Daily Motivator - December

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Monday, December 1, 2014

Intend and allow

There is no need to worry or strive. For you are able to intend and allow.

You are so highly capable that you’d be stunned to see the full extent of what you can do. Unfortunately, most of that capability is smothered under your own doubts, fears and worries.

Fortunately, you can crowd all those negative things out of your awareness. The way to do that is with a solid, specific, deeply meaningful intention.

When each day begins, choose to focus on a clearly defined way in which you intend to make life better. Then, as the day goes along, allow yourself to make use of opportunities that arise for fulfilling that intention.

Those opportunities will most certainly be there. You don’t have to strive or wish or struggle or connive.

Simply have a clear, meaningful intention, and allow yourself to fulfill it. Intend, allow, and put your amazing capabilities to their highest use.

— Ralph Marston


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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Ideal conditions

The ideal conditions for living your life are the conditions that exist right here and now. So go ahead, go for it, live and give and enjoy.

If you wait for things to be perfect, you’ll waste the precious opportunities of this moment. By all means aim for perfection, and remember that the only way to reach it is by being in motion.

Live fully by living now, and with every now that you get. Let the desire for perfection inspire you, but don’t let it stop you.

A great part of life’s richness comes from dealing with less than perfect conditions. By accepting and embracing life as it is, you gain the ability to make it into the best it can be.

Get on with the business of fulfilling your beautiful possibilities. It won’t all be easy, it will be a little messy, and you’ll always be thankful for going ahead with it.

If there’s someone or something you really care about, do something about it. Now is the time, this is the place, and you are the person to fulfill your dreams.

— Ralph Marston


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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Give kindness

Somewhere in just about every person is the longing to give kindness, to be diligent, to do great work and to make a difference in life. Sadly, those longings are often deeply buried by fears, insecurities, doubts, mistrust, disillusionment and so much more.

When people feel that their goodness is not appreciated, they can give up on that goodness. Even so, the potential for it is still very much there.

Imagine what would happen if you simply allowed other people to be kind and helpful to you by being kind and helpful yourself. Imagine what would happen if you could encourage the goodness in others by giving new life and energy to your own goodness.

Though such an approach sounds seriously naive when you consider all the disillusioned people in the world, where it truly has power is on a personal level. The fact is, you can very effectively share your goodness with one other person at a time, and can awaken the latent goodness in that person.

Though it may not immediately be returned to you, give kindness. Even if you do not see the positive influence of your goodness in others, it is there.

Give kindness, and allow that kindness to resonate. Give kindness, and let it spread far beyond you.

— Ralph Marston


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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Get on with it

Life doesn’t always unfold the way you want. It can in fact be very messy, inconvenient and uncomfortable.

Get over it and get on with it. Go ahead, deal with the bad stuff, and you’ll soon be enjoying the good stuff.

Stop wondering what you can do and how you will get through. Grab hold of this moment and use it to take positive action.

You may have to get up early and you may have to stay late. You may have to get your hands dirty, and you may have to endure a little inconvenience and discomfort.

But is any of that so bad? Not when you compare it to the glorious opportunity to live your life.

Seize that opportunity every day, no matter what ups and downs you may encounter. Whatever may come, get on with it, and make life spectacular in your own unique way.

— Ralph Marston


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Friday, December 5, 2014

Your attitude

Is the world filled with positive possibilities and exciting opportunities, or is it filled with despair and disappointment? Actually, that depends on your attitude.

You can choose what kind of light you shine on life. A positive attitude is what shines the more empowering kind of light.

Give yourself the ability to see the good in every person and the opportunities in every situation. Get yourself in a mindset that will encourage, inspire, motivate and heal.

If you wish to change life for the better, it just makes sense that you must see it from a better perspective. By maintaining a great attitude, you direct yourself to create a great world.

What makes your attitude so powerful is you. Every moment of every day you’re having an impact, and your attitude determines whether it is a valuable, creative impact or a worthless, destructive one.

