Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Nov 3 2022 9:01 AM

  Thursday, November 3, 2022

  Value across time

  Honor the past, accept and appreciate the present, build the future. Connect yourself to the value that has been, the value that is, the value that can be.

  You can harvest and create value across time. You can give new value to old moments.

  You can extend old value into the present. You can work today to instill value in tomorrow.

  The hours, days, and years relentlessly slip away. Yet you have the power to transform the fleeting minutes into timeless value.

  Although the distant future is a long way off, you’re able to give to it, and benefit from doing so, right now. The past is not coming back, and still it offers you an endless source of treasure to be discovered and utilized.

  You exist at a finite point in time, yet you can live the goodness, wisdom, joy, and value of any time that ever was or will be. See the possibilities for value across time, and make them real.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Nov 7 2022 9:25 AM

  Monday, November 7, 2022

  The world as it is

  Just because reality is disturbing or unpleasant is no reason to ignore it. In fact there’s a good reason to pay more attention to it, so you can create needed improvements.

  Just because your reality is great doesn’t mean you have the luxury of ignoring it. Indeed, that’s a reason for working even more to keep the good things going.

  The world is never any particular way just because you want it to be. Instead of pretending or wishing for the situation to be different, go to work on the situation that exists.

  Yes, by all means imagine how the world can be more to your liking. Then put forth the effort to bring about what you imagine.

  Allow yourself to be upset by negative reality, permit yourself to be comforted by positive reality. But don’t let yourself become ignorant or complacent about the reality of the world you live in.

  Recognize and live appropriately with the good, the bad, and the in between. With the world as it is, make life the best you can envision.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Nov 8 2022 9:13 AM

  Tuesday, November 8, 2022

  Steps to achievement

  What would you attempt if you could be sure there would be no problems? What worthwhile efforts do you avoid because you’re afraid of the problems that might arise?

  It’s reasonable and prudent to anticipate that there will be problems. But just because problems are inevitable is no reason to avoid taking action or living your best life.

  When you avoid the possibility of problems you also avoid opportunities to get things done. A more fruitful strategy is to accept the possibility of problems and then commit yourself to quickly dealing with whatever occurs.

  See the potential problems not as burdens but as steps along the path to achievement. They provide you with meaningful work to do, with value to create in reaching your goal.

  Yes, there will be problems, but those problems don’t have to scare you or drain you or stop you. It is by working through the problems that you achieve useful and desirable results.

  See each problem as one more situation that’s well within your ability to handle. And no problem will ever be a problem for long.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Nov 9 2022 11:45 AM

  Wednesday, November 9, 2022

  Being reasonable

  Being reasonable is not glamorous. Being reasonable will not earn you instant fame or riches.

  Yet being reasonable is a good way to live. Being reasonable prevents lots of unnecessary friction in your life and your relationships.

  The reasonable approach to a situation is not going to perfectly satisfy everybody. However, it is an approach that just about everyone can agree upon.

  Sometimes being reasonable requires you to admit you were mistaken, but that’s not such a bad thing. Sometimes the most reasonable solution is not the easiest or most convenient, yet it’s certainly something you can do, and live with.

  There are plenty of facets to consider in addition to reason. Yet when consensus and cooperation are important, being reasonable is an excellent basis upon which to proceed.

  Keep yourself always open to the reasonable path. You can create and maintain much value and goodwill by being reasonable.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Nov 11 2022 8:17 AM

  Friday, November 11, 2022

  Not what you expected

  Just because you have realistic expectations does not guarantee reality will match those expectations. Live the experience as it is, even when it’s not what you thought it would be.

  You might be pleasantly surprised, or you could face unexpected challenges. It’s possible you’ll encounter opportunities you didn’t consider or complications you couldn’t anticipate.

  Adapting to the unexpected requires flexibility, effort, and creativity. When your expectations are off the mark, let go of them quickly so you can focus attention where it will do the most good.

