Daily Motivator - November

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November 1

Nice and polite

It’s great to be nice, to be polite. Everyone prefers to interact with other people who are polite.

Yet when you hide or even deny the truth in the interest of politeness, that’s a problem. Politeness that obscures reality is downright deception.

Sometimes reality is not particularly nice or agreeable. And avoiding it out of a desire for politeness is going to allow that difficult reality to get worse.

When possible, be pleasant and polite, because it smooths out interactions and adds genuine value to life. But when being polite prevents you from dealing with reality, choose to deal with reality.

When a few people are standing in a parking lot having a fruitful conversation, it’s rude to interrupt. But when they cannot see a speeding car headed their way, it’s foolish and irresponsible not to warn them.

Reality always wins. Be nice and polite as much as you can, while never failing to acknowledge and accommodate what is true and what is real.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Its nice to be nice.

Happy November my
Dear friend Tammy.
Thank God for getting us though the
month of October safe and sound
one day at a time.
I pray that this month will be full of peace,
joy and Thanksgiving to you my awesome
sister In the Lord.
In Jesus Name.

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Thank you willbe. I am sick right now with a sinus infection and walking pneumonia. I am doing some better today. My hubby has walking pneumonia also. Please keep us in your prayers.

I pray the Lord will keep us all safe and that we may all have a blessed November and Thanksgiving and be surrounded by family and friends.

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November 2

Valuable experience

The past is over, but that is no reason to abandon it altogether. Though it’s foolish to attempt to live in the past, it’s just as foolish to dismiss it completely.

Every experience you’ve ever had is now part of the past. All the knowledge you possess, you learned in the past.

As such, it’s good to remember, and to remember in great detail. Because the person you were yesterday, and twenty years ago, can offer great advice and direction to the person you are today.

Your past has shown you again and again what matters most to you. It has also provided you with a detailed database of which strategies and tactics work best for making your way forward.

So your past experience can not only help you determine where to go next. It can also provide expert guidance on how to get there.

Living through the entirety of your past has given you much value that remains with you right now. Treasure all that experience, all that value, and put it to good use today.

— Ralph Marston

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November 3

The work you do

A special form of happiness it is to do a job well. You prove to yourself that you can, that you exist, that you make a difference, that you matter.

Leisure has its place and can offer certain pleasures. Yet it is work that resonates most deeply with the enduring reality of who you are.

That reality is one of great creativity and usefulness. Every effort advances you toward a future in which more value exists than in the present.

During each step along the way, work adds its positive dimensions to your experience. You start with purpose and intention, you continue with strength, and you finish with well-earned satisfaction.

As you apply focus, discipline, and persistence you gain new appreciation for what is, new confidence in what can be. You are engaged by the challenges, energized by the progress.

Throughout your existence is the ever-present magic of what’s possible. Continue to do the work that brings great possibilities to life.

— Ralph Marston

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November 4

Live with competence

There are things you are competent at doing. Challenge that competence, improve that competence, expand on it, repeatedly put it to meaningful use.

Be inspired by your competence in one area to develop new competence in other areas. Look for how you can get better, then get better at getting better.

Life presents you with obstacles, unfairness, and disappointments, but also with resources and opportunities. To make the best of all that, respond with competence.

Your competence feeds upon itself. Exercise competence and grow even more competent.

Complaining, blaming, making excuses, criticizing, seeking pity, all those dig you deeper into negativity. Competence gets you out, and you have the wherewithal to use it.

Engage your abilities, your energy, your passion, wisdom and purpose. Live with competence, and lift all of life higher.

— Ralph Marston

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November 4

Live with competence

There are things you are competent at doing. Challenge that competence, improve that competence, expand on it, repeatedly put it to meaningful use.

Be inspired by your competence in one area to develop new competence in other areas. Look for how you can get better, then get better at getting better.

Life presents you with obstacles, unfairness, and disappointments, but also with resources and opportunities. To make the best of all that, respond with competence.

Your competence feeds upon itself. Exercise competence and grow even more competent.

Complaining, blaming, making excuses, criticizing, seeking pity, all those dig you deeper into negativity. Competence gets you out, and you have the wherewithal to use it.

Engage your abilities, your energy, your passion, wisdom and purpose. Live with competence, and lift all of life higher.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Good November the 4th my
Dear Tammy, I just read your message
about you not feeling well.
I will most definitely put you and
your husband on my prayer list.
What is your husband name?
Father God, I pray for healing Mercy
Upon my sister in Christ, and pray
that you touch her and her husband
from the top of there heads to the
bottom of there feet and bring them
total healing.
In Jesus Name.
Amen.

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Thank you willbe.

November 5

Resonate with purpose

Envision life at its most fulfilling. What do you see?

Look beyond merely getting what you want in the moment. Focus on what will fulfill the purpose that lives within you, and will advance life itself.

