Daily Motivator - June

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June 27

Life’s energy

Energy dances through your world. Feel the rhythm and dance along, adding new steps of your own.

Energy flows around you, to you, through you, and from you. Give that energy good work to do.

You’ve done what you have done, and the energy flows. You are the way you are, and the energy continues.

Energy gives you a solid connection to the value of what has been and to the potential of all that can be. It links you with everything you understand and offers enticing glimpses into incomprehensible mysteries.

With your intention you focus life’s energy in ways that are obvious and in other ways you’ll never realize. The result is a world, a life, an experience born of your most authentic impulses.

Hold goodness deep inside, persistently, relentlessly, faithfully, lovingly. Give the ever-present energy of your life a beautiful and buoyant path to follow.

— Ralph Marston

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June 28

Shaped by choices

Today you’re presented with an abundance of options. Though much of what happens is out of your control, a sizable part of your life experience is shaped by your choices.

You can focus your thoughts, attention, and efforts over long periods of time to create meaningful value. Or you can choose to chase blithely after every distraction and waste hour upon hour of your precious time.

You can step forward and put forth the effort to do what must be done, bringing about a positive difference for yourself and others. Or you can choose to indefinitely postpone the work until later, getting further behind with each day.

You can choose to offer kindness and authenticity, to build trusting relationships that could last for decades. Or you can choose to alienate yourself with an attitude of arrogance and disdain for others.

You have the option to grow stronger and more disciplined when faced with challenges and difficult situations. Or you can simply give in to temptation and settle for whatever feels good in the moment.

With every choice you make, you can push life in a little bit more of a positive and fulfilling direction. Today is here, and the choices are yours.

— Ralph Marston

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June 29

The latest thing

The latest thing entices you with its promises before you actually have it or experience it. Yet there’s no guarantee it will improve the quality of your life once you get it.

You’re excited thinking of all the new features and benefits that can be yours. But the reality could very likely fail to match expectations.

What’s new is not necessarily an improvement. What’s old is not necessarily something to be discarded.

Often, gradual and measured improvement can bring more valuable results than radical change. Rather than buying a whole new pasture with greener grass, perhaps you could work to get grass growing in the pasture you already own.

Sure, some possessions, perspectives, relationships, and routines reach a stage where it’s necessary to discard and replace them. Yet for much of what you have, you’ll be better served by maintaining and improving it than by abandoning it for a newer version.

Keep your life experience fresh by being open to new innovations. But don’t let your desire for novelty outweigh your gratitude for all the value and goodness you already have.

— Ralph Marston

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June 30

Liberated by responsibilities

It’s certainly reasonable to consider yourself burdened by your various responsibilities. Yet it is equally true that you can be liberated by the responsibilities you take on.

Acting with responsibility sets you free from dependency. It offers you the chance to avoid a meaningless existence.

Responsibility pushes you to become increasingly competent. It challenges you into a life of purpose and fulfillment.

You’ll often need to make significant accommodations and even sacrifices to fulfill your responsibilities. However, the prices you pay are more than balanced out by the benefits you gain from living responsibly.

Responsibilities often feel oppressive. Yet life by its very nature is difficult, and taking on responsibility is one of the best strategies for successfully dealing with life’s difficulties.

Responsibility makes your moments, your actions, your thoughts matter. Embrace responsibility, and with each passing day you create an even better version of yourself.

— Ralph Marston