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Live the promise of now
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Celebrate this moment that is now because now is where you live. Make good use of now because now is what you have, everything that is.

You can conceptualize the past and the future, and that can be useful. Yet now is the only time where you can actually be.

Now is when you can make progress. Now is when you can enjoy the richness of life.

All the things you’ve ever done have brought you to now. You’re already highly invested in now, so be sure to live it fully.

Now also holds great potential for all you can be. What you do with now will impact all the days ahead.

Give now the respect, attention, energy, and action it deserves. Live the promise, reap the value, of now.

— Ralph Marston

Some people have access to great and varied resources. Others have a characteristic that can be even more valuable, resourcefulness.

No matter what you have or don’t have, you can find ways to make better use of it. By employing your resourcefulness and learning from the experience, you strengthen that resourcefulness.

Resourcefulness is a child of gratitude. The more appreciative you are for whatever you have, the more ways you can find to make good use of it.

Without sufficient resourcefulness, time, resources and opportunities get wasted. That doesn’t do anyone any good.

A life of fulfillment is not primarily about what you start with. It’s more about what you do with it.

How can you make use of what’s available to get from where you are to where you desire? Allow gratitude to activate your resourcefulness, and you’re well on your way.

— Ralph Marston

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Best version of you
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No feeling lasts forever. If the way you feel is holding you back, change it.

Right now you can replace futility with hope. Right now you can transform apathy into enthusiasm.

Have you had a disappointing few minutes, or day, or month? Here is where the disappointment ends and a more fruitful, fulfilling life begins.

You will always face challenges and difficult situations. Yet you don’t ever have to let any outside conditions get you down.

You decide who you are, how you feel, where to focus your attention and energy. Decide in a way that uplifts your life and the lives around you.

The world is as it is. Meet that world with the very best version of you, and do the good work to bring more positive possibilities to life.

— Ralph Marston

THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Achieve what you desire
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The results you get are not simply a function of what you desire. They’re a function of what your desires inspire you to do.

On its own, without any further action, setting a goal is meaningless. For a goal to matter it must prompt you to make some change in the way you live your life.

What do you desire, in your personal life, in your career, in your level of physical fitness? What commitment are you willing to make, what actions are you willing to take, to fulfill those desires?

It can be fun to dream and to wish. What’s a whole lot more satisfying and a whole lot more work is to achieve what you desire.

Fortunately, you have the power to transform dreams into reality. You can think, you can act, you can learn, adapt, and persist.

You’re never too old, too young, too rich or too poor to set a meaningful goal and work toward it. No matter your situation, it’s always a great thing to do.

— Ralph Marston