Daily Motivator - February

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February 1

More beautiful

There’s some neglected little corner of your life that’s gotten kind of dingy. Maybe today you could make it beautiful.

Imagine the sense of purpose you’ll experience in the process. Think of the satisfaction you’ll carry with you long afterwards.

At any time, in some way, you are able to make a tangible improvement in your world. That’s something you can prove again and again to yourself, and to others, with a modicum of focused effort.

Doing so will activate creativity, boost confidence, inspire and energize you. There’s something about participating in beauty that resonates deeply, and positively.

Consider what could benefit from your care, your attention to detail, your choice to do what’s good and right just because you can. Notice how nice the enthusiasm feels when you think along those lines.

Transform that enthusiasm into action, and make some particular part of your life more beautiful. It’s an excellent use of your time that you’ll long remember and never regret.

— Ralph Marston

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Happy New Month Tammy and Kracker.
Thanking God for getting us though
the month of February safe and sound.
God bless you as we Journey through this
new month together with His love.

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God bless you willbe and everyone!

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February 2

Complicated mess

It’s a highly complex world out there. However, in that complexity you’ll find plenty of opportunities to live with grace, goodness, and fulfillment.

Various single, simple factors do exert their influences. But no one thing is going to cause or solve all your problems all the time.

Living with positive purpose requires navigating through the complexity with persistence, with fortitude. You must be willing and able to pick yourself up and win after repeated defeats.

Quick and easy answers make for powerful promises. Yet almost always they are a lousy strategy.

Set a clear and meaningful goal. Then be willing to work your way through the complicated mess of reality in order to get there.

Much opportunity exists in the complexity of life. Embrace that complexity, understand and appreciate your ability to deal with it, and live the success that is yours to achieve.

— Ralph Marston

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February 3

Enriching choices

Every day you have a strictly limited amount of time. The more of that time you can spend on what you love, on what you care about, on what you’re fascinated and fulfilled by, the better.

When you’re fully engaged, you’re fully alive. And whether or not it has any impact on anyone’s financial bottom line, you’re creating value.

Many of the results of your efforts can be measured. But not all the outcomes that matter can be quantified.

Nonetheless, those outcomes affect the quality of your life. That’s well worth considering when choosing how to live each day.

There are reasons why you love, reasons you care, reasons you’re curious, good reasons why you feel drawn in specific directions. Even if you can’t fully articulate those reasons, it’s important to respect them and to follow where they point you.

Your time is limited, your options are limitless, and that dichotomy compels you to choose. Make those choices wise and enriching ones by being clear about what matters most.

— Ralph Marston

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February 4

Feeling stuck

Are you feeling stuck where you are? That’s great, because it means you’re ready to get moving in a more rewarding direction.

Within you is the desire to move away from some specific aspect of your current situation. You can harness that desire and transform it into progress.

From your feeling of being stuck, you can extract energy, motivation, and effective action. To do that, look beyond where you are and decide on the direction you wish to go.

There’s passion in the feeling of being stuck, but it’s a negative passion that won’t lead to anything other than resentment and despair. Yet you can choose to reshape it into passion for a positive purpose.

When you’re feeling stuck, ask yourself why. Develop a clear and detailed picture of what you’re being prevented from doing, being, feeling, or expressing.

Then you can take whatever actions get you moving toward what you desire. Turn the intense feeling of being stuck on its head and use its energy to push you in a positive, fulfilling direction.

— Ralph Marston

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February 5

Remember the possibilities

If you are even the slightest bit discouraged, you’re not paying attention. You’re only seeing a tiny fraction of possibilities.

Yes, terrible things can and do happen, some people are idiots and others are tyrants, that is all true. But those harsh realities have always been present, and just look at how incredibly far life has come in spite of them.

There are tools and resources instantly available to you that your great-grandfather would have willingly worked for decades to obtain. Ask yourself, what would he think of you letting such an opportunity as you now have go to waste?

For your entire life you’ve experienced that your actions have consequences. By applying enough of those actions in a consistent, meaningful, purposeful direction, you can create positive change in your world.

That power exists every morning when you wake up. It’s up to you to decide where to direct it, and then to put forth the effort required.

All things considered, that’s a small price to pay for creating value and fulfillment. And now is a great time for putting that bargain into practice.

— Ralph Marston

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February 6

Wave of achievement

You can do this. Breathe, focus, direct your attention to the task at hand.

Make it your intention to quiet the off-topic chattering of your mind. Consider the value that will come from getting good work done.

Now, take inventory of all the skills, knowledge, resources, connections and energy available to you. You’ve created excellent results before and here you are, doing it again.

This is your chance to be a humble yet beneficial force in the lives around you. Recognize the profound gratitude you feel to have that opportunity.

Continue making your way forward. Let your commitment to purpose push you quickly through any possible distractions or interruptions.

Ride the rewarding wave of achievement all the way to its completion. You can do this, you are doing this, and indeed you’ll get it done.

— Ralph Marston

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February 7

Live it now

Fill today with living. That’s what it’s for.

