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Adapting to change
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Do you realize how much power there is in your ability to adapt? The world changes all the time, and fortunately so can you.

Yes, you’ll always be who you’ve always been. Yet there is no limit to the ways you can express your beautiful, unique, essential nature.

No dream ever has to be lost, no hope needs ever to be dashed. Because you can adapt those hopes and dreams to whatever reality appears in your path.

Some of the best things that will ever be in your life, you have not yet even heard of. By adapting to life’s challenges you position yourself to accept and enjoy life’s rewards.

Tomorrow will be different than today, next year different than the past. Instead of wishing for things to stay the same, look for positive possibilities in the changes.

Those possibilities always appear, and you can always adapt to them. You’ll get to enjoy making life good in ways you cannot yet imagine.

— Ralph Marston

Where will it all lead?
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Every challenge is a space you can fill with new value. Every effort is an opportunity to add richness to life.

Every person you encounter has something to teach you about the miracle of being. Every moment you experience is filled with its own flavor of magic.

Every problem you work through is a chance to grow stronger. Every story you share shines its light on the world from a fresh new perspective.

Every feeling that runs through you deepens your appreciation for all that is. Every path you follow leads to new wisdom and connection.

There is much you can do, here, now, always, everywhere. And whatever it is, in one way or another it makes a difference.

Where will it all lead you? It will take you bit by bit, moment by moment, to whatever you value most consistently and authentically.

— Ralph Marston

Repeating positive actions
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The things you do once make a difference, the things you do repeatedly change your life. There’s only so much you can accomplish in this moment, but you have more than this moment.

You have the rest of today, you have tomorrow, you have next month, you have next year. Imagine what you can do when all those days and hours are pointed in a consistent direction.

Time provides enormous leverage. And like any powerful thing, that can be used to your benefit or to your detriment.

Arrange your life so the time you spend accrues to your benefit and to the benefit of others around you. Do what makes a positive difference in the world, then do it again, and again.

After achieving something, don’t just sit back and congratulate yourself. Tap into the momentum you’ve created, and do it again.

You may not have a lot of impressive resources or connections, but you do have as much time as everybody else. Make good, purposeful use of that time by repeating your positive actions again and again.

— Ralph Marston

Value of the struggle
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Being handed an advantage is not an advantage, not in the long run. Rather than making you strong and innovative, it can make you dependent.

Struggling through a difficult situation, relying on your own wits and efforts, may not be much fun when it is happening. Yet it leaves you smarter, more effective, more confident and adaptable.

Be careful what you wish for yourself, and what you offer to others. Often the most helpful thing is not to bypass the struggle, but to work through it.

Just because someone starts at a disadvantage does not mean that person finishes last. Over time, the experience of dealing with challenge is highly empowering.

Respect yourself enough to seek out meaningful struggles. Respect others enough that you don’t unduly intervene in their own empowering struggles.

Life is filled with struggles, and it is precisely in dealing with those struggles that life is made rich. Seek assistance and give assistance, but not so much that the value of the struggle slips away.

— Ralph Marston