Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, Apr 24 2024 11:13 AM

  Wednesday, April 24, 2024

  Jump start

  A thousand things demand your time and attention. It seems you can never get it all done.

  So start with just one. Get that completed, and immediately your situation looks a lot better.

  When you’ve actually made some progress, more progress not only looks possible, but likely. Get a little momentum going, and it has a good chance of continuing.

  Take the first step, even though it feels hopeless, even though you don’t like it. That can launch a whole new attitude.

  You’ll soon realize you weren’t as overwhelmed as you imagined yourself to be. It’s great to be working your way forward.

  Despite the challenges, despite your reluctance, jump start yourself into action. In just a short time you’ll be running reliably on the momentum of your efforts.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, Apr 25 2024 11:22 AM

  Thursday, April 25, 2024

  Do better

  You’ve fallen short, so now what? Now, do better.

  You’ve done good, and what comes next? Now, do better.

  Whether you’ve exceeded expectations or failed to meet them, the next opportunity is the same. Make use of your experience and improve on your efforts.

  You know to avoid whatever went wrong. You’re able to expand on all that’s gone right.

  That puts you in a great place. You’re well positioned and well equipped to do better.

  No matter what has been, your best can be yet to come. This is your chance to do better.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, Apr 26 2024 11:27 AM

  Friday, April 26, 2024

  Desirable alternative

  Sometimes you have no choice other than to fight, but fighting is not a good long-term strategy. Because whatever you fight against almost always grows stronger.

  What is a good long-term strategy? Building a more desirable alternative.

  Working in favor of a specific outcome is always more effective than fighting against its opposition. And whenever there’s something to fight against, there’s always a cause to work in favor of.

  Many factors pose a threat to all that makes life good. You can never hope to eliminate all those threats.

  What you can do is work to make the good things in life more robust, more enduring, more sustainable and preferable. You cannot prevent all falsehoods, yet there’s no need to do so when the truth is compelling, accessible and self-evident enough.

  Invest yourself in what’s good, not in tearing down what’s bad. With sufficient goodness, negativity can crumble into dust.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, Apr 29 2024 8:53 AM

  Monday, April 29, 2024

  Make it happen

  You can actually get this done. Start where you are, and keep going.

  Don’t be too concerned with whether it’s easy or hard, complicated or simple. Just determine what the next step is, and take it.

  Challenges are sure to arise, and you can find a way to get through each one. Distractions will tempt you to wander from the path, yet you have the power to resist them.

  Keep reminding yourself how good and right it feels when you know you’re making a difference. Offer yourself the reality of that feeling, again and again.

  As each hour passes by, make it count for something. Let the completion of each task inspire you to start right in on the next one.

  All of this is well within your ability. So go ahead, keep pushing forward, and make it happen.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, Apr 30 2024 8:45 AM

  Tuesday, April 30, 2024

  Quality of attention

  Notice what enters your awareness from moment to moment. Does it merely promote and support some worn-out agenda, or is it a genuine experience of life?

  The quality of what you pay attention to has much to do with the quality of your life and the lives around you. Beauty exists where you choose to see it, and expands when you invest effort to create more of it.

  You continually select much of the energy that flows into you, and decide on pretty much all the energy flowing out from you. The more love and generosity you can put into those choices, the better for all involved.

  You will never be perfect and you never have to be. For every day you have the extraordinary opportunity to be real.

  Remain fully present, eager to know the truth of what is. Generously pass along what you gain from that truth through your actions.

  You cannot un-live a single moment. So give each one your honest best as soon as it arrives.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Wed, May 1 2024 11:45 AM

  Wednesday, May 1, 2024

  Own your mistakes

  You’re going to make mistakes. When you do, acknowledge them, learn from them, and move on.

  It all sounds so simple and obvious, as indeed it is. But that doesn’t mean it is trivial.

  Each mistake can be either a powerful opportunity if you are honest about it. Or it can become a crushing burden if you’re not.

  Some mistakes are costly. Yet the sooner you pay their price, the lower that price will be.

  That’s why the moment you realize you’ve made a mistake is a moment to be thankful. For that’s when you can begin to transform the mistake from a problem into an opportunity.

  Own your mistakes. And proceed to create real, positive value from the truth of what you have done.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Thu, May 2 2024 8:45 AM

  Thursday, May 2, 2024

  Good and tired

  Being tired from ambitious effort feels a whole lot better than being tired of doing nothing. If you’re going to be tired anyway at the end of the day, then make it count for something.

  Perhaps the weariness you feel is not because you’re doing too much. Perhaps it’s because you’re not invested in what you’re doing.

  A difficult challenge that’s aligned with your purpose will generate far more energy in you than an easy task that has no real meaning for you. You can accomplish much more when what you’re accomplishing is what you care about.

  When your body is tired, a good night’s sleep will revive you. When your spirit is weary, you’ll need something more.

  You have a unique voice and a unique purpose that are longing to be expressed. Start living that expression and you’ll find an endless source of energy flowing through your life.

  Get yourself good and tired with focused, disciplined work on a purpose that connects with who you truly are. And you’re likely to discover each day you have even more energy than the day before.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Fri, May 3 2024 8:40 AM

  Friday, May 3, 2024

  One thing or another

  Devote more time to joy, and there will be less time for anxiety. Make more space for love, and there will be less room for anger.

  Light and darkness cannot exist in the same spot. Hope and despair cannot share the same stretch of awareness.

  Choose more of what’s desirable, of what’s good and beautiful. Encourage and support that goodness with your time, your actions, your focus.

  Even when the going is slow, keep going forward. That’s what prevents you from sliding backwards.

  In every situation you can focus your energy on one thing or another. Invest that energy on the one thing that is most beneficial for you and all you care about.

  Every decision makes a difference in how the world unfolds. Decide to help all that’s good overwhelm all that’s not.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Mon, May 6 2024 11:42 AM

  Monday, May 6, 2024

  New fulfillment

  Allow your life to be good. Appreciate everything you have the opportunity to experience.

  There have been times you would have given just about anything to be where you are right now. And here you are, so live it well.

  Things are far from perfect, but so what? You have plenty of good possibilities to choose from.

  Connect your thoughts to what you love, to what you care about. Dwell on the things that fascinate you, that impassion you, that you wish to explore, support, and expand upon.

  There’s so much you can do from where you are, with what you have, in the time that’s available. Just a few moments of focused imagination can give you a wealth of ideas.

  New fulfillment is yours to create. Make it your business right now to do just that.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,050 Posts

  Tue, May 7 2024 8:29 AM

  Tuesday, May 7, 2024

  Step up and start

  The bolts are rusty. But give them a forceful turn of the wrench and you just might be able to loosen them.

  The stack of papers is twenty inches high. Yet one page at a time, you can get everything organized and in its place.

  Your good ideas will receive some pushback. Go ahead and lay them out anyway.

  It’s very easy and appropriate to anticipate all sorts of problems and challenges. But you don’t have to let that stop you.

  Anything worth doing is going to be demanding. The sooner you step up and start addressing those demands, the better.

  Rather than letting the potential problems stop you before you start, let them prepare you and inspire you. Then step forward and discover just how well you can work your way through them.

   

  — Ralph Marston