  Make informed, experienced guesses about what is likely to happen, and prepare accordingly. Then be ready to adjust your actions based on what actually does happen.

  Sometimes life will not be as good as you expected, and other times it will be much better. In every case, embrace what is and make use of your considerable ability to identify and to live the goodness that’s in it.

  Be informed and inspired by your expectations while not being limited by them. Whatever you expect and whatever happens, let life’s treasures continue to come.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Nov 12 2022 8:57 AM

  Saturday, November 12, 2022

  Benefit of joy

  Joy is a choice. Choose it often.

  Joy is not a rejection of reality. Joy is at once an acceptance of reality and an improvement upon it.

  Joy does not demand a cause. Joy of its own making and for its own sake is just as beneficial as any other joy.

  Joy enables you to feel your purpose. That’s a useful and powerful thing to do.

  Joy adds to life without asking anything in return. Accept the offer and pass it on.

  Every day, every undertaking, every situation goes better when there’s real joy in it. Give life the benefit of all the joy with which you can choose to live.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Nov 14 2022 9:27 AM

  Monday, November 14, 2022

  Everything you have

  Don’t boast about it. Just do it.

  Don’t agonize over it or complain about it. Just deal with it.

  Stop wondering whether or not it will work. Put it into action and find out.

  Rather than milling about on the edges of life, jump into the middle. This is your day, this is your chance, this is when you grow in depth, substance, wisdom, and purpose.

  What you’ll most regret is what you neglect or decline to do. Keep those regrets to a minimum.

  Your potential deserves and demands more than just a tentative response. Go ahead and live it with everything you have.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Nov 15 2022 8:45 AM

  Tuesday, November 15, 2022

  Finish the work

  Getting started excites, inspires, motivates, and pushes you forward. Doing all the work required to actually finish is not nearly so compelling, but just as necessary.

  You’ve come a long way and made some progress. Now go the rest of the way and make all that progress count for something.

  Finish the work, and make good on the promise that had you so excited to get started. Finish the work, so your earlier efforts don’t go to waste.

  It’s easy to continually become enticed by new possibilities. Yet if you cannot persist, if you don’t finish the work you’ve already begun, none of the possibilities will have any value.

  Make the possibilities mean something by bringing them all the way into reality. Enable yourself to have the confidence that you’ll finish what you start.

  You’ve done some good work, created enthusiasm, harnessed and focused your energy. Now keep it up, extend your efforts, carry that energy all the way through, finish the work and reach the goal.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Nov 16 2022 11:09 AM

  Wednesday, November 16, 2022

  Offer value

  To experience value you must create, offer and uphold value. There is no other way.

  By its very nature value must be internalized for it to have meaningful impact on your life. To reap the benefits of anything you must have some degree of personal investment and appreciation for it.

  Fifteen thousand social media friends assembled by an algorithm mean nothing. A single friendship forged by years of shared experience means everything.

  Value is what you put your life, your time, your thought, your heart into. It does not come instantly or frivolously.

  A life of quality and value revolves around the desire to offer value, to live each moment with a commitment to quality. The countless ways of doing so add immensely to the richness of life.

  Value exists when you participate in it. By doing the work to offer value beyond yourself you are building value and substance within your own life and throughout the world.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2022 8:32 AM

  Thursday, November 17, 2022

  Live with abundance

  This is a time for you to live with abundance. Yours is a life to be filled with abundance.

  Pick a possibility and follow it, persist with it, fulfill it. Then select another, and another, bringing a continual flow of richness to life.

  Living with abundance doesn’t mean being wasteful, selfish, careless, or frivolous. A life of abundance is a life of positive purpose, joy, energy, achievement, and generosity.

  Abundance is the nature of the universe. Choose to resonate with that reality and make abundance the nature of your existence.

  A new day dawns, a fresh moment comes, ready to fill with your own flavor of abundance. As you dance with what’s possible those possibilities continue to grow.

  Live with abundance, for it is what you do best. Live with abundance and make it ever more present throughout all of life.

   

  — Ralph Marston