AlaskanDame 19,545 Posts

  Wed, Dec 22 2021 10:49 PM

  Thanks, Marion!

  The return of more daylight minutes is a pretty big deal up here in the northland, but I celebrate all the other stuff, too.  

  Cheers! 

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Dec 23 2021 8:41 AM

  Thursday, December 23, 2021

  Follow what is good

  No matter how many times a falsehood is repeated, it is still false. No matter how often the truth is denied, it is still true.

  Just because something is trendy and popular does not make it good, or right, or beneficial. Make your choices based on what you’ve experienced to be true, not on what the crowd is chanting.

  Being praised for doing something foolish does not make it any less foolish. Being scolded for doing the right thing does not make it wrong.

  You are strong enough to see and follow what is good, and to avoid what is not. Use that strength to benefit not only yourself, but even those who oppose you.

  There is much good you can do in your life, great value you can add to the world. Don’t let the frivolous, empty fashions of the moment discourage you or impede your work.

  Summon your courage and live your life according to the highest vision you hold. Those values that have withstood the test of time will empower you to do the same.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Dec 24 2021 2:02 PM

  Friday, December 24, 2021

  Draw closer

  Draw closer to those people you care so much about. Draw closer to the sacred moment that is now.

  Draw closer to the love that powers your life. Draw closer to the goodness, the joy, and to the possibilities for expanding them.

  Draw closer to the stillness where you can feel and think and be. Draw closer to the energy and enthusiasm of acting to make a difference.

  Draw closer to be beauty that lives in every detail of your world. Draw closer to your own potential for love, generosity, gratitude and fulfillment.

  Draw closer to the wisdom that grows from every experience. Draw closer to the truth toward which that wisdom always points.

  Draw closer to all the good you’ve known and all the goodness you can now enable. Draw closer to your life, to all life, and to the best it can be.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Dec 25 2021 10:30 AM

  Saturday, December 25, 2021

  MERRY CHRISTMAS!

  Surrender to joy

  Surrender to love, surrender to joy. Allow new miracles to spring from the miracle that is your life.

  Allow peace to be the home where your heart lives. Choose love to be your guide.

  Free that love from the constraints of your ego. Magnify joy by sharing it abundantly.

  Let sincerity be your plan. Let generosity be your perspective.

  Lose yourself in the simple, unique beauty of each moment. Make that beauty a part of who you are and what you do.

  See the potential for joy that exists all around you. And enable that joy to come fully to life.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Dec 27 2021 8:46 AM

  Monday, December 27, 2021

  Let determination kick in

  Don’t let yourself talk yourself out of your own most effective actions. Go ahead and do your best at what you know you can do.

  You’re able to construct compelling excuses, but what real value do those excuses have? Choose instead the real and lasting value of action.

  Remind yourself every moment is an opportunity that will never come again. Do what you must do to make use of that opportunity rather than letting it go to waste.

  Tomorrow you can be thankful for the choices you make today. And you know from experience that thankful is a whole lot better than regretful.

  Plenty of factors are working against you. Yet you can more than overcome them with your own sense of purpose and determination.

  Let that determination kick in now. Taste the inspiration, feel the enthusiasm, get going and get your good work done.

   

  — Ralph Marston