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Allow yourself to dream
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Go ahead and dream. Even though it’s far from practical, and seems a bit silly, it’s a good and useful thing to do.

Consider what could be if you could align the world just the way you wanted. Spend a little time dreaming, reminding yourself of who you are and what you care about.

To fulfill your amazing potential, it’s essential to have a reason, one that matters, one that resonates. With a dream that’s vivid, desirable and sincere, that’s what you get.

The world can deliver plenty of disillusionment, over and over again. Yet each time that happens, you can return to your dream, and actually make it even stronger, more compelling.

Let yourself dream, take that dream seriously, let it sink in and infuse every corner of your life. Then you’ll begin to act on it, very likely without even realizing at first.

Don’t get continually lost in frivolous empty wishes, but do allow yourself a little time to seriously and deeply dream. Bring the energy of your purpose to the surface, and with it you can do beautiful things.

— Ralph Marston

Fill the voids
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Because of silence, sound has an environment in which to exist. When emptiness abounds, fulfillment becomes possible.

Any time you sense emptiness in your world, you’re actually feeling your own ability and desire to create. What at first seems to be an absence is really an opportunity.

In silence you’ll find opportunity to speak, to express life in your own special way. In darkness is a place to shine your beautiful light.

Empty spaces provide ample room to live with abundance. The voids in your experience are where you can establish joy, love, meaning and fulfillment.

See that each empty moment is truly a treasure. For you’re able to give life and meaning to it.

When nothing is there, everything becomes possible. Take the opportunity, and fill the voids with the miracle of purposeful living.

— Ralph Marston

Rise up to reality
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You are stronger than you were. And in large part, the disappointments have prompted that added strength.

When life is going well, it’s easy to get complacent. When things have fallen apart, you have no choice but to learn, adjust, improve and grow stronger.

The victories are fun, but fun is not a good long-term strategy. The defeats bring pain, and in that pain is opportunity to grow, and indeed to grow out of it.

When the champagne corks are popping, sober up and look for a meaningful challenge to address. When obstacles block you in every direction, seize upon the opportunities embedded within them.

Whether you’re elated or disappointed, it’s time to go to work. It’s time to re-establish a solid connection with your purpose and to act on that purpose.

Give yourself a few minutes to wallow in despair or to celebrate with elation. Then rise up to reality, and embrace the opportunity to grow.

— Ralph Marston

Treasures in difficult places
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Go where you face the possibility of failure. That’s where you learn, where you improve, where you grow stronger.

Go where you feel a little bit of discomfort. That’s where you’ll also feel energized to expand your perspective.

Wade into subjects that interest you but that you don’t understand. Allow curiosity to pull you forward as you accumulate new knowledge and successfully connect it to what you already know.

Embrace something that challenges you. Discover how much your life is enriched by the experiences that result.

Take a small risk and as you endure it, notice the way your confidence ramps up. Put your increasing confidence to increasingly productive and meaningful use.

Great treasures await you in difficult places you’ve been hesitant to go. Steadily, mindfully, teach yourself to navigate those places, and make the treasures your own.

— Ralph Marston