Daily Motivation

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Tue, Dec 24 2019 1:21 PM

  Tuesday, December 24, 2019

  Love for life

  Imagine today that you can simply let go of the tensions, of the pretensions, and love your life. That you can love others without needing to control their actions or influence their thoughts.

  You can give the best of yourself, and you can let that be enough. You can approach every encounter with a genuine desire to do what is right, what is good.

  Instead of seeking to gain advantage, you can discover new joy, new beauty, in life as it is. You can magnify your effectiveness by minimizing the demands of your ego.

  Imagine earning the respect of others without inviting their resentment. That happens when you live, and give, with authenticity, with understanding, with love.

  An enjoyable position in life is of no use if you’re not able to enjoy it. Your genuine love for life, and for all who live it, enables that enjoyment and fulfillment.

  Look at the world, and approach each moment, with a love for life. Let go of whatever engenders conflict, and make space for new goodness to flourish.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Wed, Dec 25 2019 7:04 AM

  Wednesday, December 25, 2019

  MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

  Goodness endures

  For a world hardened by life, joy appears. In a time dimmed by a million meaningless diversions, the light of truth emerges.

  Where angst and cynicism have engulfed awareness, hope begins to rise. When the day is overwhelmed with despair, kindness steps in.

  With grace, with humility, with eternal persistence, goodness endures, and grows. Subverting every challenge, goodness finds a place, however small, however unnoticed, to resonate in each heart.

  In lives hardened by the world, a spark ignites new passion, renewed purpose. Words of truth transform chaos into order, despair into beauty.

  Courage, strength, goodness are not always evident, not always engaged. Yet they persist, and never fail to come forth when needed most.

  After a cold, clear night, sunlight warms the eastern sky. And new hope has been born.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Thu, Dec 26 2019 11:41 AM

  Thursday, December 26, 2019

  Great new beginning

  Don’t be dismayed if you’ve been going the wrong direction. Turn around, now, and put yourself on a positive track.

  Don’t let your lack of progress become an excuse to avoid effort. Embrace responsibility in this moment, and direct yourself into effective action.

  Your shortcomings and mistakes are in the past. Keep them there.

  Take the opportunity of this day, of this situation, to push forward. Set your intention firmly on a positive goal, then set about to make it happen.

  You can do this. Yes you, yes now, yes from where you are, with what you have.

  Grab hold of the fresh, new opportunity that’s right here, today. Your future begins now, so give all you have to make it a great new beginning.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Fri, Dec 27 2019 11:32 AM

  Friday, December 27, 2019

  Give life new value

  Let yourself be yourself. Stop stopping yourself from following through on your best intentions.

  Whatever you seek to do, you probably won’t get it perfect. But that’s no reason to avoid it altogether.

  Give yourself permission to do what you can, when you can, with what you have. Amaze yourself at how much you can get done by simply allowing yourself to do it.

  Seek to genuinely understand and connect with others. But don’t let yourself be immobilized with worry about what others might think, or say, or do.

  Speak your mind, do your work, offer your authentic best. Learn from your outcomes, and adjust your efforts to become even more effective.

  Get yourself out there, get in the game, and make a difference. Give life new value using whatever life has given you.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Fri, Dec 27 2019 11:32 AM

  Friday, December 27, 2019

  Give life new value

  Let yourself be yourself. Stop stopping yourself from following through on your best intentions.

  Whatever you seek to do, you probably won’t get it perfect. But that’s no reason to avoid it altogether.

  Give yourself permission to do what you can, when you can, with what you have. Amaze yourself at how much you can get done by simply allowing yourself to do it.

  Seek to genuinely understand and connect with others. But don’t let yourself be immobilized with worry about what others might think, or say, or do.

  Speak your mind, do your work, offer your authentic best. Learn from your outcomes, and adjust your efforts to become even more effective.

  Get yourself out there, get in the game, and make a difference. Give life new value using whatever life has given you.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Sat, Dec 28 2019 8:29 AM

  Saturday, December 28, 2019

  Go ahead and feel like it

  Are there things you want to achieve, but you don’t feel like making the effort? That’s great, because the way you feel is something you can change in an instant.

  Are you ready? Okay, here is your big moment.

  Make the choice, right now, to feel like it. Yes, it really is as simple as that.

  You have the opportunity to connect your dreams with your reality. What it takes is your decision to feel like making the commitment and doing the work.

  Your feelings can serve as an excuse, or they can launch you into action. You get to decide which it will be.

  So make the choice, right now, that will enhance your life and improve your world. Go ahead, feel like it.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Mon, Dec 30 2019 7:21 AM

  Monday, December 30, 2019

  Serious business

  Are you a little unclear about your priorities, about what matters most to you? Subject yourself to challenge, and you’ll quickly understand those priorities.

  Challenge will focus you, inspire you, improve you. Challenge will connect you with your highest values and your deepest desires.

  Challenge will force you to generate real, meaningful substance in your life. Challenge will get you out of bed in the morning, and keep you on track all day long.

  Whether you choose a particular challenge or one is imposed on you, your most useful response is the same. Step up to the challenge and let it bring out your highest, most effective effort.

  A serious challenge is serious business. Respond with serious commitment, and it will make you seriously better, more purposeful and effective.

  Embrace the challenges. And know, with confidence, just how meaningful, valuable, and consequential your life, and your efforts, can be.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Tue, Dec 31 2019 12:31 PM

  Tuesday, December 31, 2019

  Difference of opinion

  There are people who have different opinions than you. Those people are not your enemies.

  There is much you can learn from those who disagree with you. There is much to be accomplished when people with a wide range of perspectives work together.

  Your own viewpoint is not strengthened by blind rejection of other viewpoints. On the contrary, your viewpoint grows stronger when you thoughtfully consider the views of others.

  No one has all the answers all the time. Diversity of opinion gives rise to great value whenever it is embraced.

  Don’t let your thoughts be imprisoned by your refusal to consider other thoughts. Don’t let your thinking grow stale and ineffective by isolating it from challenges.

  Go deeper, and seek to find means of connection and agreement rather than points of contention. Behind every opinion, every perspective, there’s always value to be found.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Wed, Jan 1 2020 11:11 AM

  Wednesday, January 1, 2020

  Here is your time

  Here is a new year, a new day, a new moment, different from any that’s ever been. Here is your chance to make the most of it all.

  Here is a world teeming with possibilities. Here are new treasures to be discovered.

  Here you are, filled with purpose and energy. Here is time that you can put to positive use.

  Things are certainly not perfect, yet you can make them much better. In every shortcoming, you’ll now find opportunity for improvement.

  From here there is a path to what you need, what you desire, what you dream. Get yourself in motion, and find your way along that path.

  Here is your time, your life, your potential. Consider all you have, here, now, and live it well.

   

  — Ralph Marston

• Ladychipper 23,071 Posts

  Thu, Jan 2 2020 7:06 AM

  Thursday, January 2, 2020

  Enrich your life

  It’s not standing in your way. It’s pointing the way.

  It’s not holding you back. It’s strengthening your determination to move forward.

  It’s not an inconvenience, frustration, embarrassment, or ordeal. It’s a situation through which you can enrich your life.

  Some day, you’ll be thankful it’s behind you. And you’ll also end up being thankful you went through it.

  Life’s richness does not simply pour forth unimpeded, with no effort necessary on your part. Indeed, your effort to build, acquire, nurture, sustain and preserve anything is what makes it into richness.

  So go ahead now, go to the trouble, give whatever it takes. And you can make new richness out of whatever comes your way.

   

  — Ralph Marston