Daily Motivator - August

[yukonm]

Friday, August 1, 2014

The next step you take

The next step you take is the one that matters. You have the power to choose right now what that step will be.

Even if you’ve been going for weeks or for years in a negative direction, your next step can be a positive one. Even if it’s a small positive step, it can change your direction and establish a new momentum.

No matter where you are or what you’ve done or failed to do, you can now choose to move toward what you value most. The way to make that choice is with your next step.

You can wish and hope and plan and talk about where you want to go. Yet it is your next step that will actually begin to get you there.

Your next step sets the direction for your future. And you have the opportunity right now to decide what that next step will be.

Your next step is ready and waiting for you to take it. Choose to make it one that will move your whole world forward.

— Ralph Marston


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[MajestyJo]

In recovery, I was told to take risks and stretch my boundaries. Don't base your thought on the past and fear of the future to prevent you moving forward, stay in today, in the moment and live it to it's fullest, know that your God is with you. With Him at the helm, He won't lead you astray if you follow His Good Orderly Direction.

[yukonm]

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Good impression

People remember what you do much more vividly than they remember what you say. If you seek credibility, seek to establish that credibility with your actions and not just your words.

Relationships are not built on mere pronouncements. Valuable relationships grow from shared experiences, reliability, consistency and truthfulness.

The way to be believed next time, is to do what you say you’ll do this time. The way to gain trust is to earn it by being always trustworthy in matters large and small.

The key to making a good impression is to live with authenticity, honesty, genuine compassion and generosity. People form their impressions not on how you appear, but on how well you treat them.

To make a good impression, be valuable, be useful and be original. Be truly interested and willing to make a difference.

The way to consistently look good is to be good, and honest and helpful. Love life and all who live it, put that love into action, and you’ll always make a great impression.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Make your own way

Others can point the way, but you must make the journey. Others can give you their assistance and advice, but you must choose the direction of your life.

If you set out to live someone else’s dream, you’ll end up frustrated and disappointed. For you have your own special purpose, a purpose that would be deeply painful to deny.

That purpose is eager to face the greatest challenges and to grow intensely more meaningful in the process. Your purpose has a whole wonderful set of achievements that will bring great fulfillment to your life.

No one, no matter how generous or well-intentioned, can give you everything you seek. For much of what you seek is to make your own way in life.

No pleasure can compare to the pleasures you earn through your own efforts. No reward can equal the reward of creating your own achievements.

Make the commitment, make the effort, and make your own beautiful way in life.

— Ralph Marston


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[MajestyJo]

What works for others, didn't always work for me. I had to adjust it in order for it to fit. It didn't mean the person was wrong or I was right, far from it. We are all individuals and not clones. We need to find our own way, but a path that leads in the same direction as other recovering alcoholics and addicts.

What worked for me, might not work for someone else. I put a lot of work into my recovery and a lot of people I met where not willing to put the energy into it that I did. That doesn't mean they were wrong and I was right, it meant that I was one of the really sick ones. I was fragmented and totally empty, and I needed a lot of spiritual food to fill up on. Religion hadn't prevented me from being an addict (I was put on Valium at 16), and I had to look for a way to incorporate a spiritual walk with my religious beliefs.

[yukonm]

Monday, August 4, 2014

Work on it

Stop taking refuge in the promise of quick fixes or the familiarity of worn-out excuses. Make the effort, do the work, and fulfill your best possibilities.

Even if you can’t get it perfect, work on it. Even if you can’t get it all done right away, work on it.

Work on it with commitment and persistence. You know you’re capable of creating new, worthwhile, meaningful value, so do what you know you can do.

This day is a unique opportunity that you’ll only get once. Work on it, and lock in the value of that opportunity while you can.

Don’t sacrifice the chance to make a lasting difference for a little fleeting, momentary pleasure. Persist, focus, do the work and enjoy the far greater pleasure of a job well done.

Life will get even better when you work on it. Use the powerful opportunity of this day to do just that.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Envision it

Envision something that would add more goodness to life, and then follow that vision. Envision something that would make your world more enjoyable, more fulfilling, more enriching, and then make that vision happen.

It’s easy to dwell on what is wrong. It is far more useful, though, to focus on how things can be better.

What positive change would improve your life right now? Envision it, and then envision ways to get there.

Use the power of your mind for more than just worrying and complaining about what’s wrong. Put your creative mind and your unique imagination to work bringing about more things that are good and right.

Challenge yourself to envision a new direction, a more effective approach, or a more enlightened perspective. Challenge yourself to look beyond the difficulties and to see the opportunities toward which those difficulties point.

The quality of your vision drives the quality of your life. Envision the world you would most like to see, and follow that vision to a great new reality.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Adjust accordingly

If what you’re doing is not working, adjust. Rather than giving up on the effort, give the effort the benefit of your experience and informed consideration.

Every time you fail to get the result you want, you succeed in learning more about what doesn’t work. Put that knowledge to good use, and make some adjustments.

Even when you do get the desired result, you’ve likely learned how you could do things even better. Whether you’ve succeeded or failed, make the adjustments that will make you more effective next time.

Conditions regularly change, and you have the opportunity to change with them, or even ahead of them. By adjusting your efforts, you can keep creating new, meaningful value.

The animals, plants, organizations, businesses and individuals who succeed in the long term are the ones who adapt and adjust. Be aware of your level of effectiveness, be aware of your environment, be aware of what changes and what doesn’t, and adjust accordingly.

