Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Apr 11 2024 8:16 AM

  Thursday, April 11, 2024

  Rise to the occasion

  Rise to the occasion of your challenges. Rise to the occasion of your opportunities.

  Face the reality of the situation you’re in, with grace, with purpose, with courage. Create value, fulfillment, and worthwhile experience as the moments pass.

  Take an active role and make a positive difference in the unfolding of life. There’s good you can do today, right here, right now.

  Make the effort, go to the trouble, learn from what works well and what doesn’t. Speak the truth, endeavor to better understand, and offer kindness whenever you can.

  Choose today what you’ll continue tomorrow to be thankful for choosing. Do what adds enduring richness, not merely what creates momentary satisfaction.

  Respect and value the miracle that is your life, that is all of life. Rise to the occasion, and give to it your best.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Squatch031 197 Posts

  Thu, Apr 11 2024 9:39 AM

  My daily motivation....find a golf game that works on a regular basis.

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Apr 12 2024 8:55 AM

  Friday, April 12, 2024

  Real and present

  Now is when you live your life. Now is when you get work done.

  Here is where you address the problems. This is the place from which you follow your dreams and achieve your objectives.

  These are the circumstances you must contend with. This is the situation in which you operate.

  You might have imagined and wished for a more ideal environment. Yet here is where you are, now is the time you have.

  Instead of waiting for someday, make full use of this day. Rather than wishing for a perfect scenario, figure out what to do with the real and present one you have.

  You’re entirely capable of moving forward from wherever you happen to be. You happen to be just where you are, so pick yourself up, focus on your purpose, and get going.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Apr 15 2024 8:55 AM

  Monday, April 15, 2024

  Calm and productive focus

  You can focus on any activity. In so doing, you transform it into a supremely fulfilling experience.

  Various forces in the world have an interest in defining for you what is enjoyable, what is worthwhile, and what is not. But you never have to buy into the assumptions they promote.

  At a deep level, what’s enjoyable and fulfilling for you is being you. That means engaging your interests, utilizing your abilities, and interacting with the reality in which you’re immersed.

  Arrange some time and space where you are beyond the reach of most distractions. Then, whether you’re doing what you want to do or need to do, give yourself completely to the effort at hand, whatever it might be.

  Experience yourself as you make a difference, and as you continue to do so for a sustained period of time. Enjoy the feeling of taking one purposeful action after another, with no rush, no interruption, no further agenda.

  Nourish yourself often with a period of calm and productive focus. Discover again and again how good and right it is to be you.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Apr 16 2024 12:10 PM

  Tuesday, April 16, 2024

  From behind to ahead

  Are you tired of falling behind? Then take steps to begin falling ahead.

  Falling behind happens when you neglect to take care of something that needs to be done. Then another priority comes along and suddenly you’re playing catch up.

  All too soon, the problem compounds and you find yourself so far behind it’s difficult to get anything accomplished. Yet you can work yourself out, and work yourself ahead, the same way you fell behind, one task at a time.

  Falling ahead happens when you can anticipate what will need to be done, and then you go ahead and take care of it early. That positions you to anticipate the next necessary task, and you can address it early as well.

  Before long, you’re so far ahead you no longer are overwhelmed by what needs to be done. You can focus your energy on the valuable, productive and fulfilling activities you choose to do.

  Those who get ahead and those who fall behind use just about the same amount of effort, but the difference is timing. Make each effort a little bit earlier than necessary, and that quickly adds up to an enormous positive advantage.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Apr 17 2024 11:59 AM

  Wednesday, April 17, 2024

  Truth of who you are

  Muscles morph into marshmallows when you neglect to use them. With strength and power you gain new comforts, but then those comforts set about to make you weak.

  Think right now of what would challenge you in a meaningful way. Then immediately take a step to set the challenge in irrevocable motion.

  You are far too valuable and unique to sit idle for long. The comfort of the present intoxicates you, but at a much deeper level your desire for adventure calls.

  Do something for a reason that’s more than just being able to say you’ve done it. Align your abilities, tools, preparations and passions with a specific purpose, and go.

  Not too long ago, such an approach was essential for physical survival. Now, it’s more necessary than ever to connect you with the truth of who you are.

  Who you are is beautiful and amazing. Live to make that truth abundantly clear.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Apr 18 2024 7:38 AM

  Thursday, April 18, 2024

  Make the best of it all

  Don’t waste your time regretting the opportunities you’ve missed in the past. Instead, make up for them beginning now, today.

  Transform every last regret into fresh, new enthusiasm for moving forward. Channel that enthusiasm in a meaningful and precisely defined direction.

  Make time work in your favor by making good use of it as it comes. Fill that time with effective effort.

  Spend your energy on positive living. Good things happen in your life and your world when you work to make them so.

  You have the opportunity right now to do that work. Instead of creating more regret, you can create more value and richness.

  Despite the many troubles and shortfalls you inevitably face, there’s a whole lot you have going for you. Make it your business to make the best of it all.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Apr 19 2024 8:09 AM

  Friday, April 19, 2024

  Fill your day with gratitude

  Make today a productive and enriching day by starting it with gratitude. Expand the quality and quantity of your possibilities by being appreciative of where you are and what you have.

  Let your first thought be a thankful thought. And connect yourself with the abundance that’s all around you.

  You can always identify plenty of reasons to be thankful. And that simple act of thankfulness gives power and persistence to your efforts.

  Focus your thoughts on the positive aspects of your life, and you cause their influence to grow. Be grateful, and your gratitude leads to even more for which you can be grateful.

  Expand upon the richness in your world by expressing appreciation for what you have. The blessings you benefit from are blessings precisely because you see them as such.

  Remind yourself of the great reservoir of real value that’s already available to you. Live with gratitude, tap into that value, and you’ll create even more reasons to be thankful.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Apr 22 2024 9:11 AM

  Monday, April 22, 2024

  Higher perspective

  Don’t waste your effort trying to push the problems down to a lower level. Instead, raise yourself to a higher level.

  From the top of the mountain you have a better perspective. So climb the mountain.

  Do the work to get yourself above the problem, physically, mentally, spiritually. See the bigger picture, and within that picture will be more possibilities, resources, and connections.

  Expand your horizon and suddenly you have a greater area in which to operate. Factors that previously limited you could very well empower you when viewed from a higher perspective.

  Consider steps you can take to reach that higher perspective. They likely won’t be easy, yet they will be worth the effort.

  Rather than being overwhelmed by any situation, look for how you can rise above it. Work to gain the high ground, and give yourself plenty of good options.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Apr 23 2024 8:50 AM

  Tuesday, April 23, 2024

  Maybe

  Maybe it’s enough to simply enjoy the sunshine of a warm spring afternoon. Maybe you’d be just fine sitting quietly for a while.

  Maybe there’s more to life than merely rushing to whatever’s next. Maybe you don’t really need to know everything that happens the moment it occurs.

  Maybe many other opinions are equally as valid as yours. Maybe what you fear is not as bad as you imagine.

  Maybe there’s more to the story than what you’ve always thought. Maybe a lot of people, things, assumptions, are worth a second look.

  Maybe today could be the best day yet if you’d fully accept and allow it. Maybe it’s not too early, not too late, not too much, not too little, but just about right.

  Maybe life can be good just because you’re living it. Maybe this is the moment to find out.

   

  — Ralph Marston