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Failure cannot stop you
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Failure happens to you only when you let it. And you never have to let it.

An unintended result is a failure only when you see it as a failure. Choose instead to see it as a valuable step toward success.

Then choose to take the next step. You’ll take it with more experience, more determination, more focus and higher expectations.

Setbacks and disappointments occur all the time. But failure occurs only when there is no persistence.

Commit to keep going and failure cannot stop you. Keep going, and no matter how far you fall, you have not failed.

Get back up, go back to work, fix what is broken, adapt to the changes, make another effort. And you’ll never be burdened with failure.

— Ralph Marston

The adventure begins
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What you’ve worked toward your whole life, you’ve now attained. Certainly, it’s not exactly the way you imagined, but that just makes it even better.

Your most authentic priorities have brought you to this moment, to this situation. You’ve successfully created a unique and valuable set of experiences.

Perhaps you’re thrilled about how it has gone and what you’ve done. Or maybe you’re disappointed about some of it, or much of it.

Either way, now is your time to put it all to a newer, higher, more enlightened use. Here you are, with the wisdom and experience to live more richly than ever.

Consider all the opportunities you’ve had, and smile to yourself. Because no matter how they all turned out, now you are greeted with an even better opportunity.

Now is your chance to move forward, with understanding, with purpose, with love. Now the adventure begins, and here you are, ready to give it everything you have.

— Ralph Marston

How can you be thankful?
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How can you be thankful? That’s a great question.

It’s easy to be thankful for the uplifting, enjoyable, and satisfying aspects of your life. Yet there’s great power in also being thankful for the troublesome parts of life.

Gratitude connects you to life’s abundance, and illuminates possibilities. Some of your most valuable possibilities are hidden in the difficulties.

So, ask yourself. How can I be thankful for this?

In your effort to reach an answer, you’ll deepen your understanding of the situation. You’ll discover ways to transform the problem into new strength and value.

How can you be thankful? By knowing that in gratitude and humility, you’ll find new pathways to richness and fulfillment.

— Ralph Marston

When something annoys you
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Becoming annoyed helps you identify changes and improvements you can make. Staying annoyed, however, doesn’t do you any good.

When you feel annoyed, notice what your annoyance is telling you, and consider what you can do about it. Then, let the annoyance go.

Continuing to be annoyed just drains your energy and contaminates your attitude. Don’t do it.

Instead, just smile to yourself, and feel the power of your own choice. Then choose to move your thoughts on past whatever triggered your annoyance.

You have higher thoughts to think, better ways to feel, more useful things to do. You never have to let some little imperfection ruin any more of your precious time.

Plenty of things can be annoying. And you can quickly move far beyond every one of them.

— Ralph Marston