Even the smallest adjustment can sometimes make the difference between success and failure. Make the attempt, learn the lessons, observe the territory, and adjust your way to success.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Start

Once you start, and put a little of yourself into the effort, it’s easier to keep going. Get started, doing whatever you can, knowing that you’ll build some momentum.

Even though it may be difficult to imagine finishing the task, go ahead and start. Once you’re moving forward, you’ll find new and fulfilling ways to keep going.

Start, and put some honest, dedicated effort into the work. The more you give, the more you’ll have available to give.

Start, and be willing to learn all you can. Be open to new ideas, new skills, new connections, new methods and new inspiration, and you’ll find them in abundance.

Momentum is a powerful force, yet it works against you when you’re sitting idle. Start, and put the enormous power of momentum on your side.

Achievement begins when you make the choice to start. Start now, and you will have taken that most important first step.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Friday, August 8, 2014

You have the opportunity

You have the opportunity to take a negative situation and transform it into positive value. You have the opportunity to take an ordinary moment and make it into an extraordinary experience.

You have the opportunity because you can make a difference. You have the opportunity because you care very deeply about life, and have the ability to put that caring into action.

Life can unfold in many different ways, creating an unimaginable variety of situations. In every one of those situations, there is opportunity.

Those people who choose to see the opportunities, and to do something about them, are the people who enjoy the best life has to offer. You are never more fully alive than when you are transforming what is possible into what is real.

Every day is an opportunity to express your purpose and your love of life in new and valuable ways. Every moment is an opportunity to give something of yourself and by so doing, to taste a flavor of life’s richness that cannot be experienced in any other way.

You have the opportunity right now to do something truly beautiful. Take that opportunity, and find delight in making it count.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Your precious life

Spend your time as if it is precious, because it is. Spend your time as if it can bring great value to your world, because it can.

Live this moment as if you will never be able to live it again, because you won’t. Seek to get as much as possible from the time you have right now, and you will.

The more you value and appreciate each moment, the more value each moment will bring you. The way to be truly thankful for the life you have and for everything in it, is to constantly make good and meaningful use of it all.

If you had a magnificent, sparkling diamond that was worth fifty million dollars, you’d likely be extremely careful with it. Your life on this day is much more precious than a mere diamond, so remind yourself to take great care and make the most of every moment.

Before you waste it on anger, resentment, spite or envy, think of how precious and irreplaceable your time is. Remind yourself that you have many better choices.

Your life is truly precious. And you can make it even more so by living each day with that in mind.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Be kind to yourself

Be kind to yourself. The better you feel, the more value you can create for your world.

Learn from your mistakes, but don’t hound yourself relentlessly with them. Build for the future, but don’t withhold from yourself the joys that you can live right now.

Delight in life’s pleasures without sinking into meaningless excess. Enjoy the beauty that surrounds you as it resonates with the beauty that is within you.

Find genuine satisfaction in productive, meaningful effort. Give the best that you have, and discover the real, lasting treasures you receive from doing so.

Provide yourself with the energy, commitment and determination to do much. And regularly give yourself some peaceful, relaxing time to do nothing.

Treat yourself with kindness, courtesy, respect and the highest of expectations. For life is as good as you choose to make it.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Monday, August 11, 2014

Keep the goal in sight

When the goal is in sight, you’re much more highly motivated to work toward it. So no matter how far away the goal is, keep it in sight and keep moving enthusiastically toward it.

When you can see that you’re making progress, you are naturally encouraged to make more progress. So as you move forward, remind yourself how far you’ve come, and keep on going.

Nothing can take the place of a clear and meaningful purpose. So give yourself the energy to achieve by knowing exactly where you wish to go and why you want to get there.

Feel the achievement and the rewards that come with it as you work steadily toward it. Keep your vision focused on the goal as you move ever closer to that goal.

Effort becomes effortless and energy becomes far more abundant when you see the objective getting closer and closer. Make use of the power of your dream to make that dream come true.

Get the goal in sight and keep it there as you enjoy your own effective effort to move forward. Keep the goal in sight, no matter what, and achievement is yours.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Work happy

Don’t work hard to be happy. Be happy to work hard.

Instead of resenting the effort, or avoiding it altogether, put your own joy into it. Make your work an expression of your happiness rather than a precursor to that happiness.

If you postpone your happiness until after the work is done, you’ll miss the opportunity to make use of its power. Work happy, and you’ll work much more effectively.

Work happy, and you’ll provide yourself with a whole lot more time to be happy. Put happiness into even the most difficult effort and you’ll find ways to put the power of happiness into just about anything.

You don’t have to be naive or to deny reality in order to work happy. With both feet planted solidly and pragmatically on the ground, you can benefit from an attitude that soars a mile high.

Be truly happy about the difference you can make as you work to make that difference. Work happy, and add plenty of new richness to life.

— Ralph Marston


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[yukonm]

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Thankful

When you don’t know what to do, be thankful. When you don’t know how to be, be thankful.

When the joys come, be thankful. When the challenges and sorrows arrive, be thankful.

In every experience there is always some value. Be thankful for the opportunity to have the experience, no matter what it is.

Be thankful, and become more intensely aware of life’s abundance. Be thankful, and discover new ways to make good use of that abundance.

Be thankful for the moment, whatever it may bring. For your thankfulness will add value to anything it lands upon.

Be thankful for what is, and you will see the beauty and the possibilities in it. Be thankful, and be amazed at how much better life becomes.

— Ralph Marston


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