Daily Motivator - July

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July 1

Yours right now

Take in the beauty of this moment and let it fill you. Yet do not try to hold it.

For as soon as you attempt to possess it, the beauty is lost. When you grasp it too tightly, you lose the ability to experience it.

Let this unique moment flow toward you, and then let it flow away from you as the next moment comes to take its place. Allow the beautiful experience of life to be born again and again.

The real value of this moment is in the way you live it. Live it fully, lovingly, gratefully, and there is no need to hold on to it, for the best of it will always be a part of you.

Each moment offers its own special treasure. Let go of your need to judge, to analyze, to possess, and simply experience the wonder that is yours right now.

You are free in this moment to live, to create, to give, to grow. Lovingly open your eyes to the abundant possibilities, and dive gently into this beautiful moment.

— Ralph Marston

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Happy New Month Tammy
Thanking God for getting us though
the month Of June joyous, happy and free.
God bless you on this first day of July.
I miss the friend I never met, Kracker.

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July 2

All you’ve experienced

Your failed attempts have taught you crucial lessons. Those good intentions you never followed through on have given you an appreciation for the value of commitment.

Regrets born in your past provide inspiration and energy that you can put to good use. Now you can benefit from it all.

Not only can you expand upon whatever successes you’ve created. You’re also able to find wisdom and fresh determination in recalling those painful times when you’ve disappointed yourself.

From the richness of your life experience, today you can begin to take effective action. You have what it takes to continue doing so until you’ve achieved the results that truly matter to you.

Your past has played a significant role in the person you now are. Yet no matter how definitive that past has been, your future is not a foregone conclusion.

That future will be shaped by what you do today, drawing upon all you’ve experienced and all you know, using whatever you have. Now is your opportunity to make it the best you can imagine.

— Ralph Marston

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July 3

Meaningful life

Meaning has infinite potential. You can always experience more, create more, and offer more meaning.

Indeed, every experience of a particular form of meaning that already exists, results in more meaning. Through your own life, through all of life, meaning is kept alive.

Meaning flows in all directions. Through every connection, every activity, you accumulate meaning and you disperse meaning.

To live with rich meaning is a matter of opening yourself up to the potential for meaning that is everywhere. Be eager to imbue meaning and you find it in abundance.

Your meaningful self continually interacts with your rational self and your emotional self to enrich your life. And yet meaning is not constrained by or limited to reason or feelings.

Your life, your world, what you know and what you don’t, all mean something because you are able to experience meaning. However it unfolds, yours is a meaningful and precious life, with value far beyond what can ever be imagined.

— Ralph Marston

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July 4

Mental work

Take the time, have the courage, to explore your own thoughts. Within those thoughts you can find great treasure.

Every thought you think is informed by the totality of your knowledge and experience. Give those thoughts the time, space, and focus to interact with each other.

No, you don’t want to spend all your time wandering through your own thoughts. However, a regular, reasonable period of uninterrupted thinking is well worth the investment.

It’s quite amazing that you have quick and easy access to the expressed thoughts of so many other people. And yet for all that insight to have value in your own life, you must do the mental work to integrate it well.

Think, listen to your thoughts, make a record of them, review them, challenge them, refine them. Among your many advisors, make sure one of them is you.

Your life can always benefit from some serious, prolonged, and introspective thought. Offer yourself that benefit often.

— Ralph Marston

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July 5

Truth is easier

It’s easy and often convenient to say what you don’t mean, to claim what is not true, to hide what is real. But the further you venture from the truth, the more difficult is your way forward.

By very definition, reality always has a way of asserting itself. Every falsehood requires additional falsehoods to support it, and also to support those, until at some point no more falsehoods are possible.

As difficult as truth can often be, it is easier than the alternative. Especially when truth is difficult, the sooner you accept it and express it, the better.

For once the truth is out, it does not have to be constantly propped up. Though living truthfully can be a lot of work, it has the great advantage of not being at odds with reality itself.

Though it could take years and years, being delusional eventually ends up as the only remaining alternative to being truthful. And acting from a delusional perspective quickly becomes ineffective.

Truth can be a hard and painful choice. Yet it’s a whole lot easier than any other choice.

— Ralph Marston

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July 6

Rewarding life

The reward is not in the prize. The reward is in the effort.

The prize is a mere token. And when it is not earned, it is an empty, meaningless, worthless token, no matter how much glitter it may possess.

The prospect of pleasure exerts a powerful pull. Yet as desirable as it may be, pleasure does not, will not, cannot sustain you.

Every day brings you the opportunity to insert some sort of value in the world where it never existed before. As you already know from experience, a rewarding life comes from capitalizing on such opportunities.

Which would you prefer, to have everything and to have done nothing, or to have nothing and to have done everything? Life is in the living, in the participation, in the dynamic attaining rather than in the cold, static trophy.

Here right now is your chance to do that living, to take on the challenges, to make a difference that comes from deep within. Feel your unique potential as it beckons you to an increasingly rewarding life, and answer the call.

— Ralph Marston

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July 7

The way things are

To improve reality you must first accept and adapt to the specific reality that already exists. You cannot change reality by hiding from it, or wishing it away, or pretending it’s something different than it is.

You have dreams, desires, detailed ideas of how you would like the world to be. Yet the only starting place you can ever have is where you are, the way things are.

Shouting down, ignoring, or demonizing those who speak the truth will not make the truth go away. Only by accepting and working within what is true and what is real can you make any progress.

