Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Feb 28 2023 8:14 AM

  Tuesday, February 28, 2023

  Firmness with flexibility

  Anything that is too rigid can be quickly fractured by sufficient force. By contrast, anything that is flexible can experience blow after blow from every direction and still keep springing back into place.

  When you’re willing and able to bend, you’re much less likely to break. By adapting to changing situations, you can successfully make your way through even the most difficult challenges.

  Being flexible does not mean giving in or giving up or being any less firm or being any less committed to the outcome you seek. Being flexible means being more understanding, more creative, more open to new and better ways of achieving the results you wish to achieve.

  A tree that bends with the wind does not get carried off by the wind, but in fact stands firmly in its location. Flexibility enables you to remain strong, to remain true to your position, and to successfully handle whatever challenges come along.

  If you’re overly rigid, you may appear strong on the surface, yet any kind of strength that is not willing or able to adapt is extremely vulnerable. Seek to develop real and lasting strength, the kind that is flexible enough to respond to a wide variety of challenges.

  Be steadfast about your most treasured values, and flexible about how you express and fulfill them. With a firm will and a flexible approach, truly great things are possible.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Mar 1 2023 11:27 AM

  Wednesday, March 1, 2023

  Special something

  It doesn’t take much to make life good. But it does take something.

  It’s nothing really to set the sails at just the right trim. Yet that’s what enables you to ride on the wind wherever you wish to go.

  The world offers you what you’re willing to give it. Now, today, with all you know and feel, what exactly will that be?

  Wishes and concepts and dreams are empty until they have some action. Just a little is enough to get fulfillment started.

  At most things you’re not an expert, and still you can do something. Time and resources are always limited, and with them there is nonetheless always something good you can do.

  Choose a special something to do that’s right here within your reach. Show yourself again what a difference you can make.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Mar 2 2023 8:51 AM

  Thursday, March 2, 2023

  Revival and renovation

  Weeds, rot, dust and rust point out places you have neglected. With a little work you can bring those places back up to their full beauty and potential.

  Where there is decay and decline you have a precisely defined opportunity. Echoes of what has been show the value of what can be, and instruct you in exactly how to make it come to life.

  There are parts of your life, places in your world that could benefit greatly from a revival or a renovation. They represent large investments already made that will end up being either worthless or highly valuable, depending entirely on what you do.

  Maybe it’s best to let some parts of your garden return fully to their natural state. Perhaps it’s appropriate to let certain relationships fade into nothing but distant memories.

  Yet you do have much in your life that’s well worth saving, not only for you but also for others. What a shame it would be not to make the effort that will revive and refresh what has too long been neglected.

  Look where disarray has crept in and see if you can envision new value there. Perhaps now is a good time for a little revival and renovation.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Mar 3 2023 8:59 AM

  Friday, March 3, 2023

  Put imagination into action

  If you knew how close you are to making progress, you’d keep up the effort. But you don’t know, and that can be discouraging.

  You can, however, do another powerful thing. You can imagine.

  Imagine that a breakthrough is just a few minutes away. Imagine you’ve reached the goal and are filled with gratitude for your own persistence.

  Imagine, then put that imagination into action. Imagine, and what you imagine will energize and drive you to make it real.

  Transform the negative energy of doubt into the positive energy of action and achievement. Imagine in detail your desired outcome and let yourself be inspired by it.

  There’s power in your thoughts. Make use of that power to bring about the breakthroughs and the results you seek.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• jtgolfer53 7 Posts

  Fri, Mar 3 2023 6:28 PM

  And good advice!

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Sat, Mar 4 2023 8:34 AM

  Saturday, March 4, 2023

  Enrich your life

  Pick a challenge and embrace it. Choose a challenge and do the work to conquer it.

  Challenges are not always fun, usually not particularly pleasant. But challenges are essential to defining an environment where achievement is possible.

  A game with no rules is not a game worth playing. It is just chaos in which satisfaction and fulfillment are impossible to attain.

  Do you want to be coddled or do you want to be competent? Keep in mind that competence is a whole lot more sustainable.

  Would you like to push a button and solve all your problems or would you rather discover what is meaningful to you? In working through challenge you work your way toward clarity of purpose.

  How can challenge enrich your life? You owe it to yourself to continue finding out.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Mar 6 2023 8:49 AM

  Monday, March 6, 2023

  Darkness to see

  Sometimes you need darkness in order to see. Sometimes you need silence to be able to hear.

  Listen, and you find meaning not only in the sound but in the silence that envelopes the sound. Watch as daylight fades, and your vision grows more perceptive.

  When you’re gulping noise, color, data, sensation, how can you possibly find value and meaning in it all? Consider taking a step back from the torrent.

  Find for yourself a quiet, peaceful sanctuary, away from the glare and the constant motion. Feel your own breath and the miraculous, mysterious life it nurtures.

  In that space, let go of the need to perceive everything all at once. Treasure and explore the opportunity to understand and connect with what matters most.

  In the gentle darkness you can see the faintest of lights. Often those are the ones that can make the biggest difference.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Mar 7 2023 9:17 AM

  Tuesday, March 7, 2023

  Work with what you have

  What at first seems to be a burden may eventually become a blessing. Welcome life as it comes, the way and the flavor in which it arrives.

  Then give your honest best, mindful of what matters. You have time and space and energy to work with, so do just that, work with what you have.

  In the roughest of places you can find beauty. In the most challenging times you can create fulfillment.

  Assess the situation, but don’t wade too deeply into judging the conditions. Keep your focus on the good work you can do, and keep doing it.

  If you expect everything to magically fall into place you’ll be disappointed. Yet when you activate the true magic of your own being, your love, caring, and sharing, you’ll be amazed.

  The day begins, you are in it, and it’s more than enough to get you started. There’s much to be achieved, experienced, and lived when you go ahead and work with what you have.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Mar 8 2023 12:28 PM

  Wednesday, March 8, 2023

  Steady effort

  Don’t give up when you’re behind. Don’t slack off when you’re ahead.

  Put forth steady effort. That’s what creates progress.

  You could rationalize your way out of continuing the effort, just this once, just temporarily. But a temporary halt is likely to become a permanent halt, causing you to lose all the ground you’ve gained.

  Modest skill with steady effort is able to outperform high skill with occasional effort. Be consistent and you’ll set yourself up to be effective.

  Make it your priority to make the effort. That’s especially important when you don’t want to.

  It’s not particularly glamorous but it is extremely powerful. Steady effort gets good stuff done.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Mar 9 2023 8:47 AM

  Thursday, March 9, 2023

  A choice to make

  You have a choice to make. You can choose to live your best life today, right now, or you can choose something less.

  You can choose courage, truth, fortitude. Or you can choose to give in to weakness.

  You can choose to lift up those around you. You can choose to be diligent, kind, filled with joy and energy.

  You can choose action. You can choose to live with positive purpose, focus, intention.

  Or you can choose to waste the richness that’s yours to make use of. You can choose to decline the good opportunities that appear in every moment.

  What you choose makes all the difference in the quality of life you live. You always have a choice to make, and every day, every time, you can choose the best.

   

  — Ralph Marston