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Give yourself time
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Give yourself time to think. Give yourself time to focus on your work.

Give yourself time to recover. Give yourself time to heal.

Give yourself time to be with those who matter most to you. Give yourself time to get lost in doing the things you love.

Give yourself time to explore the wonder of life and existence. Give yourself time for the things that challenge you to become stronger.

Give yourself time to relax. Give yourself time to wonder.

Give yourself time to appreciate and to express that appreciation. Give yourself time to truly live.

— Ralph Marston

Value in limitation
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There is value in limitation. It forces you to appreciate and prioritize.

Often when there’s an abundant supply of something, there can be a tendency to take if for granted. You’re much more likely to fully appreciate resources that are more limited in supply.

It’s not how much you have that matters. It’s what you make of it.

When you’re operating within tight limitations, you can’t do everything. So you figure out what’s most important and focus on that.

In every life, in every endeavor, there are limitations. Those limitations do not have to be a curse.

Rather than letting the limitations impede you, let them challenge you to grow stronger, more purposeful, more resourceful. Within the limitations, you’ll find plenty of opportunity for achievement.

— Ralph Marston

New experiences
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Learn, experience, fail, and succeed. Ask questions, listen to the answers, seek to understand.

Wander through places where you’ve previously never been. Take on tasks you don’t yet know how to do.

You’re able to consider new information, adjust to unexpected situations, and adapt to novel environments. Keep those abilities strong by putting them to use.

It’s easy and comfortable to get settled in your ways. Yet it’s refreshing and energizing to introduce yourself to new challenges and to then work through those challenges.

You’ve come a long way in your time and accumulated plenty of interesting experiences. Keep those new experiences coming.

What makes life so good is the fact that you can live it in whatever way it may come. A new day is here, and new experiences await.

— Ralph Marston

Race ahead
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Fall in love again with the wonder that is your life. See with refreshed and grateful eyes the real goodness that exists all around you.

Through the best of times and the worst of times, the possibilities persist. Imagine the good you can do with them now.

Everything you’ve been through has compelled you to grow stronger. Now you’re positioned to put that strength to work in the service of what you’ve always loved.

Remember the sunrise that took your breath away so many years ago? Tomorrow morning there’s another one with even more potential to spark richness and joy.

Over the years it’s become all too easy to let fear and complacency hold you back. Yet even now, especially now, you have what it takes to re-ignite your sense of wonder at all that is and all that is possible.

Race ahead and meet the sun next time it clears the horizon. See a whole new world of possibilities come to light, allowing the wonder and richness to energize your life more than ever before.

— Ralph Marston