Your attitude makes all the difference. You deserve a great one and the great life it brings, so give it to yourself.

— Ralph Marston


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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Easy to be thankful

It’s easy and natural to complain when life is not meeting your expectations. What if it were just as easy, just as natural to be thankful and to see the good in whatever is going on?

In fact, it can be just as easy, and completely natural, to be thankful. All you have to do is make the choice.

Being thankful is really very easy. It’s even easier when you understand and experience how powerful it can be.

Gratitude gives you a distinct advantage. And it is just as reasonable and just as accessible as any alternative.

Remind yourself how easy it can be to simply be thankful. Then take that easy route to real richness in life.

There is no good reason to deny yourself the power of gratitude. Make the easy choice to be thankful, and you’ll easily be thankful you did.

— Ralph Marston


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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Start with joy

There’s a reason why the sunrise is so beautiful and magnificent. It sets the stage for a positive, fulfilling day.

When you start the day by choosing to be joyful, you put yourself in a creative, effective state of mind. You’ll make yourself better able to handle whatever may come your way during the day.

A relationship that gets off to a positive start at the very beginning will quickly flourish and build great value. You can forge a positive relationship with each day when you begin it in a joyful way.

Even if the day is gray and gloomy you can choose to start it with a positive experience of your own making. Fulfillment comes to those who make it happen, and there’s no better time than the beginning of your day to start moving forward.

There’s an endless list of ways in which you can begin the day on a positive note. And the days that start well have the best chance of going well.

A new day arrives, ready to be lived. Choose to start it with joy.

— Ralph Marston


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Monday, December 8, 2014

Not all about you

Let the best of life come from you. But don’t try to make life be all about you.

You are knowledgeable, skilled, resourceful, experienced, creative and worthy of the best in your own unique way. Yet you don’t know it all, and can’t do it all, and wouldn’t even want to.

Much of life’s beauty comes from being a part of something larger than yourself. If you confine yourself inside a tight, impenetrable shell, you miss the best opportunities for fulfillment and enrichment.

One of the best things you can do for yourself is to acknowledge and embrace the value of others. Raise up your own life by enthusiastically giving your genuine respect, compassion, cooperation, friendship and love.

Multiply your joy, multiply your opportunities for learning, multiply your effectiveness and your best possibilities. Live beyond yourself, where it’s not all about you.

Living your life can be a miraculous experience. And when you live beyond yourself, life gets even better.

— Ralph Marston


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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Let your joy flow

Find joy where you are, and you will find plenty. Give joy authentically, from what you know and what you have, and you will give it in great and wonderful measure.

Don’t bother judging whether some particular expression of joy is big or little, impressive or ordinary. Just let the joy flow freely as you feel it.

There’s no need to hold too tightly to the moments of joy, for you can always make more. There’s no cause for worry or anxiety, because joy is always yours to create.

Live the unique joy that is this day. Experience the special flavor of joy that is possible in the place where you are.

Let go of the need to possess so much, of the need for certainty, of the need for control. Let go, and let your joy flow.

Breathe in the fresh energy of possibility. And where you are, with all you have, let your joy freely flow.

— Ralph Marston


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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Positive about the future

You have a future, and what you do right now makes a difference in how that future will be. You have a future and it is as bright as you choose in the present to make it.

It’s all too easy and all too common to get discouraged about the future. Yet it is just as realistic, and it feels a whole lot better, to be positive about the future.

The way you see your future has a lot to do with the way it unfolds. What you expect plays a key role in what you get.

No, things are never going to work out exactly the way you anticipated. However, you’re much more likely to get to a positive place when you’re moving yourself in a positive direction.

The fact is, right now you can envision any future you choose. So you might as well envision the most joyous, enriching and fulfilling future you can imagine.

Go ahead, let yourself be positive about the future, and act accordingly. It will lift your life higher, both in the present and in the future days to come.

— Ralph Marston


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Thursday, December 11, 2014

You have it in you

When you feel like quitting, that’s an opportunity to keep going. When you feel like giving up, you have it in you to step forward with renewed energy and to give more.

