Daily Motivator - May

[willbe275]

Thank you Tammy, can I get
you to be one of my speaker on
July the 13th? We have known each
other for a very long time now, and
Would love to meet you. My anniversary
Will be at my Zoom home group.
God bless you and have a great day
on purpose.

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I have an appointment that day.

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May 21

Know the reason

To make sure you get it done, give yourself a reason why. If a compelling reason isn’t apparent, dig deeper.

Create a solid connection in your mind between what you must do and what matters to you. Maintain that connection until the work is done.

If your motivation and enthusiasm begin to fade, remind yourself of the reason why. When difficulties and complications arise, let your reason push you through.

Look beyond the effort and envision all the benefits of getting that effort completed. Focus on why and you’ll figure out how.

Be clear on your reason why, and you’ll activate the power of your purpose. You’ll find the strength to take each necessary step along the way.

For everything you’ve ever achieved, there’s been a reason. Know the reason, and you’ll get it done.

— Ralph Marston

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May 22

Firsthand

Engage using your mind. Engage using your presence, with all you are.

Your life is not some flat, detached, concept. It is a dynamic, direct experience.

Go beyond merely wondering what various places and people and events would be like. Get yourself involved in them, with them, around them, and discover firsthand.

Trek through the living reality as it stimulates all your senses. Strengthen your skills and broaden your perspective by immersing yourself in things you never could have expected.

Learn much more than you could ever know from mere speculation. Feel the depth and uniqueness of your existence as you interact with what you can never fully understand.

You’ll get the most out of whatever you put the most of yourself into. Engage yourself fully with the richness that’s possible in every moment.

— Ralph Marston

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May 23

Ideal circumstances

Those who hold out for the perfect partner often end up with no partner. Those who seek the perfect opportunity may never find the opportunity they seek.

It’s great to expect the best out of life. But it’s foolish to expect the best to be handed to you upfront with no contribution on your part.

You’re simply not ever going to walk into a ready-made set of ideal circumstances. Yet you’ll encounter circumstances all the time where you can work to create much value.

A situation without any challenges is a fantasy. Look instead for situations with meaningful challenges.

Perfection is not usually a condition you can work from. It is, however, something you can always work toward.

Go with what you have, with what’s available. And you’ll be able to go to some truly great places.

— Ralph Marston

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May 24

Opportunities for goodness

Some things you can change for the better, and others you can’t. Your effectiveness, your peace of mind, your levels of satisfaction and fulfillment depend on knowing the difference.

If you can improve the situation, take action. If nothing you do will make a difference, move on to something else.

Put your time and energy where they can make a positive contribution. Engage in pursuits that bring new value into the world.

There’s never a good outcome when you spend your days filled with resentment and bitterness about what you can never change. You have too many opportunities to waste even a moment of your life with such negativity.

Accept the reality of what has happened, of what is. Decide to identify meaningful portions of that reality where you can make a difference, and go to work.

Always, there’s something good you can do. Let go of what’s beyond you, and let the available opportunities for goodness pull you forward.

— Ralph Marston

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May 25

Grand opportunity

Real magic is not to be found in some quick and easy solution. The magic unfolds in the living of your life.

Joy comes not from some particular, momentary pleasure or acquisition. It is in the authentic living of each moment that joy infuses your experience.

Skill, wisdom, and confidence cannot be successfully hacked by some clever system or trick. They accumulate as you live through the days, months, and years, in the triumphs and disappointments, in the pain and the love.

The value of life is not in any single possession or experience or feeling. The value of life is in the living.

You’ll gain nothing by attempting to second-guess life. Every genuine goodness you experience comes from living each moment with all the love, energy, gratitude and awareness you can muster.

This is a day for living your life. Embrace fully the grand opportunity.

— Ralph Marston

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May 26

Great new experiences

Treasure the good experiences in your past by creating more good experiences in the present. Express gratitude for what you’ve done with your eagerness to do more.

Honor all the good books you’ve read by finding more to read. Pay homage to the beautiful places you’ve visited by discovering new beauty in the present world.