Consider what experiences and interactions would deepen your comprehension of truth and reality. How might you more completely understand who you are and the goodness you can bring?

Getting through each day is of course essential. Seeking to know why, and to connect with that purpose, empowers you to reach far beyond everyday concerns.

Although you cannot fully articulate or explain your purpose, you can feel it. You also know when you are moving toward it or away from it.

Pay attention, and your vision becomes more clear. Seek to resonate with purpose, and bring fulfillment to life.

— Ralph Marston

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November 6

Reliable reality

Some things change from day to day, and give life a fascinating, though perhaps frightening array of new flavors. Most things, though, are the same as they were the day before.

New developments bring challenges, opportunities, perspectives and resources that were never available before. At the same time, unchanging factors provide a stable foundation upon which to take refuge when necessary and move forward when possible.

When conditions change, it’s never as good as you wished, and never as bad as you feared. You and everyone else will adapt, adjust, find ways to move forward, maybe even learn something.

You’ll continue to treasure what you treasure, to value what you value. You’ll have plenty of chances to apply those values toward real and lasting goodness.

Take a look around, and much of what you see is what you’re already accustomed to seeing. In that reliable reality, find the comfort and confidence to thrive amidst whatever changes may come.

Change is essential for life, and so is steadiness. Embrace the challenge to make the best of both.

— Ralph Marston

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November 7

When you’re mistaken

Discovering you’ve been mistaken is not pleasant. But it’s a whole lot better than remaining oblivious to the mistake.

Only when you know something is wrong, can you correct it. As soon as you admit your mistake, you begin to transcend it.

No one is perfect. And in the imperfections you can find great opportunity.

Imagine that you’re doing a hundred things right and just a couple of things wrong. By adjusting those two mistaken behaviors, you greatly improve the effectiveness of all the others.

It’s nice to receive praise when you do things right. But it’s even better to get honest criticism if you’re doing something wrong.

Be eager to identify your mistakes and to learn from them. It’s an excellent means to enhance everything you do.

— Ralph Marston

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November 8

Possibilities now available

Even when you start from behind you can still get ahead. Although you may have gone through an unproductive stretch of time, it doesn’t have to continue.

Glance back at the missed opportunities just long enough to muster some determination. Then focus on what’s ahead, and on the possibilities now available to you.

What matters most right now is what you can do with right now. This is when you can choose a more effective, productive, purposeful version of yourself.

Whether your past disappointments have come from yourself or from others, as of today they’re over. Now you’re in position to leave the excuses behind and successfully meet the challenges of moving ahead.

Feel the energy of opportunity as it surrounds you and begins to flow through you. Step forward, engage that energy, and begin to transform it into meaningful value.

What you choose now is what you can do with now. Select the best you can imagine, and find great fulfillment in making it happen.

— Ralph Marston

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November 9

Listen generously

Almost no one cares about what you say. Yet pretty much everyone is thankful to have someone who genuinely listens.

What you say matters. But if you rarely listen, the things you say have negligible value.

Don’t depend on your assumptions about others. Take the time and listen to what they’re saying.

Listen well, and learn much. Listen generously, and improve at least two lives, perhaps many more.

People are happy to tell you who they are. That’s always a powerful and helpful thing to know.

Go beyond what you think you know. Listen, and benefit from the truths that so many others are eager to share.

— Ralph Marston

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November 10

Purposeful focus

Don’t beat yourself up for the time you’ve wasted, because that would waste even more. Just decide what good, productive, meaningful use you can make of your time now, and begin.

Stop ruminating over what caused you to lose focus. Simply set aside a generous and specific amount of time and commit it to staying focused on what will make a difference.

The potential distractions will always be there to entice you. Yet your commitment to purposeful focus gives you the power to resist their temptations.

It’s your mind, it’s your awareness, it’s your effort, it’s your time. You can choose to focus, you can choose the subject of your focus, and you can continue making that choice.

By so doing, you immunize yourself and your thoughts against intrusions that could otherwise disrupt and derail your efforts. You give your mind space in which to do miraculous and meaningful work.

You are one choice away from the power of purposeful focus. Experience all the valuable results that come when you put that power to work.

— Ralph Marston

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November 11

Amazing truth

Are you hiding inside a comfortable cocoon of assumptions? Or are you venturing boldly into the amazement of this moment?

Possibilities surge into reality, ready to enrich you, enlighten you, fulfill you. Embrace their challenge and you extract their value.

Flush the doubts, complaints and excuses out of your awareness. Fill your thoughts with wonder and gratitude.

Experience your purpose as it resonates through all you’ve ever done. Pay attention as it illuminates the potential for what you can now be.

The courage, energy and effectiveness you need are always near at hand. Give them a good enough reason, and without delay they come to life.

There are far too many treasures today for you to let them pass you by. See the amazing truth and value of now, and live it in your own best way.

— Ralph Marston