Giving up doesn’t accomplish anything, and it doesn’t make you feel any better. It just leaves you with disappointment and regret.

There’s a way to keep going, and you know it. There’s a way to keep going, and just imagine how great you will feel for choosing persistence.

If you’re weary, stop for a short while to rest, but don’t give up. Remind yourself of all the good reasons why you’ve chosen to move forward, and then get yourself going again.

If you wish to be free of the effort, then do what it takes to finish the effort. Make all your work count for something by bringing it to a successful conclusion.

The next step is right in front of you, and you have it in you to take that step. Keep going, fulfill your best possibilities, and you’ll always be thankful for your choice to do so.

— Ralph Marston


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Friday, December 12, 2014

Think about it differently

There are many more ways than just one way to think of any situation. If you’re stuck, or perplexed, angry, frustrated, conflicted or confused about anything, give yourself the option of thinking about it differently.

Instead of going over the same puzzle again and again, scramble up all the pieces and come at it from a completely different angle. Throw out your assumptions, take several steps back, and give yourself the benefit of a new perspective.

You are wonderfully creative, so put that creativity to good use. You can think whatever you choose to think, so choose to think in new and original ways.

Perhaps what you think you need to get rid of, is actually something you could use more of. It could be that what you once considered impossible is not only possible, but is also the most effective way forward.

Challenge what you’ve assumed, and what you think you know. Just beyond your supposed certainties, are many great possibilities.

There’s something good, valuable and workable in any situation. Think about it differently, and find an amazingly wonderful way forward.

— Ralph Marston


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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Plain old hard work

What transforms a great idea into a great achievement? Mostly, it is plain old hard work.

It doesn’t hurt to be clever or well connected, or to be in the right place at the right time. Yet what matters most to any success is simply showing up and doing the work.

Great big wonderful things of value are built by adding together small bits of value created in the ordinary moments. The most reliable way to success is to be reliable about putting forth the effort.

Though you may have many great and powerful tools at your disposal, don’t expect those tools to do the all work for you. The more you invest yourself in the achievement, the more you’ll get out of it.

Plain old hard work is not something to be avoided, but rather something to be sought after and celebrated. In addition to building worthwhile achievements, it builds you, your skills, your confidence and self esteem.

Seek the work, embrace the work and do the work. In that plain old hard work you’ll find your very own path to fulfillment of the most satisfying kind.

— Ralph Marston


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Sunday, December 14, 2014

For you

Life’s best dreams are for you because you can follow them. Great and fulfilling success is for you because you can achieve it.

Magnificent beauty is for you because you can appreciate and enjoy it. Love is for you because you can lose yourself in it.

This moment is for you because you can make good and valuable use of it. The challenges are for you because you can transform them into achievements, and grow stronger in the process.

The ups and downs, the joys, distractions, setbacks, opportunities, pleasures, pains and delights are all yours. Because you can experience them and give your own special meaning to them.

This day, this moment, this world, this life is for you to see and to live and to express in your very own special way. Feel the magnificent opportunity of it all.

The possibilities are astounding. And there’s a big, uplifting, fulfilling possibility that’s just perfect for you right now.

— Ralph Marston


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Monday, December 15, 2014

New and beautiful world

A new and beautiful world has come into being on this day. Explore it, enjoy it, appreciate it and make the most of it.

You have the priceless privilege of being here to experience this one-of-a-kind day. Use the opportunity to add meaningful richness to each of its moments.

See the positive possibilities, and act on them. Embrace the challenges, and find great satisfaction in moving successfully through them.

All the work you have done and all the moments you have lived have brought you to this day. Honor its rich legacy with the way you choose to live it.

There are new possibilities to fulfill, new wonders to behold, new relationships to be forged and new experiences to live. Get going with enthusiasm and with the commitment to make new goodness from it all.

You have the good fortune of being right here, right now in this new and beautiful world. Grab hold of the opportunity and live it to the fullest.

— Ralph Marston


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