Daily Motivator - January

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January 18

Background goodness

Consider all that’s good with the world, all that’s good about life. Though you immediately notice the problems and difficulties, the reason you’re able to do so is because there’s so much goodness in the background.

The news of the day announces troubles on top of troubles. Yet the newsworthiness of all those things is due to them being relatively rare.

Pull a little of today’s goodness out of the background and onto the surface of your awareness. Remind yourself of the positive possibilities that are always present.

Better yet, imagine what you could do to bring about some of those possibilities. Focus your energy in a direction that builds, encourages, appreciates, nurtures, invigorates and refreshes.

Reflect on the unfathomable power and depth of goodness that have brought you to where you are. It would indeed be foolish not to put that immense legacy to use right here and now.

Honor and utilize the background goodness by putting it squarely in the foreground of your thoughts, your priorities, your actions. See what you can do to make today one of the good times.

— Ralph Marston