Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, May 22 2024 12:15 PM

  Wednesday, May 22, 2024

  Firsthand

  Engage using your mind. Engage using your presence, with all you are.

  Your life is not some flat, detached, concept. It is a dynamic, direct experience.

  Go beyond merely wondering what various places and people and events would be like. Get yourself involved in them, with them, around them, and discover firsthand.

  Trek through the living reality as it stimulates all your senses. Strengthen your skills and broaden your perspective by immersing yourself in things you never could have expected.

  Learn much more than you could ever know from mere speculation. Feel the depth and uniqueness of your existence as you interact with what you can never fully understand.

  You’ll get the most out of whatever you put the most of yourself into. Engage yourself fully with the richness that’s possible in every moment.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2024 9:11 AM

  Thursday, May 23, 2024

  Ideal circumstances

  Those who hold out for the perfect partner often end up with no partner. Those who seek the perfect opportunity may never find the opportunity they seek.

  It’s great to expect the best out of life. But it’s foolish to expect the best to be handed to you upfront with no contribution on your part.

  You’re simply not ever going to walk into a ready-made set of ideal circumstances. Yet you’ll encounter circumstances all the time where you can work to create much value.

  A situation without any challenges is a fantasy. Look instead for situations with meaningful challenges.

  Perfection is not usually a condition you can work from. It is, however, something you can always work toward.

  Go with what you have, with what’s available. And you’ll be able to go to some truly great places.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, May 24 2024 9:05 AM

  Friday, May 24, 2024

  Opportunities for goodness

  Some things you can change for the better, and others you can’t. Your effectiveness, your peace of mind, your levels of satisfaction and fulfillment depend on knowing the difference.

  If you can improve the situation, take action. If nothing you do will make a difference, move on to something else.

  Put your time and energy where they can make a positive contribution. Engage in pursuits that bring new value into the world.

  There’s never a good outcome when you spend your days filled with resentment and bitterness about what you can never change. You have too many opportunities to waste even a moment of your life with such negativity.

  Accept the reality of what has happened, of what is. Decide to identify meaningful portions of that reality where you can make a difference, and go to work.

  Always, there’s something good you can do. Let go of what’s beyond you, and let the available opportunities for goodness pull you forward.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, May 28 2024 11:25 AM

  Tuesday, May 28, 2024

  Allow discipline

  Discipline is not something you have to go out and get. It’s a power you can allow yourself to have.

  You know what discipline is, what discipline means in your particular context. You’ve experienced what a period of consistent, disciplined action can enable you to do.

  To create more of the same kinds of benefits, allow the discipline again. It’s not complicated or out of reach.

  Allow discipline, and you cause value to accumulate as time passes. Allow discipline, and you give specific expression to your sense of purpose.

  Allow discipline, and you discover how much you can achieve. Allow discipline, and you activate skills and strengths you never knew you had.

  The power of self discipline is as near as your next choice. Go ahead with discipline, allowing it to enrich your life and your world.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, May 29 2024 11:36 AM

  Wednesday, May 29, 2024

  Celebrate meaning

  Because darkness exists, light has value. Each challenge adds meaning to the reward.

  The essence of great, enduring art comes from the physical, mental and spiritual effort expended to create it. If the process was easy, instant and free, no one would care about the result.

  There’s no reason to despair when the path becomes steep. Because it’s a clear sign you are nearing the top.

  Do you find yourself wishing that life could be easier? Take that as your prompting to go out and instead make it more meaningful.

  A life free of effort is a life devoid of any sense of fulfillment. What’s far more preferable is a life that creates and celebrates meaning.

  When your purpose is clear and honestly you, there’s no end to the opportunities for such meaning. Feel the beauty of that purpose, and embrace the potential of every person, every circumstance, every moment that comes your way.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2024 11:58 AM

  Thursday, May 30, 2024

  True priorities

  Your priorities play a major role in the way your life unfolds. It’s crucial to be honest with yourself about them.

  Your actual priorities are not defined by what you say they are or what you assume them to be. Your priorities are determined by what you do.

  Look at how you’re spending your time. Look at where you’re putting your efforts.

  Those are your priorities. Those are your genuine commitments.

  How do you change your true priorities to align with what’s most meaningful to you? You change how you invest your time and energy.

  Pay attention to your true priorities, and take control of them with your choices throughout each day. Be sure to give yourself the priorities that propel your life in a positive, fulfilling direction.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Jun 3 2024 8:33 AM

  Monday, June 3, 2024

  Act on faith

  Do you want to be motivated to take action? Then take action.

  It’s a mistake to think that motivation alone initiates action. You initiate the action, and then motivation comes forth to continue it.

  So once you start actually doing what you intend to do, then you’ll be motivated. Thoughts and words from yourself and others can prompt you to act, yet true, sustained motivation arises only after you begin.

  If you’re waiting for sufficient motivation, wait no longer. Get going and create that motivation.

  Every initial step forward is an act of faith. But once you’re in motion, you quickly develop momentum and motivation to sustain that motion.

  Go ahead, feel that faith in your own ability and in the rightness of your intention. Then act on your faith, and all sorts of good and powerful things begin to happen.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Jun 4 2024 8:33 AM

  Tuesday, June 4, 2024

  Go your own way

  The best way to win an argument is not to get into it. Refuse to take the bait.

  Occasionally it’s absolutely necessary to defend yourself and your position. But most of the time, you’re merely doing it in an attempt to satisfy your ego, and that gets you nothing.

  If a driver tailgates behind you or cuts you off in traffic, escalating that minor incident can only make things worse, never better. Call upon your strength and better judgment, let it be their problem, not yours, and move on.

  When someone intentionally insults you, it’s natural to want to return the volley. So keep in mind that the most powerful response is to ignore the insult as if it doesn’t matter, because it doesn’t.

  Go your own way, according to your own values and priorities. Don’t let some feckless bully cajole you into going a way not of your choosing.

  Do the good you seek to do. If someone has a problem with it, smile and continue to do the good you seek to do.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Jun 5 2024 11:24 AM

  Wednesday, June 5, 2024

  Start here

  This is not the ideal situation, yet this is the situation you have. Work with it.

  Now is not the perfect time, but neither is it the worst time. Make good use of it.

  Whatever you seek to do, you have to start somewhere. Start here, start now.

  If you can envision in advance every step you’ll need to take, that’s great. If not, go ahead with the first step and set yourself up to figure out the next one.

  Rather than producing another excuse, produce an initial result. Experience how right that feels, and let it pull you forward.

  With whatever you have and whatever you face, you can make a difference if you’ll just put in the effort. Start here, start now, and keep going.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Jun 6 2024 12:31 PM

  Thursday, June 6, 2024

  Fulfill the promise

  Shake off the burden of superficiality. Escape the enticement of meaningless, contrived drama.

  Purge from your awareness all the mass produced, mediocre content. Make plenty of room in your life for real wonder, purpose, challenge, adventure.

  Add new layers of depth and discovery to your experience of being alive. Revel in the truth that every day offers opportunities to amaze you.

  Consider what a rare and precious thing your existence is. Act with creativity and enthusiasm on the profound gratitude you feel.

  You are passing through a unique and valuable moment. Fulfill the promise, well informed by every goodness you’ve ever known.

  Treasure the true substance that is all around you. And raise the value of life for all by fully living the life you have.

   

  — Ralph Marston