As each moment passes, bring into being some fresh new richness. There’s no shortage of possibilities for doing so.

What have you always wanted to learn? What experiences, achievements, observations, and joys would best fill the hours of this day?

Before you dare to wish for more opportunities, make use of the ones you already have. Instead of putting off fulfillment until some later date, go ahead and live it now.

You’ll always have the excuses, but you only have one shot at living this day. So step beyond those excuses and live today as fully as you can imagine.

Life is yours, and it’s a great thing to have. Live it now.

— Ralph Marston

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February 8

It comes back

You gain more by giving than you do by demanding. Whatever you need or want or otherwise seek, find ways to offer.

If you wish to learn, a powerful way is to teach. To be better understood, do the work and spend the time to understand.

Life, and the people who live it, reflect your attitude back to you, often with remarkable fidelity. Those around you regularly pick up on and mimic your priorities, your actions and expressions.

You can’t compel anyone to treat you better. Yet you can choose precisely how you interact with everyone else, and that has a big impact.

You have much more power than you may realize. That power is best exercised not through complaints and demands, but with the contributions you make and the genuine favors you offer.

Listen patiently, care sincerely, engage respectfully, speak and act honestly. Because one way or another, it comes back to you.

— Ralph Marston

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February 9

Deeper perspective

The problems and disturbances are all near the surface. Go deep, and you’ll find your way beyond them.

The tumult and confusion can be overwhelming if you keep yourself in the middle of it. Take a step back, and give yourself some perspective.

When you become completely wrapped up in the comings and goings of your outer life, it can quickly wear you down. Connect often to your inner purpose, and let it revitalize you.

There is nothing to be gained by running away or hiding from your troubles. Yet there is everything to be gained by detaching yourself from them.

You are more than whatever is troubling you. Give yourself some distance and give yourself the opportunity to successfully address the causes of your problems, not just the symptoms.

Your difficulties do not define you, yet they do give you an opportunity to move powerfully forward. Go deep, to your most treasured purpose, and the storms on the surface cannot stop you.

— Ralph Marston

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February 10

The response you choose

Smile at the setbacks, laugh at the frustrations. Life is the way it is, yet you have wide latitude in the responses you choose.

You can be serious while also having fun. You can be tolerant and open to new ideas while also standing firm in your deeply-held values.

It’s completely possible for you to be imaginative and at the same time realistic. Those things other people assume to be in conflict, you can bring together in creative and valuable ways.

You don’t have to get caught up in an assumption that going with one option necessarily excludes all the other options. Many things can be true, many things possible, at once.

When conventional wisdom seems to make no sense, give yourself permission to be unconventional. Dare to say what’s obvious, and dare to see beyond the obvious.

Just because it’s always been done, just because everyone is saying or doing it, doesn’t mean it’s the best choice for you. Take all you know and feel and care about into account, and go with the response you choose.

— Ralph Marston

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February 11

Solid focus and effort

You have a little bit of time and a lot to do. That’s not a good reason to be in a frantic rush.

Do your best to focus all your attention on one task and get it done before moving on. Worrying about what you need to do next won’t help what you’re doing now or what you’re doing next.

Few people ever have as much time as they would like. Even so, many people are able to accomplish all sorts of amazing things with the time they do have.

You can too, right here, right now. Just give good, quality attention to the work at hand.

Conditions are not ideal, perhaps you’ve been put in an unfair position, the task is difficult and complicated. Yet you have the ability to set aside all those factors you can’t control.

When you do that, the results can be almost magical. Without the frantic rush, with no agonizing over the difficulties, with solid focus and effort, there’s much you can achieve.

— Ralph Marston

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February 12

It can wait

You’d like to do it all at once. But that’s just not possible.

Focus your awareness and energy on the single best choice for now. Intentionally set aside other matters until you can give each one the time and attention it deserves.

Occasionally you’ll encounter a genuine emergency, a situation you must address immediately. But for anything else, you’ll benefit by reminding yourself it can wait until you’re done with what’s at hand.

Your eagerness to get started is great, and your concern about waiting too long is well founded. Yet you must work within the reality that there’s only so much you can do at once.

Certainly you don’t want to put off any important task indefinitely. However, it doesn’t accomplish anything to get too far ahead of yourself.

Fully enjoy what you enjoy, and deal effectively with what must be handled. Instead of failing to do everything at once, succeed by giving to each experience the time required to live it well.

— Ralph Marston

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February 13

Ordinary wonder

Experience and enjoy the ordinary wonder that is all around you. Marvel at the enchantment that exists within a single beam of sunlight.

Stop, open yourself, and give life the chance to amaze you. It always will.

Slow down and examine the endless implications behind some of those things you normally rush right on past. Discover the extraordinary depth and richness that stretch out in every direction.

Everything you know gives you the opportunity to know more. There is no end to what you can explore.

As useful as your knowledge and models and assumptions may be, they are all based on partial information. You can always experience anew, always learn more, and thereby vastly improve the quality of your life and your world.

Great treasures forever remain in the ordinary wonder that constantly surrounds you. Find a few and share them today.

— Ralph Marston