Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Aug 10 2018 9:25 AM

  Friday, August 10, 2018

  Avoid regret

  The best way to deal with regret is to avoid creating it in the first place. If you know you’ll regret it, don’t do it.

  In fact, a great way to make choices is to ask yourself whether or not you will regret it later. Words that have been spoken cannot be unspoken, and actions that have been taken cannot be taken back.

  Yet you can always contemplate those words and actions before you commit to them. You can envision the long-term effects they will have.

  Regret, once created, never completely goes away. Choose, as often as possible, not to create it to begin with.

  Rather than being burdened with regret, you can be filled with satisfaction for the life you’re living. Rather than facing difficult consequences for the choices you’ve made, you can be enjoying magnificent rewards.

  Make regret your friend by making it preventative rather than punitive. Think long into the future before you act, and live a life with no regrets.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Aug 11 2018 8:23 AM

  Saturday, August 11, 2018

  Yes, I agree with this, but sometimes this is a hard thing to do.  Not forgiving only hurts you personally.

  Forgive and get beyond it

  You can’t change unfortunate things that have already happened. What you can do is forgive, and move on.

  Forgive yourself, forgive others, forgive whoever and whatever caused it to happen. Forgive, and get beyond it.

  The longer you carry a grudge, the heavier it gets. Forgiveness lightens your load, frees your energy for more positive pursuits.

  Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. It brings you peace, resolution, and freedom.

  Forgiveness puts you in control of how you feel. Forgive, and experience the positive power.

  The pains of your past have already continued long enough. Forgive, be finally done with those pains, and allow new joys to take their place.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Aug 13 2018 9:29 AM

  Monday, August 13, 2018

  Good can come from it

  What if the problem is not really a problem? What if that’s just the way you’ve chosen to see it?

  What if the difficulty might eventually turn out to be helpful? What if the disappointment could soon lead to a valuable gain?

  Step back from your assumptions. Imagine differently, optimistically, with confidence and a positive perspective.

  See your situation as it is. Then envision a whole set of favorable possibilities flowing out of it.

  You have an opportunity here. The future has not happened, and what you do right now will have an impact on how your future plays out.

  Acknowledge reality while also seeing the good things that can come from it. Now, get to work making those good things happen.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Aug 14 2018 8:46 AM

  Tuesday, August 14, 2018

  Going to the trouble

  Living a productive, successful day can be a lot of trouble. Go to the trouble.

  Getting yourself in a good place physically, financially, spiritually, requires a good bit of trouble. It’s well worth the trouble.

  Value does not appear in your life simply because you think of it and desire it. You have to work it into existence.

  Do you ever feel like you don’t want to go to the trouble to do something? That’s a good sign that you’ll benefit greatly from going ahead with the effort anyway.

  What seems like trouble before you do it can quickly turn into enthusiastic action once you get started. After you get the work done, you’ll wonder why you ever hesitated in the first place.

  Make it your business to go to the trouble. And make a great life for yourself and others.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Aug 15 2018 10:45 AM

  Wednesday, August 15, 2018

  Higher version of reality

  Allow all to be right with life, right now. It’s not really so hard to do.

  You cannot change anything about what has already happened, so choose to let it be. This moment is not perfect, yet it’s the one you have, so recognize the goodness in it.

  Allowing all to be right with life is not a matter of being naive or denying reality. Indeed, it is the acknowledgement of a higher version of reality.

  In every difficulty is the opportunity to give love, to offer hope, to engage in positive effort. In every challenge are real possibilities for progress and new value.

  Allow all to be right with life, and connect yourself with those possibilities. See today from a higher perspective, and expand upon the goodness that’s already present.

  Fix your awareness on a higher version of reality, in which all is right with life. Let yourself be energized to make a positive difference in everything you do.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Aug 16 2018 9:13 AM

  Thursday, August 16, 2018

  Maybe

  Maybe you don’t have to answer the phone every time it rings. Maybe you don’t need to squeeze every last penny of profit out of your efforts.

  Maybe a day in the sunshine would clarify your thoughts. Maybe a swim in the ocean would energize your passion.

  Maybe those conditions you’ve been putting on happiness, you’d be better off without. Maybe joy can be lived right here and now, without waiting for where you think you need to be.

  Maybe doing the difficult, challenging work will actually turn out to be fun. Maybe commitment, responsibility, discipline, and effort will raise your life to a new level of enjoyment.

  Maybe some of the opinions you so staunchly defend could benefit from some challenges and revisions. Maybe you’d actually be okay if you could let go of the need to prove you’re right.

  Maybe life can be a whole lot better than you’ve ever thought it could be. Maybe today is a great day to find out.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Aug 17 2018 8:22 AM

  Friday, August 17, 2018

  Beyond the horizon

  Today would be a good day to consider possibilities you’ve never considered before. Now would be a great time to explore some new options.

  It’s all too easy to get comfortable where you are, doing what you’ve always done. The problem is, if you keep ignoring other options, those options will start to disappear.

  You’re smart to stick with what works. But don’t stick to it so relentlessly that you get stuck.

  Make a point to widen your awareness. Go out and see what’s beyond the horizon that’s become so comfortably familiar.

  Somewhere out there are things you’ve never experienced, that you would surely love. Beyond your current awareness are people, places, ideas, groups, and activities that may very well change your life.

  You already know a great deal, yet you certainly don’t know it all. Take a little time to discover a little more, and add new richness to the exquisite experience that is your life.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Aug 18 2018 8:47 AM

  Saturday, August 18, 2018

  Smile at the disruptions

  Something will interrupt your concentration today. Decide right now that you’ll take it in stride.

  Some situation won’t turn out the way you planned. Whatever it may be, make the commitment to take it in stride.

  You have every right to be upset, flustered, frustrated when life doesn’t go the way you want. Yet you never have to exercise that right.

  You can choose instead to take it in stride. Rather than wasting your time and energy, you can quickly adjust to the new development and keep going.

  Feeling upset and sorry for yourself never gained you anything in the past, and it won’t help you now. What will help is your determination to smile at the disruptions while you stick firmly with your original purpose.

  Smile at the disruptions, take them in stride. And you’ll quickly put them behind you.

   

  — Ralph Marston