Celebrate the great friendships you’ve known by continuing the ones you can while also being open to new friends. Acknowledge the good work you’ve done by expanding and making further use of your skills.

Remember the lessons you’ve struggled to learn and look for opportunities to put them into practice. Think of what made the good old days so good and bring those values to life in the present day.

It’s good when you can ponder your pleasant memories. What’s even better is to transform that past goodness into present action.

Be inspired by the life you’ve lived so far. And let that inspiration serve as the starting point for great new experiences.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Get the job right here and now.

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May 27

Making a difference

What you do makes a difference. Keep that in mind, and keep doing the good things you do.

To the extent you’re able, find ways to do even more. Because each time you make a positive difference, the benefits extend far beyond that single episode.

It’s easy to assume that errors will be corrected, that justice will prevail, that inefficiencies will be improved. But mere assumptions don’t accomplish any of those things.

When life gets better, it’s because people do the work to make it better. It can be a very satisfying and enriching experience to be one of those people.

You’ve felt that satisfaction before. Today is your opportunity to do what will bring forth that feeling again.

You have the ability, you have the time, you have the thoughtfulness and creativity, and you can put it all to good use. What you do makes a difference, so do it.

— Ralph Marston

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May 28

Allow discipline

Discipline is not something you have to go out and get. It’s a power you can allow yourself to have.

You know what discipline is, what discipline means in your particular context. You’ve experienced what a period of consistent, disciplined action can enable you to do.

To create more of the same kinds of benefits, allow the discipline again. It’s not complicated or out of reach.

Allow discipline, and you cause value to accumulate as time passes. Allow discipline, and you give specific expression to your sense of purpose.

Allow discipline, and you discover how much you can achieve. Allow discipline, and you activate skills and strengths you never knew you had.

The power of self discipline is as near as your next choice. Go ahead with discipline, allowing it to enrich your life and your world.

— Ralph Marston

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May 29

Celebrate meaning

Because darkness exists, light has value. Each challenge adds meaning to the reward.

The essence of great, enduring art comes from the physical, mental and spiritual effort expended to create it. If the process was easy, instant and free, no one would care about the result.

There’s no reason to despair when the path becomes steep. Because it’s a clear sign you are nearing the top.

Do you find yourself wishing that life could be easier? Take that as your prompting to go out and instead make it more meaningful.

A life free of effort is a life devoid of any sense of fulfillment. What’s far more preferable is a life that creates and celebrates meaning.

When your purpose is clear and honestly you, there’s no end to the opportunities for such meaning. Feel the beauty of that purpose, and embrace the potential of every person, every circumstance, every moment that comes your way.

— Ralph Marston

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May 30

True priorities

Your priorities play a major role in the way your life unfolds. It’s crucial to be honest with yourself about them.

Your actual priorities are not defined by what you say they are or what you assume them to be. Your priorities are determined by what you do.

Look at how you’re spending your time. Look at where you’re putting your efforts.

Those are your priorities. Those are your genuine commitments.

How do you change your true priorities to align with what’s most meaningful to you? You change how you invest your time and energy.

Pay attention to your true priorities, and take control of them with your choices throughout each day. Be sure to give yourself the priorities that propel your life in a positive, fulfilling direction.

— Ralph Marston

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May 31

Gloriously alive

Instead of chasing happiness, enjoy it. Instead of putting off life until later, live it fully where you are.

There is only the slightest connection between your external circumstances and the level of genuine joy you experience. Every moment is, more than anything else, what you make it.

There are all sorts of positive and negative influences in your world. Yet the only ones that resonate within you are the ones you actually choose to identify with.

Your very nature is to be alive, aware, creative and spectacularly effective. Let go of your doubts and allow your true nature to shine through.

Take a thankful and loving look at all that’s right with your life. Put your energy into those things that have real value, and they will grow.

You have every reason to live more richly and joyfully today than ever before. Right now, let the best of who you are be gloriously alive.

— Ralph Marston