Daily Motivator - November

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November 27

Push through

You will meet with outer and inner resistance from many different directions. Be ready, be willing to push through it.

You can come to feel weary, disenchanted, doubtful, and distracted. You can also turn away from those feelings and commit yourself to push forward anyway.

Much of the resistance you encounter depends on you to support it with your misgivings, to play along with it. But you never have to do that.

Turn your attention instead to your purpose. That purpose offers you the strength to push through, to push beyond whatever resists it.

The resistance can be persistent. Yet your intentional self can be even more persistent.

Feel your purpose, feel your power, remind yourself why, and know how good it will be to achieve what you’ve set out to achieve. Push through the weariness, the doubt, the challenges, the efforts, and make the achievement happen.

— Ralph Marston

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November 28

Real treasure

What you treasure is what you invest yourself in. What you treasure is what you work and wait and sacrifice for.

A time, an activity, an object is not special just because someone says it is. It is special because of what you give to it.

On its own, an elaborate display or a sumptuous feast has no particular meaning. The meaning comes from the long stretches of day-to-day living that get you to it.

Every minute of every hour is your opportunity to create real treasure. That treasure is built upon your effort, your time, your sincere caring, responsibility, and love.

Empty, glittery things quickly fade back into the insignificance from which they came. What you put your life into, on the other hand, grows in meaning, substance, and value.

Do the work, shoulder the burdens, give yourself to what demands the best of you. That’s where life’s real treasure is made.

— Ralph Marston

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November 29

Get on it

When there’s a problem that must be worked through, get on it. When you have the opportunity to make a difference, get on it.

As the sun rises and the day begins, get on it. Instead of waiting or wondering or letting distractions barge in, get on it.

Demonstrate to yourself that you’re a person who takes action. Get time working in your favor by making full use of every moment as it arrives.

Rather than looking for excuses to put it off until later, get on it. Take stock of the situation, engage your passion, your skill, your energy, and get on it.

Even though conditions are not perfect, get on it. Know that you can handle whatever comes along, and get on it.

Embrace the opportunities that are yours right now. Get on it and get it done.

— Ralph Marston

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November 30

Take the pressure off

There’s more than enough pressure coming from others, so let go of the pressure you’re putting on yourself. Free up significant bandwidth in your awareness.

You get the work done by doing it, not by going overboard on pushing yourself to do it. Push yourself to get started, then back off and allow the effort to take on a life of its own.

Put your energy into wondering, imagining, acting and responding rather than into worrying and trying. Focus not on resisting any particular thoughts or efforts, but on expanding and extending the best ones.

You won’t create any extra time by fretting that you’re progressing too slowly. Proceed with the assurance that you’ll get it done when you get it done, and that can help you move forward more quickly.

Embrace higher and higher standards of performance for yourself. Enjoy the challenge of doing so willingly, free of self-imposed pressure and coercion.

Encourage and support your own efforts, your own journey. Take the pressure off and experience achievement as you bring it about.

— Ralph Marston