It is admirable to put passion and energy into moving toward an ideal. To do so you must carefully and honestly navigate through territory that is not ideal.

That means understanding and having some degree of respect for those who do not share your ideal. It means working to find common ground and then working further to expand upon that common ground.

The current reality has its roots in times and circumstances that existed long before you were ever aware of them. Your success at creating positive change depends on your willingness to humbly accept that truth and operate within the way things are.

— Ralph Marston

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July 8

Love of living

Live for the love of living. Love for the joy of loving.

Listen, watch, taste, feel, and know you’re a crucial part of all you experience. Give because giving is who you are and what you do.

Dance to the music of the wind that flows through all existence. See that reality itself is the ultimate magic.

Harvest golden sunlight, plunge into the deep blue ocean. Soar above the misty morning on sturdy wings of thankfulness.

Embrace the contradictions, explore the mysteries. Treasure the countless factors that enrich your existence.

Look in every direction with eyes full of love, appreciation, and thirst for new adventure. Share, expand, and improve upon the best you’re able to see.

— Ralph Marston

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July 9

Go out and do

Life’s energy does not come from talking, wishing, speculating about life’s energy. Life gains its energy from action.

Get up, get active, go out and do. If your muscles do not ache at the end of the day, you have neglected many opportunities for richness.

Connect with the reality of hot and cold, of soft and hard, of distance, depth, and steepness. Challenge yourself to navigate through the rugged terrain of what is true and solid, nourishing and fulfilling.

You are capable of so much more than merely absorbing comfort and pleasant entertainment. Choose to be an active participant in the wonder of existence.

Feel your strength increasing as you negotiate the difficult trade-offs. Act to create rich experiences that add lasting value to your life.

Honor and fulfill the potential that’s been coming your way since before you were born. Go out and do all the good you can do in this real and beautiful world.

— Ralph Marston

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July 10

Magnificent feast

Those who live in a beautiful and competent world are those who invest themselves in beauty and competence. Those who live in an ugly and dysfunctional world are those who fail to make that investment.

Effort, care, love, generosity, and understanding are difficult, but they are not burdens. They are opportunities to improve the quality of life.

Beauty cannot exist without someone to appreciate it, support it, care for it, share it, and advance its desirability. Living to do so adds immense quality to the experience of life.

Beauty advances life and life advances beauty. There is no limit to the heights that such a collaboration can attain.

Do what is good and right and elegant and beautiful, for the sake of itself. Instead of fighting over meager scraps, do the work to bring forth a magnificent feast.

Time, resources, energies, and genuine yearnings are there. With your commitment and with growing strength, fulfill them in beautiful, creative ways.

— Ralph Marston

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July 11

Ready to go

Rather than sitting around waiting for inspiration to strike, get yourself going and let inspiration find you already in action. Instead of killing time until you feel ready, simply declare that you are ready.

After all, your willingness to get started is mostly in your mind. And you can change your mind as quickly as you wish, anytime you wish.

Remind yourself that you are ready and willing, right now, here in this place, with everything just the way it is. You are eager to make good things happen, so go ahead and act on that eagerness.

Right ahead in your foreseeable future is the satisfaction of solving a difficult problem, or creating something new and valuable. And here you are, ready and willing to go.

Today promises to be a truly outstanding day because you are committed to make it so. The future looks bright because you are all set to do whatever it takes to make that future shine.

All because you’ve chosen to be, you are as ready for action as anyone can possibly be. Take a deep breath, fill your awareness with the possibilities, and go make great things happen, now.

— Ralph Marston

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July 12

A better there

There are probably good options you have not considered. Look for them, work to bring them to the surface of your awareness.

The easiest, most obvious paths are blocked. With some time, effort, honesty and creativity, you can discover others.

When you find yourself in a difficult situation, remember this. Plenty of people from circumstances far more challenging have gone on to achieve great things.

Life can be hard to handle. Yet you have what it takes to live your life well.

Realize you are in a sacred place that’s filled with pure potential. Honor and fulfill that potential by making the commitment to do so, and by following through.

From here to a better there involves much work. Fortunately you’re good at it, and it’s the best thing you can do.

— Ralph Marston

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July 13

Questions to contemplate

What can you do right now that you’ll be thankful for tomorrow? That’s a great way to spend your time.

What thoughts can you bring to the top of your awareness that will inspire and energize you? Those can be valuable thoughts to consider.

How can you act with others that will leave them eager to be with you again? A positive experience is always a good thing to create.

What potential are you carrying around that’s never been fully explored? This could be the ideal time to bring it forth.

What is your most painful regret, and how can you make sure you don’t add any more to it? Now is the chance to make your future more satisfying.

What in your world, in this life matter most to you? Take this and every opportunity to give time, energy and effort to them.

— Ralph Marston

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July 14

Season of achievement

You want to do this, you need to do that. But wanting and needing won’t get anything accomplished.

You envision all sorts of ways to improve your world, your environment, your life, and that’s great. Yet vision alone is not enough.

What if you were to take just a single initial step? And what if that felt so satisfying you became inspired to take another?

There’s something you can do right now to put what you visualize into tangible form. Some readily accessible action will demonstrate to yourself both your commitment and your capability.

Give yourself that experience. Then extend it indefinitely into an exhilarating season of achievement and fulfillment.

What you work to attain is well worth the effort, because in that effort you become an increasingly better version of yourself. Go ahead and make it happen.

— Ralph Marston